[Rhodes22-list] Thinking Ahead

[Graham Stewart]

Joe:
I think it is more work to do what you suggest than it is to remove the setee seat. Ultimately you need to remove the setee seat but you also have to remove the center box over the keel and then most of the floor to get to the keel. You then need to remove the cap to get to the hardware blocks. It is a pain but not excessively time consuming or difficult. Removing the 40 odd bolts in the cap is the most tedious part. Hopefully the cap was not installed with sealant.

It sounds to me like one or more of the blocks has jammed. I wonder if the cap was installed with sealant in the past that is now clogging the blocks.
Graham

Graham Stewart
Agile. R22, 1976
Kingston Ontario Canada



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From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Joe Camp via Rhodes22-list
Sent: August 10, 2016 7:49 PM
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Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Thinking Ahead

Hello fellow R-22 Sailors:
     I have had problems with the pennant fro my centerboard lift:  Sometimes works. Other times, jams when lowering.  I want to take it all apart after the season, and I realized that in order to gain access to the blocks beneath the companionway step, I need to remove the entire setee.  The lazy fixer in me says that I should be able to make a cut that makes it easy to remove only the step portion to get to the enclosure for the blocks which is on the keel line.  Can I do this?  I have fished the list without success.  I can't believe that Stan would not have made this access easier... unless there were a reason not to do so.  Tell me what I don't know. 

     Can I make this renegade cut, right about the edge of the cushion, and make the step into the cabin its own removable piece?  This way, I could see what's mucking up my block and tackle.  There is also a school of thought that  says, "you don't need the block & tackle, as the center board is only seventy pounds." WHAT ABOUT THAT?  Thanks y'all.

Joe Camp
s/v John Dawson
Bohemia River, MD

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