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Article: Park Avenue boom
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- The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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Copyright information© The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information)
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Park Avenue boom,
a main boom, first fitted to the American
J-class
yacht
Enterprise
, which successfully defended the
America's Cup
in 1930. The conception of the
yacht designer
Starling Burgess, it was triangular in section, 1.2 metres (4 ft) at its widest point with a wide flat top—so wide that two men could walk abreast along it, hence its name—and was fitted with a series of lateral rails about 46 centimetres (18 in.) apart along its length. Metal slides were sewn along the
foot
of the mainsail which fitted these transverse rails, and stops, which limited the movement of the slides, were fitted into holes on the rails. These stops allowed the foot of the sail, or
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