[Rhodes22-list] How bad is my CB plate?(Bad, really bad)

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Brooks,
 
At the risk of sounding like an alarmist, you have quite a mess on your  
hands. Unless you are very comfortable doing fiberglass repairs, I think this 
is  a repair best left up to Stan at the factory. Looking at the photo of  
the centerboard trunk I see raw fiberglass fibers where there shouldn't be  
any. The cracks around the holes in the cap are all deformed due to the 
unusual  amount of compression applied to the cap. You really need a new cap. The 
only  way I know of to repair the cap would be to drill out all the damage 
areas and  fill them back in with fiberglass, sand smooth and then drill the 
holes hoping  that you have matched everything with the holes in the trunk 
and have a  perfectly flat surface. This is going to be a difficult repair.
This is going to take a lot of forethought and planning before you start  
this repair. Again, I think you need a new cap to be totally happy with the  
repair. Keep in mind that I only saw three photo's and have no idea what 
else is  there.
Just my two cents worth.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 1/17/2015 8:19:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org writes:

My "new"  1986/2006 had recent CB work done by marina in CN. They were
supposed to  test it in water. I launched boat after bringing it home, 
sailed
it and put  it away for night. Next morning, bow was down a foot. After
bailing,  a  friend noticed some of bolts on CB were not tight, causing  the
leakage. After tightening, most of leak disappeared but just kept  leaking
like a quart a day. Several rounds of tightening did not cure leak  and I
stopped, fearing damaging CB plate. 

Now, several weeks after  taking it out of water, I've removed  the CB plate
and I'm not liking  what I'm seeing - appears I should have stopped
tightening  sooner.

I've enclosed 3 pictures, 1 of trunk, 2 of plate - part that  seals against
rubber.

The worst places on plate are near the 1.5 "  slot in trunk for the knobs 
(?)
on CB to slide up and down. The FG between  bolt hole and slot is very thin
and has been damaged - creates a small  recessed area rubber might have a
problem sealing.

My other concern  is that the plate is now deformed at each bolt hole and
there are stress  cracks, some which look like they could let water in.

I'm considering  prepping area and trying to put down some FG resin to seal
recessed area  and small stress cracks.

So, if you are knowledgeable about this,  please take a look at photos let 
me
know your  recommendations.

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Brooks Bridges
1986/2006 Rhodes 22
Cambridge,  MD




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