[Rhodes22-list] pop top falling on new Rhodes 22

[Steven Alm]

Paul,

I've had that happen.  The pin that holds the slider in place is
spring-loaded so you just raise it up and it clicks into place.  We learned,
however, that we have to push it in a bit more once it's there.  The spring
alone doesn't push it all the way home.  Since we learned this, we've never
had it fall down again.

Slim

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Daniel Snyder <dancsnyder at comcast.net>wrote:

> My Lady Grace was built new and delivered by Elton in 2006.  My pop top
> problem is exactly the opposite of yours....I can't raise it...something
> is jamming.  Stan has given me some ideas that involve disassembling the
> top and bars underneath but I haven't had the chance yet to take it
> apart.  Can't imagine what happened...the first two seasons it worked
> perfectly.  Dan in NH
>
> Paul Krawitz wrote:
> > Have any of you experienced the pop top sliderspontaneously plunging
> down?
> > On one occasion
> > it occurred during furling the mainsail. But on another
> > occasion, it happened while heading downwind, with
> > wind coming from starboard transom and both sails
> > widely out to port.
> >
> > Other than putting a safety quick release pinbelow the pop top slider, do
> > you have any suggestions?
> >
> > I told Stan I thought the pin, with only 1/4" inside the boom,
> > was too short. And I never had this issue with my circa
> > 1981 Rhodes.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Paul Krawitz
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