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

[Steven Alm]

I would think the potential for damage is either a head bonker or a finger
pincher but i don't think it would hurt the mount.
Slim

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net> wrote:

>
> 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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