Like so many others, our boom came off in my partners hand one day in the yard (has this happened to anyone at sea?) and we aren't replacing the whole thing just yet.

We're trying a cheapo fix to the boom eyelet problem - a friend that's a metals guy bored out the back of the original piece and cut a counter sink made out of hardened steel into it. The original bolt should fit that. It's quick and cheap and gets our boom back on, but we'll have to wait until next season to see how well it works. If it doesn't, our friend says he'll bore one out of stainless steel for us.

At least it's solved for now.