It appears to me that the pin only engages the hole in the mast by about 1/8 inch and that a longer pin would help but I'm not sure how to change it for a longer one. 

John Waldhausen

> On Feb 20, 2017, at 4:20 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
> 
> I’ve had this happen a couple of times last season, but only when I was away from the boat, never underway.  I’d come back to the boat after being away for a week or so, and the mast end of the boom would be down at the cabin top.  How this happens has been an unsolved mystery. I don’t have a solution, but if anyone does, I too would be interested in hearing it.
> 
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
> 
>> On Feb 20, 2017, at 4:08 PM, John Waldhausen <waldjh1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> I have a 2012 Rhodes and have found on several occasions that the pin that holds the boom in place on the mast has come out and caused the boom to drop (once at an inopportune time when I was trying to get out of the way of a race in progress). I usually single had the boat and in a low wind its not a problem as I can just just push the boom back up and the pin locks into place again, but in a higher wind (above 15 knots, the force is considerable and its challenging alone). Have any of you dealt with this issue and if so what have you done about it?
>> John 
>> Bainbridge Island
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