[Rhodes22-list] boom hitting back stays

[Peter Nyberg]

Jesse,

Thanks for letting us know how you resolved your problem.  Often we’re left not really knowing how things turned out.

I still find it very strange that your boat somehow acquired a longer than standard issue boom.  

—Peter

> On Nov 9, 2019, at 8:50 PM, Jesse Shumaker <jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Since this post generated some interest (thanks for all the input), here is
> an update:
> 
> During the sailing season, I drilled a new hole a little over halfway
> between the lower and upper mast setting, which you can see with the green
> arrow in the first attached photo.  This eliminated the clearance issues
> with the backstay.  
> <http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/file/t907/20190918_193949_LI.jpg> 
> 
> At this setting the pop top had to be down and I added a boom vang which you
> can see on the next photo.
> <http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/file/t907/20190817_184227.jpg> 
> 
> Now that my boat is off the water for the winter, I went ahead and shortened
> my boom by 3.25".  Without the cap, that leaves 119.75" for the extrusion
> and with the cap, it comes out to 120-1/8".  This does not count the
> gooseneck hardware.  Before I cut the boom, I had 6.5" of excess outhaul
> clearance (shown below) so now I'll be down to about half of that.  I didn't
> want to go too far and regret it.  In the photos below you can see it after
> shortening, along with the piece that I cut off.
> <http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/file/t907/ShortenedBoom.jpg> 
> <http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/file/t907/20191109_130826.jpg> 
> 
> 
> My boom is still a bit longer than what was reported by others, but I should
> be able to leave it on the higher setting now without interfering with the
> backstays.  
> 
> In case anyone else finds themselves in this situation, here's the steps I
> took:
> - drilled out the rivets that hold the cap on
> - pried / tapped out the end cap
> - unscrewed the remaining hardware
> - removed the outhaul rope and slide out the outhaul car and hardware
> - used a miter saw with a metal cutting blade to cut off the excess length
> - mark the spot for a 3/4" hole for the outhaul rope to go through the boom
> - use a drill press, starting with a small bit and drilling progressively
> larger holes to get to 3/4"
> - inserted the end cap and used the drill press to dril new holes for rivets
> (I didn't try to match the old holes)
> - rivet on the end cap
> - drill new holes for the hardware on top and bottom of the hole for the
> outhaul, then screw this hardware in
> - put the outhaul and car back on
> 
> Fortunately I was able to borrow a chop saw with a metal cutting blade as
> well as a drill press and bits so that made this job a lot better than if I
> was trying to use a hack saw and hand drill.
> 
> I'm looking forward to sailing with the pop top up and the bimini overhead
> next season.
> 
> 
> 
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