[Rhodes22-list] Depth of Centerboard Trunk

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Peter,

I’d find a different dock builder.  I’ve used the kind of trailer your dock builder is proposing for a Hunter 26.  It was an exercise in nail biting both getting the boat on and off the trailer and it required several helpers to line the hull up.  For me, the style of cradle with the long flexible boards would be nonnegotiable and I’d tell the guy to take a hike if he won’t do it.  You’d be surprised what people will do when you won’t budge.

As far as your keel depth, I recommend you take a measurement on the trailing edge.  The hull is pretty flat there and the keel tapers down to a fine edge. 

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> On Oct 8, 2021, at 6:28 PM, peter klappert <koatimundi100 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Friends: I need to know how far the trunk extends below the belly of the
> hull.
> 
> Although I was able to provide a drawing of the trailer cradle, my dock
> builder can't or won't use it--the kind of cradle the Rhodes 22 has used
> for 50 years.
> .
> He says he can't make a cradle with the long, flexible boards.  He wants to
> make a cradle modeled on those used for bigger boats--keel boats, using
> straight bunks on each side of the trunk and flexible stanchions to steady
> the hull.
> 
> That will require more meticulous maneuvering coming in and, I think, risks
> damage to the hull.
> I don't like it, but I think I'm stuck with it.
> 
> Advice will be very welcome.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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