[Anonymous]

Hi
I’m new to this boat maintenance malarky so forgive my ignorance.

We have a nasty creaking/groaning sound coming (I think) from the gooseneck every time the boom moves from side to side. I’m sure that it is a maintenance (or rather lack of) issue and am keen to rectify.

Any help pointing me in the direction of a cure will be greatly appreciated.

John

[Anonymous]

John,
I did 2 things to get rid of it:-

1) Sprayed a little WD-40 on the goosneck and rod-kicker swivel
2) Made sure that the rod kicker was not compressed too much by the kicking strap being over-tensioned (i.e. boom too low)

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Michael

[Anonymous]

Hi Michael
I must admit that I did not expect WD40 as a solution as I thought that it tended to de-grease things after the initial impact had worn off.
Did you not use a grease of any kind?
And has the solution stood the test of time?
Regards
John

[Anonymous]

Try ‘MacLube’ teflon sail slide lubricant. It’s very clean and effective as a general boat lubricant on just about anything from sail slides, blocks, travellers, creaking goosenecks, whatever. You’ll regret it if you put grease on your gooseneck; after a while it will get very dirty and your mainsail will suffer…..

Ian Culley
Another Fantasy

[Anonymous]

Another vote for ‘MacLube’ teflon sail slide lubricant. It worked well curing the creaks on our boom.

[Anonymous]

I had this and isolated it to the rod kicker..try lubrcating inside with either wd 40 or silicone.

Iain

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all your responses.
Tried the WD40 approach at the w/e. Grease had been used previously and things were black and gungey as expected. Cleaned it as best I could and applied WD.
It seems to have cured the creak but I think I will re-visit it with the MacLube approach.

John

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