[Rhodes22-list] Thinking Ahead

[Chris Geankoplis]

Hey Joe!
            No problem on the access to the centerboard cap.  Get a
cordless drill and remove the L-shaped portion of the settee top.  Takes
less than 5 minutes.
           Next, depending on configuration you will need to remove the
floor boards.  Again perhaps 20 minutes tops.  I've done this a number of
times and it doesn't take that much time.  Just remove the sections you
need in the center to access the cap.  If the cap is nuts and bolts it is
easy.  If it is rivets then you will need to drill them out and replace
with SS bolts, washers and nuts. This will give you access to the
centerboard and hardware from above while the boat is on the trailer.

Oh do this when the boat is out of the water. (grin)

Now if you are not inclined to do the above, several people (check
archives) got the boat off the trailer and on to stands so the centerboard
could be lowered all the way and then replaced the pennant and blocks and
any modifications to encourage the board to operate smoothly.  I've done it
both ways.  If you have a travel lift at your marina sometimes they will
let you hang it from one work day to the next and that is more than enough
time to do the job.  Good luck!

Chris Geankoplis
Enosis I

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 7:48 PM, Joe Camp via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> 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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