[Rhodes22-list] It must be spring (Centerboard saga Ch. 1- questions)

[Karen Fiske / Marc Beroz]

Don't have the plug in my boat. I assume that the plug is located forward of
the pennant tube & on the top of the cap. How far forward of the pennant
tube is the plug?
Marc

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Lou Troy" <mltroy@netreach.net>
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Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 5:07 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] It must be spring (Centerboard saga Ch. 1-
questions)


> OK it's the first warm day since the snow melted down to a reasonable
amount.
>
> Fred went out and started poking about the boat in preparation for
removing
> the centerboard so we can paint the board and the trunk with new
> antifouling and replace the pennant.
>
> He removed the wood over the centerboard trunk and found a surprise.
> Question for any of you who have done this: Do you have a 1 1/4 in.
> diameter hole in the centerboard cap filled with a nifty mechanical
> stopper? The stopper is not in great shape and Fred says he doesn't think
> it would have held out a lot of water under pressure.
>
> Any ideas on what the purpose of this might be? I looked through the
> archives and couldn't find any reference to such a critter. We are now
> pondering how to replace this.
>
> If there's interest and no ready answer, I can supply pictures for
> speculative purposes.
>
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Ft. Washington, PA / Swan Creek, MD
>
>
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