[Rhodes22-list] Boom Question

[Wally Buck]

Mark,

I tapped out and repaied the same as you mentioned. It has held so far 
......

What dos this new slider look like?

Wally

>From: "Mark Kaynor" <mark at kaynor.org>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Boom Question
>Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 08:26:18 -0400
>
>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 We finally bought a newer version of the boom slider assembly from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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