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

[Mike Cheung]

Actually I was thinking of the aft pins not the slider.  Need to read more
carefully.  We had one of the pins on the aft pop top support pop out last
Sunday.  Will need to give all of those pins a push to be sure they're as
seated as they can be from now on.

Mike C.


Steven Alm wrote:
> 
> 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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