Righto.. so again thanks for the help so far...
Now I'm back again for some rigging advice..
The boom is connected to the mast using rope and a tension clip? I have tried a few different ways of routing the rope but each time the boom feels a bit loose, just doesn't feel right.
The mast clips in nicely to the boom bracket but I seem to have trouble from there.
I have searched on the net but have not had much luck so far.. I am starting to wonder if the bracket is missing some bits after seeing so many pictures of clip on booms.
Cheers
Just guessing cause I've never seen that type of boom,
on my beautiful paint work : cord goes around mast,turns around the black "extremity" goes down and does the same again before returning to the boom head to go through and lock when tightened.
sorry for the wording english is my second language....
Hey Monkey whatever
check the photos i have uploaded of a similar old style front clamp boom. The rope should start on one side of the clamp, work its way around the mast onto a "hook", then back around the mast and to the other side of the clamp. That way, when you twist the clamp, it pulls on the "loop" you have created on the "hook". I notice there is a semi circle notch, or cut out, which the clamp would go down flat over. I have a memory of these old booms using that notch to hold the rope that has gone around the mast before it returns back around to the clamp. MMM, not much help am i. I've still got an old omega, its around 25 years old and I still use it from time to time. Very fast but very unstable. I would hate to teach someone on it. Good luck. Gary from Coffs.
Gm1, monkeys boom is th era pre yours. Sean's diagram is more or less correct except the rope on one side is on the wrong sie of the head. The little notch hold the rope in place. Some has several notches so you can use it as a tensioner. There was usually another plastic piece that the rope goes through ont he other side of the mast, but it does work with just rope alone.
Those booms were a pain and often sloppy so yore better off pickickg up a newer clamp model used for about $50.
It looks similar to the Hydrodynamix enduro boom (had one, great 'cheap' boom) but without the option to double up the rope. The rope should go around the mast, over that notch & back around the mast to the clamp? Not 100% sure, but check out the image on their website - it might help. At worst, you can buy new boom heads if yours is missing parts.
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my first board was a bombora got a set 6 years ago for 50 bucks..
First time i go going on it i went downwind about a kilometre I dragged my boad back on the footpath lol.
That bombora can be a reall difficult board to learn on. If you goingh to get into the sport you may want to get a 120 litre 130 liter to learn on.!!!!
