I used a piece of 3/4” pvc pipe - cut to length & secured to the mast with a bungee cord. I lost the original when I was demasted in a hurricane. It worked fine for years.

Thanks and Stay Well,
Stephen Staum
s/v Pinafore
Needham, MA

On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 11:46 AM DAVID BERG via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Rhodies,
>
>
>
> Does anyone have a good idea for fabricating a new bracket that holds the
> pop top (pop top side)? I recently broke mine as I forgot to release it
> before lowering the mast. I thought I could just use DAP epoxy and clamp it
> overnight, but that did not hold at all. The material appears to be HDPE
> and
> is very brittle.
>
>
>
> I can probably purchase a chuck of HDPE and cut/drill a new bracket, but am
> wondering if anyone has a better idea for material or method? Photo
> attached. Note that the photo also shows the chamfered holes for the mast
> step tabernacle that I recently repaired. I used the method recommended by
> West Systems reported in a previous thread. This ended up working great, as
> far as I can tell.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Berg
>
> Blue Loon, Rhodes 22 1996/2003
>
> Minneapolis, MN
>
>
>
> -------------- next part --------------
> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
> Name: Pop top bracket.jpg
> Type: image/jpeg
> Size: 140658 bytes
> Desc: not available
> URL: <
> http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20230905/f4c18f12/attachment.jpg
> >
>