tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112012213416238480.post6642102800137862460..comments2023-10-02T06:27:50.615-04:00Comments on Live to Sail and SUP: Hawaiian Pro Line Carbon Boom Head RetrofitGeorge Markopouloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439149933631899175noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112012213416238480.post-252789770654880572009-10-22T14:57:22.995-04:002009-10-22T14:57:22.995-04:00My favorite pic is the fixed boom on the kitchen c...My favorite pic is the fixed boom on the kitchen counter with the fruit and veggie bowls in the background! <br /><br />Great post! : )Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05850830946224689361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112012213416238480.post-56128702694544188672009-10-21T23:16:31.623-04:002009-10-21T23:16:31.623-04:00Hey George,
Glad you're enjoying the new boom...Hey George,<br /><br />Glad you're enjoying the new boom head. The trick to getting that pin out of the old style head is to use an electric drill. Once you had the pin pounded out the first inch you could've grabbed onto it with the chuck of the drill.<br /><br />It's much easier to PULL it out than to keep trying to pound/PUSH it out (which tends to bend it and cause binding). So long as the drill is set to rotate in "reverse" the jaws stay locked onto the pin as you pull/rotate the pin out with the drill. This trick has worked flawlessly for me. Maybe your blog readers will benefit from this information.<br /><br />And those nuts on the new head need red Loctite (red is the waterproof type) or they may work loose.<br /><br />Sail on!<br />Bob A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112012213416238480.post-85544228393804351522009-10-21T18:35:47.695-04:002009-10-21T18:35:47.695-04:00File it down or cut (hacksaw) a few thread off the...File it down or cut (hacksaw) a few thread off the bolt.<br /><br />I had to do this with a Maui Sails boom head too. You don't want your inhaul to fail at an inopportune time.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007502071867507452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112012213416238480.post-3037131262121244722009-10-21T16:21:51.266-04:002009-10-21T16:21:51.266-04:00I get dinged plenty holding on to the boom during ...I get dinged plenty holding on to the boom during botched forwards (all of my forwards are botched...haven't come close yet.) And I'm sporting my own mighty shoulder bruise (the wife hates it.)<br /><br />Meanwhile you must have caught some serious air during that 30-35 mph day! Now we sit patiently waiting for the next noreaster.PeconicPuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15727526949787504644noreply@blogger.com