Retired from newspapers and television, currently sailing Thelonious II, a 1984 Ericson 381.
My black Kenyon boom was in pretty good shape, just a few dings and a bit of bubbling around the SS fittings. But the outhaul car was frozen in the track and the outhaul and topping lift gear were jammed deep inside. In my garage the end caps came off easily, and after probing inside with a 2x4 I was able to free up the mess of blocks and draw them out. My 3:1 outhaul had tangled with the single-block topping lift over the years, and the cheeks of one block had become a jagged...
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