[Rhodes22-list] progress

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Tom,
Re. the boom dropping - yes, there is a separate pin latch for each of the two 'cars' that travel up and down the mast.  Be aware that on the IMF mast, when you adjust the upper car, the IMF sail and its furling tube ride up or down the mast also, so additional weight is involved.  I believe the pin for the upper car will be 28 1/2 " above the base of the mast.
Happy sailing on a spectacular boat!
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Hogarty <tjhogarty at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 13, 2008 9:33 PM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list]  progress
>
>
>Mast went up on our newly named "acorn" this afternoon.  Yoke and mast winch
>worked great as did the help from the documentation by former owner, Bob
>Dobson,  this wonderful forum, and Stan's great engineering.  Easy as pie! 
>Skiptress Alice cranked it all by herself.  I had thought we would need to
>host a barn raising party, but we did it all by ourselfs.  It did take much,
>much longer than 20 minutes, but we learned so much about our boat in the
>process.  Acorn is still trailered at Holiday Hill on the Rhodes River south
>of Annapolis and has a mess of details to go before launch.  I pulled the
>pin to lower the pop top mast attachment and the boom came down as well.  Is
>there a separate control pin for the boom?  The pin for the pop top
>attachment is on the starboard side of the mast.  None on the port side
>where I might expect on for the boom.  My archive search was not as yet
>helpful.
>Thanks,
>Tom Hogarty
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