Windsurfing Equipment Tests - American Windsurfer

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Booms: Chinook @ Islamorada

Chinook maintains its reputation this year by producing some of the soundest booms on the market. They come in four sizes, with the longer two sizes—Slalom and Course—offering a huge two-foot range of adjustment.
There is the old Classic boom front, as well as the Competition boom front, available for both aluminum and carbon models. This new front-end has an aluminum cleat for quick tension adjustment of the clamp, and also an enlarged friction pad to better protect masts. Tail pieces come in either aluminum or carbon. The lacing system, a nylon piece riveted to the carbon tail, relies on a groove rather than threading through sheaves or pulleys. Boom length is adjusted with an external collar having a single stainless pin; in the carbon models, it sometimes has to be jiggled and tensioned for the hole to line up.

The carbon booms come in three sizes, spanning the range from 4’6’’ to 8’. All are tapered, with 29-mm tubes at the grip, thickening to 32mm toward the tail, for stiffness.

Chinook Carbon Slalom

Primary Material: Carbon
Adj. Type: External Pin
Min-Max Length: 5' 0" - 6' 6"
Adj. Increment: 1.0
Width: 18.9
Grip Size: 30.0
Weight(lbs): 5.1
Price: $445

Chinook Competition Slalom

Primary Material: Aluminum
Adj. Type: External Pin
Min-Max Length: 5' 0" - 7' 0"
Adj. Increment: 1.0
Width: 16.7
Grip Size: 31.0
Weight(lbs): 5.8
Price: $166

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