Hi, Pedro,

If your boom has twistlocks on the boom arms and 5 rubber bumpers on the boom head, the following might help:

Fiberspar rebranded these booms as a Neil Pryde boom into the early years of this century. You might care to take a picture of the whole boom head, then send an e-mail and the photo to Kevin Ozee at Neil Pryde Maui, asking if he has a complete boom head assembly or mast clamp, because he often has a good stock of spare parts for NP products.

Go to www.neilprydemaui.com/ and have a hunt around. You might use the e-mail address [email protected] or try a contact through his forum and if so, he usually gives his private e-mail address.

In Oz, the whole head sold for about $249 in 2001 and I can't see that the clamp was serviced as a separate part (and for others, don't even think about how I know the old price!).

If it does not look cost-effective for a new head, you might consider a Maui Sails boom from Glascraft in Adelaide, contact Tony or Lee-Anne. The head on the MS boom is very good (but I don't think the MS head ((which is sold as a spare part)) will fit your FS model: I think that the MS head is too wide, although close to the same diameter).

If you approach NP Maui, please let us know how you go, whether you are successful or not. I've still got 2 x NP carbon booms amongst my gear.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

WindmanV

with the broken head, is it the part that has the 5 rubber bumpers on it that's broken or the part that fits over the top?

nearly all of my fiberspar booms have broken the part that fits over the top of the rubber bumpers.

the good news is that if it is you can replace it easily without replacing the whole head piece. the head is in 2 pieces. you can unscrew and remove the clamp section and replace with another. look for a boom with a broken arm if this is the case.

i was lucky and had 2 broken fiberspar booms at home i could combine them into 1.

thanks very much guys for those leads which I will follow up. I will let you know how I go. Without looking at the boom (and it is still at the shop) I can't remember if it has the five rubber bumpers or not. Your experience Mineral does not sound hopeful though. If i find a way around this I will certainly let you know. Seems mad to waste an otherwise perfectly good carbon boom just because of a clamp! Built in obselescence I guess!