I have just broken my 3rd boge joint in 12 months after not ever having broken one in 20 odd years of sailing (I have replaced a few though).
I wonder what is the consensus, what is more durable a tendon or a power (boge) joint or is it pot luck?
Select to expand quoteMistral Nick said..
I have just broken my 3rd boge joint in 12 months after not ever having broken one in 20 odd years of sailing (I have replaced a few though).
I wonder what is the consensus, what is more durable a tendon or a power (boge) joint or is it pot luck?
I reckon tendons
- the material is just more dense
- there is no issue with swelling on inserts (in a Boge if the bolt corrodes and swells)
- the wide fabric strap on a Boge obscures some of it so harder to see cracks - plus is weaker than a couple of bits of downhaul rope as used for tendon systems
- tendons are usually easier to replace - if a boge bolt locks up it is hard to get tools into
I have had tendons last over 3 years, never snapped one.
I did a couple of boge last year, a long swim in from a waves session on one occasion.. on both occasions what I 'though' were genuine Chinooks were not!! bot the pins snapped!....I'm playing with boge for waves, and tendon for flat water....only on gut feeling, no facts...will see what happens this year...
I guess either way you need to try and source the genuine merch, not cheap copies!
