Anyone know where you can get a non-slimline carbon boom?
I bought a slalom carbon boom, but every time I use it my forearms pump up like crazy. Have no issues with my 32mm ali boom (which cost 1/4 the price). It's gotten to the stage where I'll rig a smaller sail than I should just so that I don't use that carbon slimline boom.
The trouble is that every shop I've gone into only has the slimline carbon boom because they're supposedly more ergonomic... but I find it completely the opposite. Maybe I'm just weird.
Anyone know a dealer in Perth that stocks non-slimline carbon booms with wide arms (for fat bellied slalom sails)? It has to go up to 215 cm.
can you wrap like tennis racket grip around where u grip it to boost the diameter?
Wrapping grip would work I guess...
But I'd still have the problem of the arms being too close together, so when the sail is bagged out it rubs against the leeward arm.
Really what I'm after is some ideas on what brand makes a good wide armed (for slalom sails), non-slimline carbon boom.
Don't Aeron make a 32mm carbon monocoque boom. Nice wide head which makes gybing so much smoother - using other booms now feels a little awkward.
Not directly related to boom diameter, but to tail-end-width.... Sam Parker modded a Neil Pryde X9 boom, so that it became a "wide style" boom. Maybe he could post a few pics -> might help increase your options of available booms.
Hey Nebs, how about taking the boom to Paul K and get him to re-grip it over the top of the existing grip.
Thanks for the replies.
Just borrowed a KA boom from a mate and it's the same diameter as my existing carbon boom... so no joy there.
It's weird how a couple of mm can make a difference, I just measured them with some calipers - the ali boom that works well is 34mm, while the skinny carbon is 32mm. The manufacturers must state the diameter without grip or something.
If I can't find anything that's off the shelf, then perhaps a grip job and a wide tail might work? Anyone got a spare slalom carbon tailpiece? No way I'd be able to build one without it breaking 
Is it the narrow boom, or is it the change in diameter between your different booms?
I found that when going to a boom of a different diameter, my forearms would tire easily until I used that boom for quite a while. I noticed the same thing when wearing sailing gloves even though it only increases the diameter very slightly.
What about making sure all of your booms are the same diameter?
