[Rhodes22-list] Boom Question

[Mark Kaynor]

Rick,

The boom slider has screws that pass through the slot in the mast and thread
into the two plastic "donuts" that act as furling bearings. Raven's (a 1988)
stripped out and our boom started dropping at random times. In retrospect,
we were yanking the outhaul pretty hard to get our main completely unfurled
(a different problem we've since addressed) and we ended up putting too much
stress on the threads. 

At any rate, after I figured out why it was happening, I took the thing
apart, and tapped and threaded new holes into the donuts part way around the
circumference. This worked for a while, but they eventually pulled out
again. We finally bought a newer version of the boom slider assembly from
Stan and our problems went away. 

Mark Kaynor

-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Rick Redmond
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:33 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Boom Question

Last night while sailing in 12 knot winds with gust to 17, I had a problem
with the boom sliding down the mast at the gooseneck.   It occurred when I
made a tack.  This was probably the first time I was able to talk my wife
into sailing with the pop top down.  With the pop top up it would have keep
the boom in the upper position.  The locking pin still works correctly and
will lock the boom in the upper position.  Has anyone else had this happen
to them?  Is there any thing I should look for to prevent this from happen
again?

Thanks,
Rick
Rough Draw


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