[Rhodes22-list] (Joe's Centerboard Woes)

Thu Aug 1 08:05:30 EDT 2013

Hi Rummy,
If I have the sequence of events with Joe's cb correct I would still 
suspect marine growth. It has been very bad in the Bay this year. 
It's been a couple of weeks since we've lowered and raised our board 
and I suspect that by the time we get to the boat in another week or 
so, ours won't want to go down all the way either. We've had the 
issue every year the boat has been lightly used. Joe's in fresher 
water up where he is but he should check the bottoms of neighboring booats.

This is how I understand the sequence of events. Board snags on 
trailer in April. They got the board back up and launched the boat. 
The centerboard worked properly after that. Some time later after a 
period of inactivity, the centerboard won't drop all the way. Joe 
reported that after a lot of raise and release, the board is going 
down a little further. This is typical of what happens with marine 
growth at the bottom of the centerboard trunk.

Joe didn't say if the board is binding on the way up or just not 
going all the way down. While I agree that I wouldn't force it, I 
wouldn't be all to eager pull the boat and remove the cap - yet.

Mary Lou

At 07:25 AM 8/1/2013, you wrote:
>Joe,
>I believe you have damaged the centerboard hardware, primarily the pin that
>  holds it in place or the track it rides in. If you try to manually pull
>the  centerboard down, you may end up with the whole thing in your 
>hands. Time
>to put  her on the trailer and remove the cap and check for damage.
>
>Rummy
>
>
>In a message dated 7/30/2013 4:23:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>jjcampjr at yahoo.com writes:
>
>Mary  Lou:
>
>We launched in April, floated her off the  trailer, and as my buddy pulled
>the boat clear, the centerboard was caught  between the guide boards and the
>bunk, leaving her tilted to port and hung up  on the trailer.  My buddy got
>aboard, a backed into the water to get it  floating, and he pulled up the
>centerboard.  There would have been some  sideways pressure on the
>centerboard, I'm sure. I think it worked OK after  that(that 
>day).  I noticed the
>trouble a couple of weeks  ago.
>
>Joe
>
>
>
> >________________________________
> >  From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
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> >Sent: Monday, July 29,  2013 10:18 PM
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> >
> >How did you get it back up in the keel when it dropped on  launch? If
> >you weren't pulling on the pendent, it could be a loop of  the pendant
> >binding somewhere near the block (if you have one) in the  trunk. We
> >had that happen once but I forget how it happened. I think  we were
> >able to work it out with the boat in the water. When we redid  the
> >pendant a year or two later, we did away with the  block.
> >
> >Mary Lou
> >1991 R22 Fretless
> >Rock Hall,  MD
> >
> >
> >At 04:55 PM 7/29/2013, you wrote:
> >>Hey  Community:
> >>
> >>      I have a centerboard  issue to field:  My centerboard will not
> >> go all of the way  down.  The boat is an '87 Recycle, and I have to
> >> suppose  that I have the standard centerboard.  It worked in seasons
> >>  past, but this April, on launching, my centerboard went down and
> >>  became jammed in the trailer.  We got it back up into the keel, but
> >> I wonder if I might have bent a pin or altered some usually  smooth
> >> mechanical process which now has me vexed.  Please  give me your
> >> assessments on potential causes.  Ultimately, I  may have just have
> >> to wait for trailer season to dismantle the  guts of the beast and
> >> see first hand.   Thanks.
> >>
> >>Joe Camp
> >>s/v John  Dawson
> >>Bohemia River,  MD
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