Art,
Not good advice. A replacement car is readily available from GB. I wouldn't  
use anything but an original replacement and certainly not a machine screw.  
Being able to drop the boom is one of the easiest ways to adjust the rigging 
for  big winds. However, some of our Rhodies obviously have enough mass that 
they  don't have a need to lower the center of effort on their boat. :)
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 7/16/2008 7:44:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
czerwonky at earthlink.net writes:

Tom,
I wouldn't lose sleep over the archives issue.  Our  Rhoadie skippers, with 
just a few exceptions, have enough patience with our  fleet colleagues to 
address specific questions like this, even given that many  are repeated.  Your 
picture says it all - you can see both pins are the  same - Stan will probably 
not have a replacement, but can tell you where he  gets the assembled 'car'.  In 
the interim, the boom will have to be moved  up or down infrequently - I have 
never had to put mine into the lower position  - use a #6 machine screw (or 
one with reasonable fit, including length) from  HD to hold it in either 
position, until you can replace the pin.  Stan  may be able to send you a 
replacement car for a  cost.
R,
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Hogarty  <tjhogarty at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 15, 2008 7:42 PM
>To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list]  progress
>
>
>Thanks, Art, here is a picture of parts of the  two "cars" on the lower 
mast. 
>I can see the indentation where the  collar of the boom pin latch  fit.  How
>do I obtain and  replace the pin?  Does the mast need to be lowered?
>I did not find  the archives helpful.
>Many Thanks,
>Tom  http://www.nabble.com/file/p18477261/IMG_0657.jpeg  
>
>
>
>Arthur H. Czerwonky wrote:
>>  
>> 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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