[Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer

[Claude Cox]

Rummy

Somehow, my line has become entangled on the tip of the centerboard, and is 
preventing the raising or lowering of the board.  Any suggestions for 
dis-entangling without removing the centerboard cover?

Claude

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Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:22 PM
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> This is an easy one. My guess is that you tried placing the Rhodes on the
> trailer with the centerboard raised, a mistake many people make. Leave the
> centerboard all the way down and the guides on the trailer will center the
> hull  just fine. Just make sure that once on the trailer you pull the
> centerboard line  tight and cleat off. Otherwise if you try to launch, the
> centerboard will get  hung up and push the centerboard cap upwards, 
> breaking it into
> many  pieces.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 11/16/2009 11:34:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> rlowe at vt.edu writes:
>
> We  pulled Getaway this weekend, had to take advantage of the 70 degree 
> day
> as we  only had two weeks left to get her out of the water.  Had a heck of
> a  time getting her centered on the trailer.  The keel kept landing on top
> of the lower guide bunks and when I started pulling the trailer the boat
> would  lean over to the side as the keel settled on the bunk.  A fellow 
> sailor
> that was observing suggest the swing keel could be hung up and catching so
> donned swim mast and dove under water to check (glad the lake was still
> relatively warm!).  Swing keel was fine.  Finally got her centered  enough 
> to
> come out straight.  Questions.  Does anyone use some sort  of guides on 
> the
> trailer to aid in centering the boat?  My other thought  is I replaced the
> all the wood on my trailer last year and perhaps I got the  slot between 
> them
> too narrow.  But I thought the guides would center the  boat on the
> trailer.  Guess I had the trailer in the water too far?   How far do you 
> all
> submerge your trailer?!
> I have to about  submerge the top bunks so that I can winch the boat far
> enough forward on the  trailer.  Any feedback welcome. - rob
>
> S/V Getaway
> 1976 Rhodes  22
>
>
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