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The present invention relates to a sailboard boom front end fitting and a sailboard boom equipped with the subject front end fitting, which fitting comprises a central flexible member flanked by a pair of shoulders, a recess defined by the central member and shoulders and having a front facing gap,

The present invention relates to a sailboard boom front end fitting and a sailboard boom equipped with the subject front end fitting, which fitting comprises a central flexible member flanked by a pair of shoulders, a recess defined by the central member and shoulders and having a front facing gap, the front facing gap being openable by leverage exerted by the boom arms to enable the fitting to be presented sideways to a mast and being closable by leverage exerted by the boom arms so that the front end fitting firmly grips the mast.

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A sailboard boom assembly having a front end and a clew end, a pair of boom arms interconnecting the front end and the clew end, the clew end having a clew end fitting comprising tow parts which are clepped together in use, but which are capable of being unclipped and the front end comprising a fron

A sailboard boom assembly having a front end and a clew end, a pair of boom arms interconnecting the front end and the clew end, the clew end having a clew end fitting comprising tow parts which are clepped together in use, but which are capable of being unclipped and the front end comprising a front end fitting having a stressed and unstressed condition which comprises a central flexible arcuate web and pair of shoulders on respective sides of the web, the web and shoulders defining a recess arranged to receive a sailboard mast, said shoulders defining between them a front facing gap, a pair of stub shafts integral with and projecting rearwardly from respective shoulders and diverging outwardly away from the shoulders so as to engage in respective adjacent ends of the boom arms, said stub shafts being immovable with respect to said shoulders, said assembly characterized by said front end fitting being in said stressed condition when said clew end fitting is clipped together for securing said front end fitting to the mast.