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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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lower the boom