To eliminate the dangers inherent when jibing, the WALDER® boom brake controls the horizontal and vertical movement of your boom – allowing it to sweep gunwale to gunwale with complete safety. Find out more here

Jul 1, 2015 · There are a number of boom brakes and preventers on the market to help control a gybe and minimise the effects of a crash gybe, but how practical, effective and relevant are they to the average...

A boom brake is a great device for controlling an intentional gybe and a critical safety device for the unexpected gybe, particularly when sailing at night, short handed and in poor conditions. It reduces your work load, stress on your rig and worries.

Jan 22, 2015 · The boom brake offers you an effective ‘set it and forget it’ method that shouldn’t require you to leave the safety of your cockpit once rigged. It can however clutter amidships and create a potentially hazardous situation if you do ever need to go forward.

Our boom brake uses the same principle as a line wrapped around a winch to control side-to-side boom movements. Under tension, the boom brake works like a preventer. Ease the tension, and the boom swings at a slow, controlled rate.

Nov 20, 2023 · A boom brake is a type of preventer that slows the boom as it crosses the centerline so that the jibe occurs in a more controlled fashion. The main advantage of a properly tuned boom brake over a static preventer is that the boom isn’t kept in …

A boom brake is a device designed to control the swing of the boom on a sailboat. The boom brake acts as a preventer when sailing downwind, and can also be used to jibe (US) or gybe (UK) the mainsail in a slow measured action.

Jun 15, 2017 · There are three approaches to minimizing the carnage of an unintentional jibe. The first method is to use a preventer. The second method is to slow the boom by using a braking device. Common braking devices use a control rope and a friction-device to provide adjustable restraining force.

Jul 31, 2024 · We used Nimrod, my 36ft Cheoy Lee, to create a traditional preventer system and also tried two alternatives to a preventer: the Walder Boom Brake and the Wichard Gyb’Easy. A boom brake or preventer can take the force out of an accidental gybe – especially important if your mainsheet crossed the cockpit. Photo: Graham Snook. Rigging a Preventer.

Aug 1, 2016 · Boom brakes control the boom when gybing and immobilise it when reefing or stowing the mainsail. The boom brakes fall into three categories – those using a drum around which the line is passed, those derivative of a ‘climbers 8’ …