[Rhodes22-list] Problems removing cap of centerboard trunk

[Jim Connolly]

Luis,

I removed my cap to paint the centerboard this spring.  If memory serves, I
used a 1/2" socket on a ratchet drive and a 1/2" box-end wrench to hold the
nut under the flange.  The flange is two pieces of fiberglass each about
1/4" thick with about 1/8" rubber gasket between.  Bolts are about 1 1/4"
stainless with washers and nylock nuts.  I think that there are about 36.

With your thumb and forefinger, place the thumb on the bolt head and feel
around the bottom side of the flange for the other end of the bolt and the
nut.  Once you find the end of the bolt, you can blindly put the wrench over
the bolt and wiggle it up to hold the nut stationary while you unscrew the
bolt.

If you can't find the end of the bolt, maybe somebody fiberglassed the whole
thing in.  Is the flange as I described and is the bottom accessible?

Jim Connolly
s/v Inisheer
'85 recycled '03

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Luis Guzman
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 6:53 PM
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Problems removing cap of centerboard trunk

My wife and I went to General Boats to pick up the centerboard for our
project boat. We got to meet Stan himself and several members of his crew.
Everybody there was vey nice and vey helpful. 

Besides the centerboard, we were able to obtain a couple of other parts that
we needed.

Back home, I tried removing the centerboard trunk cap in order to get in
there and install the recently adquired centerboard. Well, I was able to
remove only a couple of screws.

The other screws just turned. I did not have pliers with me to try pull up
on the screws while I turned them.

Are the nuts for the screws embedded into the fiberglass?

How should I go about removing this cap?



		
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