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Rick sloopblueheron at gmail.com
Wed Jan 11 19:57:13 EST 2012


Ed,

Do you know that after 1985 Stan switched from centerboards to diamond
boards that fully retract?  Yet even the centerboards should have fully
retracted for the boat to ride on a trailer.

Rick

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Ed <edwoodchop at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> Hello Rhodes list,
> Please consider this a heads up on the center board trunk. I have a 1985
> Rhodes on Long Island sound out of Noank. This is my story about the
> hurricane that hit Palmer's Cove. I have a private mooring in a fairly
> shallow area. When the hurricane struck the waves were very steep and the
> boat got slammed around sharply. The center board was in the retracted
> position. The hull got slammed down into the sandy bottom pushing the
> center board into the trunk cracking the cap. This caused major leaking.
> Upon hauling the boat, pulling the cap, I discovered there is a section in
> the center board that pushes into the center board cap. I have since ground
> down that portion of the center board. I think Stan ought to modify the
> center board so that in the fully retracted position with the pin pushed
> up, the board  will not hit the center board cap.
> Hope this helps,
> Capt. Ed of Mz. Betty
> Noank, CT
>
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