[Rhodes22-list] trouble putting the centerboard back in place

[Lowe, Rob]

John,

Can you get to the board from underneath and move it at all?  If you can't lift it up by pushing on it I'm not sure it will drop down once it's in the water.  If you can move it by hand then perhaps the pennant line is stuck. - rob



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Subject: [Rhodes22-list] trouble putting the centerboard back in place

I’ve got a 2004 (recycled in 2012) boat with the “diamond” (center) board. I pulled the boat out of the lake (Waco) the last time I thought it was flooding to do some maintenance. I ended up I lifting the diamond board out to refinish it as it was in surprisingly rough shape. I’ve relied on the great notes here: http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/r22boardtrunk.pdf <http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/r22boardtrunk.pdf>, although this describes an older centerboard design.
Rhodes 22 Centerboard & Trunk Restoration<http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/r22boardtrunk.pdf>
www.rhodes22.org
Rhodes 22 Centerboard & Trunk Restoration This article makes the assumption that there is possibly something wrong below your boat regarding the centerboard, the trunk in which it's housed, or the



Anyway, I dropped the renewed diamond board back in place with help, but I don’t think it seated correctly. I didn’t realize until after replacing the fiberglass hood that I couldn’t raise the board with the pennant. The bottom of the board is resting on a rubber roller on the trailer, but I should be able to pull it up a couple of inches. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Should I:
1. remove the hood, raise the board and try to reseat it?
2. jack the board up from the bottom to see it I can budge it to reseat?
3. wait until the boat is floating to drop the board and hope it re-seats correctly?

I am loathe to do 1 and don’t want to if it is really unnecessary. Any advice or ideas?

John Carlson
2004/12 Rhodes 22 Lillipelli
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