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

[Michael Meltzer]

think of using a rod to push the board down if a rock gets the board stuck, as in a soft grounding, as in it beats taking off the
cap.

MJM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Lou Troy" <mltroy@netreach.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 11:04 PM
Subject: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] It must be spring (Centerboard saga Ch. 1- questions)


> The hole and the plug are on top of the cap about half way between the
> pennant tube and the forward end of the cap - maybe a little closer to the
> forward end of the cap. You can easily see the centerboard with the plug
> removed but you could not see the pennant - it's too far forward.
>
> Mary Lou
>
>
>
> At 09:39 PM 3/8/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >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>
> >To: "Rhodes 22 list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >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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