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[Leland]

Rick,

When fully retracted the entire length of my centerboard still sticks out
about an inch below the keel.  I don't trailer but I don't think it gets in
the way.  Elton never mentioned any problems when he delivered my boat.

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
Kent Island, MD


Blue Heron wrote:
> 
> 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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