Boom brake

Anybody fit a boom brake / gybe restrictor on a Catalac.
Thinking about fitting one any help gratefully recieved

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    You could try two main sheets instead.  We have a mail sheet to each rear quarter.  This of course does not work when the boom is right out but gives great control most of the time.
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    Yes thanks for that. We have a traveller and tend to lock it of on the boom side when we are going down wind . Touch wood we have never had a crash gybe, and rarely sail by the Lee except in light winds also straight down wind is also rare, a preventer rig is easy to fit when the boom is right out but protecting the rig with some sort of boombrake seems a good all round security feature. I just cannot get my head around a good safe way to fit one . Our nearly full width dog house limits the easy options as does our roller reefing which prevents any mid boom tranklments

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