TP42 Boom Design

Discussion in 'Fiberglass and Composite Boat Building' started by pieter47, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. pieter47
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    pieter47 New Member

    Hi,
    I am a student technical engineering and I am doing a project at my university. I have to design a boom for a TP42. (weight 4500kg, max righting moment: 50kn*m, mainsail 62m^2.)

    I have some questions:

    Is sailing downwind the worst case scenario for a boom, when the main sheet only takes a small part of the vertical load from the main? Like displayed in image 1.

    Are the calculations of the forces on the boom as displayed in image 2 reasonable for a TP42?

    Many thanks in advance.
     

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