Why are they called booms?

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knot board
knot board
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8 Nov 2009 9:10am
Because that's the noise they make when they break.
easty
easty
TAS
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8 Nov 2009 10:14am
boom boom Mr Derrick
nick0
nick0
NSW
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NSW, 510 posts
8 Nov 2009 10:24am
also the noise when they hit ya in the head
wormy
wormy
QLD
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QLD, 679 posts
8 Nov 2009 11:32am
knot board said...

Because that's the noise they make when they break.


The only thing I hear is the old girl saying "not another one"
dism
dism
NSW
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NSW, 660 posts
8 Nov 2009 3:35pm
Don't they just bend till they are asymmetric?
Now my boom head is about 150mm off centre
windtechno
windtechno
VIC
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8 Nov 2009 7:31pm
Ya will have to ask chick chick BOOM! chick chick BOOM! I think she windsurfs
Bluedog76
Bluedog76
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249 posts
8 Nov 2009 4:36pm
I think it is because they extend or "boom" out the sail.
ikw777
ikw777
QLD
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QLD, 2995 posts
8 Nov 2009 10:01pm
It's from sailing where they are also called booms.

So why are they called booms?

A: They just are.
knot board
knot board
QLD
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QLD, 1241 posts
8 Nov 2009 10:10pm
BOOM BOOM.

That's the sound of two booms in two days...

pierrec45
pierrec45
NSW
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9 Nov 2009 2:10am
I suppose the original question was rhetorical,
but just when you thought that booms with a 's' was unique to windsurfers...



An amazing boat that uses the windsurfing-type boomS... The nearest thing to windsurfing where you can sit and have a tinny or two whilst sailing...
MintoxGT
MintoxGT
WA
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9 Nov 2009 12:31am
Chik chik boom!

Remember that interview???
pierrec45
pierrec45
NSW
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9 Nov 2009 5:05am
MintoxGT said...

Chik chik boom!

Remember that interview???

Yeah, what happened to Clare?
LeStef
LeStef
ACT
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9 Nov 2009 9:33pm
Did you know that in French it's called : "Le Wishbone" !
windtechno
windtechno
VIC
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9 Nov 2009 9:48pm
pierrec45 said...

MintoxGT said...

Chik chik boom!

Remember that interview???

Yeah, what happened to Clare?



Clare was so hotttt she was world famous for a while. now she has gone all quite. she was the hottest chick on youtube
Gidget
Gidget
NSW
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9 Nov 2009 11:01pm
boom (n.)
"long pole," 1543, from Scottish boun, borrowed from Du. boom "tree, pole, beam," from a M.Du. word analogous to O.E. beam. The business sense (1873) is sometimes said to be from this word, from the nautical meaning "a long spar run out to extend the foot of a sail;" a ship "booming" being one in full sail. But it could just as well be from boom (v.), on the notion of "suddenness."

I miss party boy Corey, now he was HOT, esp. his nipple piercing
landyacht
landyacht
WA
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WA, 5921 posts
9 Nov 2009 8:13pm
wishbone booms came from Chesapeake Bay fishing boats and would have been forgotten if not for their modern adaption to windsurfers.
that has to be a good thing
MikeyS
MikeyS
VIC
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11 Nov 2009 2:30pm
LeStef said...

Did you know that in French it's called : "Le Wishbone" !


Yes, because when they break, if you get the bit that is still connected to the mast, you are lucky.
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