[Rhodes22-list] Centerboard hauling line

[Mary Lou Troy]

George,
Ours is direct pull. It works fine. It's not very heavy unless you 
are really moving and there is a lot of side pressure. Even then it's 
not a big deal.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 12:32 PM 6/1/2007, you wrote:
>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
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