[Rhodes22-list] Pop-Top Height - Reply to Lee

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Lee:
     My '84 has three holes.
     From what I have seen, no two Rhodes 22 are exactly alike.  However, we 
owners have been known to see innovations and adopt them to our boats.  Then
Stan sees them and adopts only the best.  Unfortunately, sometimes his help
forgets some of them.  

Ed K
Leicester, Vermont, USA



Leland wrote:
> 
> I only had one minor disappointment in my boat, and that was that the
> pop-top arms only raised the pop-top to 6’ instead of 6’4.  I liked the
> idea of being able to raise it to both levels, because the lower level
> fits better when using the bimini.  After considering a variety of
> possible modifications, Stan suggested drilling another pair of holes in
> the arms.  Simple and ingenious—made me upset that I didn’t think of it.
> 
> Over the holidays I went to my boat to measure the arms for the new holes. 
> When I lifted the arms to the desired height, the bottom of the top
> section of the arms went past the spring-loaded pins.  When I rested the
> bottom on the pins, the pop-top was at the exact desired height!  It was
> one of my better Christmas presents! 
> 
> I have a 1986 boat.  The mast is used but I don’t know if it’s the
> original.  The mast has three sets of holes.  I assume the top set is for
> the boom when the pop-top is up; the next set is for the pop-top at 6’4;
> and bottom set is for the pop-top at 6’.  Of course the boom can use any
> three sets if the pop-top is down.  Is this set-up normal or do you think
> the previous owner make this mod?  Is it just dumb luck that these shorter
> arms work in this fashion, or were all 1986 boats set-up this way?
> 
> Lee
> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
> Crab Alley (Kent Island, MD)
> 
> 

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