Here's one I never saw come up before. Went out to the boat (on a mooring) and the boom had fallen out of the gooseneck. Thank God it didn't happen under sail.
Seems the boom sits in a slot and is held in pace by a pin that looks like a clevis pin but doesn't have a raised edge... it will slide all the way thru it's hole in the gooseneck. The only thing holding it in place is a thin carter pin inserted from the top, which I found broken off and laying on the deck.
I replaced this with a 3/8" by 3" clevis.
Might be something worth checking out.
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Chuck Parker
HelenRita 2072 Mk II
2002 Tall Rig - Winged Keel
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Well worth checking on a regular basis. My pin managed to work its way up but not quite out three years ago. Dowsing the cruising spinnaker at 2:00 am. while offshore, I noticed a large white fiber washer sitting on the deck. This is always a bad sign but fortunately, as I was coiling the halyard on the mast, I happened to look down at the boom and saw the pin sticking up. It was now obvious where the washer came from.
John Meyer
Hilbre 2135
John Meyer
Hilbre
C36 MKll, Hull 2135
Cabrillo Marina, San Pedro, CA
Yeah, there's a washer on each side of the boom where it slides into the gooseneck.
Chuck Parker
HelenRita 2072 Mk II
2002 Tall Rig - Winged Keel
Atlantic Highlands, NJ