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

[Mary Lou Troy]

That's possible. Any other ideas? I'm going to try to get pictures later 
today. We're going to need to do something to plug up that hole. Is the top 
of the centerboard cap below the waterline? Looks to me like it might be 
just above it.

Mary Lou


At 12:01 AM 3/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>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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