[Rhodes22-list] Boom pin

Tue Feb 21 21:05:56 EST 2017

Mary Lou is spot on.  It's the fulcrum effect by putting the pressure lower
on the mast.

Mary Lou, glad to see you're still on the list.  With weather like we're
having now, your new trawler should be in the water!

Hank

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> On a windy day you might want to try lowering the boom just to experience
> the difference. It's not so much decreasing the wind speed as it is
> decreasing the pressure - think of it as a lever and you are moving the
> pressure point closer to the fulcrum. Yes you can get somewhat the same
> effect by furling the sail but it is different.
>
> Mary Lou
> ex Rhodes 22
> now Rosborough RF-246
> (a mini trawler)
>
>
> On 2/21/2017 5:51 PM, John Waldhausen wrote:
>
>> I know about the pop top. Does one lower the boom just to decrease the
>> wind speed hitting the sail? I have an in mast furling and have always just
>> partially furled the sail as wind speed picks up. Probably a simple
>> question but I have no experience lowering the boom ( on purpose).
>>
>> John Waldhausen
>>
>> On Feb 21, 2017, at 7:59 AM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> The pin on the boom allows you to move the boom up and down in response
>>> to wind conditions.  There is a series of holes in the mast that the pin
>>> clicks into.  I think most of us sail with the boom "in the up" position.
>>> In this position, the pop top can be raised up.  The pop stop slider has
>>> its own pin that clicks in to hold it up.  When conditions dictate, you can
>>> drop the pop top down (by pulling the pin) and then lower the boom (and
>>> thus the main) down to a lower position.  - Rob
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
>>> Behalf Of John Waldhausen
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 10:40 AM
>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boom pin
>>>
>>> Since I never drop my mast, I'm not sure what the pin is even for. I
>>> assumed it was so the mast could drop. What is it's actual use?
>>>
>>> John Waldhausen
>>> Bainbridge Island
>>>
>>> On Feb 21, 2017, at 5:53 AM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Any idea where these pins can be found?  I pulled my main out of the
>>>> mast yesterday and notice the pin on my slider is missing all together.
>>>>
>>>> Billy,
>>>> I'm also interested in your replacement.  Doesn't sound like it's
>>>> readily adjusted up and down like the pin system?? - rob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of John Waldhausen
>>>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 4:41 PM
>>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boom pin
>>>>
>>>> It appears to me that the pin only engages the hole in the mast by
>>>> about 1/8 inch and that a longer pin would help but I'm not sure how to
>>>> change it for a longer one.
>>>>
>>>> John Waldhausen
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 20, 2017, at 4:20 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve had this happen a couple of times last season, but only when I
>>>>> was away from the boat, never underway.  I’d come back to the boat after
>>>>> being away for a week or so, and the mast end of the boom would be down at
>>>>> the cabin top.  How this happens has been an unsolved mystery. I don’t have
>>>>> a solution, but if anyone does, I too would be interested in hearing it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter Nyberg
>>>>> Coventry, CT
>>>>> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 20, 2017, at 4:08 PM, John Waldhausen <waldjh1 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>> I have a 2012 Rhodes and have found on several occasions that the pin
>>>>>> that holds the boom in place on the mast has come out and caused the boom
>>>>>> to drop (once at an inopportune time when I was trying to get out of the
>>>>>> way of a race in progress). I usually single had the boat and in a low wind
>>>>>> its not a problem as I can just just push the boom back up and the pin
>>>>>> locks into place again, but in a higher wind (above 15 knots, the force is
>>>>>> considerable and its challenging alone). Have any of you dealt with this
>>>>>> issue and if so what have you done about it?
>>>>>> John
>>>>>> Bainbridge Island
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