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

[Mike Cheung]

That has the potential to be an ugly failure!  Doesn't the pop top front
mount get damaged if the rear is released unexpectedly?  I wonder if a
keeper of some sort, like a Velcro or elastic strap to hold the pin in,
wouldn't be good insurance.

Mike C.


Steven Alm wrote:
> 
> 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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