[Rhodes22-list] lower the boom

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right again

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Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] lower the boom


> Sounds like a slight alignment problem. You didn't say where the boom was
> or wind direction so it's hard to tell you how to fix it. It's one of 
> those
> things I never think about because I've never had any trouble doing it.
> Thinking  back, I do drop and raise the boom under varied conditions and 
> never
> have had  any problems locking into either hole. I would recommend trying 
> it
> at the dock  with the sails furled. Play around with it and see if you can
> duplicate the  problem by moving the neck around in different positions
> simulating different  boom heights and sail positions. It might be that 
> you may
> have to widen the hole  a bit.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 5/3/2009 1:26:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> ccowie at cowieassociates.com writes:
>
>
> Went  out sailing on the chesapeake bay yesterday.  Brisk 10 knt breeze in
> and
> out of rain showers.  As the wind picked up I rolled in the main  and 
> genoa
> about 25%, then lowered the boom.  Lowering the boom made a  huge
> difference,
> very little weather helm and the boat settled right  down.  I really like
> this feature and feel more confident handling  more wind.  As the wind let
> up
> and I started heading down wind I  decided to lift the boom back up but 
> had
> a
> hard time getting the pin to  drop  back into the up position.  After 
> about
> a
> dozen trys it  finaly settled back in.  Any suggetions on raising the 
> boom?
> Should  the boom be level, topping lift slack or tight, sail furled in  or
> out?
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