The Cape Dory Board

I say keep the end boom sheeting. I snapped my CD30s boom in half when I jibed accidentally in 20knots with two reefs tied in. It was a stupid mistake on my part but I was defiantly surprised to see the two pieces of my boom flapping violently in the wind still attached to the sail. I live aboard an...

I realize that this conversation is old... but I thought I add my two cents. I have a 1986 Cape Dory 30 which I sailed from Marthas Vineyard to the Bahamas going as far south as Clarence Town Long Island. I snapped my boom in half when I jibed accidentally off North Carolina. A new boom would have c...

Sailing downwind in 20 knots of wind. Double reef in the main. I had just jibed in a controlled manner, hadn't rigged up a preventer yet, wave caught me off guard, the boat jibed and the thing snapped like a twig right at the point where the bail for the traveler connects to the mast. Looks like the...

My boom snapped in half the other day when I jibed accidentally. I realize that Rig Rite stocks the tubes for a new boom but was wondering if anyone out there had a boom they could sell me used.

I have a 1986 cape dory 30 that was originally rigged as a cutter. The pervious owner took the club footed staysail off the boat and sailed it as a sloop. Now I'm trying to rig it back up as a cutter but seem to be missing some parts. I'm missing the mast attachment for the inner forestay and was wo...