gooseneck [R18]: The swivel connection on a sailboat where the boom attaches to the mast.
You have a couple of options for vintage model goosenecks:
- You might get lucky and be able to find an original AJ Fisher gooseneck.
- There are also commercially available goosenecks available.
- You could make the gooseneck attachment bracket featured in The Model Yacht, Vol 24 No 4, Summer 2023. This gooseneck attachment bracket accommodates a ball link and a boom vang. The bracket was designed as a simple way to attach the main boom to the mast and accommodate a boom vang. Using a readily available heavy duty ball link provides excellent movement for the main boom/sail. It is strong when completed. The bracket is made from a piece of strip brass or aluminum.
There is also a very nice boom vang you can make designed by Ivor Walton.
Mast
Downhaul
Main (sail)
Bowsie
Boom vang
Line
Control loop
Boom
Eyelet
Mast tang
Sources
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- Model Yacht Fittings – Two sizes available
Related Articles
- TMY Editorial Staff. “Gooseneck Attachment Bracket.” The Model Yacht. 24:2. Summer 2023.
- This gooseneck attachment bracket accommodates a ball link and a Walton Boom Vang.
- Walton, Ivor. “How to Make a Boom Vang.” The Model Yacht. 20:1. Spring 2019. pp. 16-18.
- This article describes how to make a boom vang with a turnbuckle. It can be whatever length is needed to fit your boat and have either a brass or aluminum finish.
- Walton, Ivor. “Spring-Loaded Mast Tang.” Model Yachting. 168. Summer 2012. pp. 21-22.
- This article describes how to make a spring-loaded boom vang. The spring compression allows the boom to be pulled down lower than its normal position in order to tighten the leech under certain upwind sailing conditions.
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