[Rhodes22-list] Tongue-shaped flap in centerboard trunk gasket?

[Ric Stott]

BTW 
I have mentioned that the tubes help to reduce CB ‘Clunking’.
Imagine the CB resting on its pivot tube in the tapered slots of the CB Trunk. 
Without those two hoses, the CB  can rock side to side on the pivot pin - one side lifting, then the other.
The hoses keep the pivot pin from rising in the slot and allowing the CB to move (as much) side to side.  
So the  two hoses fill the gap between the Pivot pin and the cap keep the CB from rocking side to side as well as sliding up in the tapered slots. 
Sail-on 
Ric 

Richard F. Stott, AIA, LEED AP 
ric at stottarchitecture.com
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> On Jul 5, 2022, at 11:38 AM, jpd9668 <jpd9668 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ric,Please describe the tubing g in your CB trunk.. Size, length, location in trunk, means of fastening, etc. Photo if possible. Thanks,Joe Dempsey SV RespiteDeltaville,  VASent via the Samsung Galaxy S22 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
> -------- Original message --------From: Ric Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com> Date: 7/5/22  10:56 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Tongue-shaped flap in centerboard trunk gasket? The only reason for an extra flap in that area might be for protection of the CB rising in its slots and hitting the cap which could crack the cap or break thru it. The two pieces of hose in the slots are for that purpose as well. I do not have an extra  flap of neoprene gasket on my boat. Ric Dadventure Richard F. Stott, AIA, LEED AP ric at stottarchitecture.comO -631-283-1777C- 516-965-3164> On Jul 5, 2022, at 10:49 AM, Michael McKay <mm.bizlist1 at gmail.com> wrote:> > In my old gasket (which I am replacing) there is a tongue-shaped flap in the forward section near the pivot pin.  There doesn’t seem to be any point to this since the centerboard doesn’t impinge on the gasket in this area either when up or down.  Do you know why this is there?> > Michael McKay> (630) 209-2054 (m)> > Sent from my iPhone