[Rhodes22-list] Centerboard hauling line

[George Carpenter]

My Rhodes 22 launching last Friday at the marina at Iowa lake Red  
Rock, where I maintain a slip, had some challenges due to recent  
flooding in the area. As a result the ramp itself was some 20'  
underwater and the actual launching took place further up the drive  
at, of course, a reduced angle of entree. The boat wouldn't release  
from the trailer and further inspection showed the centerboard to be  
2-3" below the keel-well and catching on the trailer frame...and I  
couldn't pull it higher. After enlisting the aid of the marina  
tractor operator to get me in deeper (the exhaust on my SUV was  
already bubbling) I was finally able to bump-and-bang off the trailer  
and motor uneventfully to my slip. Once secured I tried the cb and it  
appeared to be stuck.  However, a dive below showed that in fact it  
was all the way down and the hauling line and attending pulleys had  
broken off...as well as some damage to the fiberglass on the bottom  
of the cb. I e-mailed the COMMODORE for how-to-repair instruction and  
received a series of immediate replies to my query and follow-ups (I  
accused Stan of playing Ann Landers all holiday weekend to his Rhodie  
disciples).  He provided two options: one to reinstall the former 4:1  
purchase system and the other to drill a hole in the aft edge of the  
cb near the bottom and run a direct hauling line back into the  
cockpit. Although making it a heavier lift I'm attracted to this  
simplicity. Has anyone out there had experience with this method I  
can go to school on?

	George