[Rhodes22-list] questions regarding the Rhodes centerboard.

[bill davidge]

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   Can anyone tell Me  how much line has to go out before the center board
or diamond board is all the way down ?
  Bill Davidge




On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Bob Keller <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Finally!  A topic in my area of expertise!  I'm not sure where to start
> with this, but I have proven without a doubt that if you remove the stopper
> knot and pull the diamondboard all the way down it will fall out.  The
> diamondboard is not designed to extend all the way down, but the centerboard
> is supposed to go down and be close to 90 degrees when fully extended.  The
> centerboard has a pulley system while the diamondboard line connects
> directly.  I do not know if the centerboard can be replaced with a
> diamondboard?  If the centerboard is not dropping down all the way it is
> possible it is getting stuck in the trunk as my diamondboard did.  If that
> is the case, just remove the 500 bolts (actually 40 or 50 but seems like
> more) pull the board out and grind it down until it moves freely inside the
> trunk.
>
> Bob K
>
>
>
> > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:31:03 -0400> From: czerwonky at earthlink.net>
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] questions
> regarding the Rhodes centerboard.> > Joe,> I think Rummy related to me once
> that Bob Keller's diamondboard somehow came out of it's preferred 'home'
> after it had been rotated too far into the vertical position. I am not aware
> of similar unwanted consequences if a conventional board is overly rotated
> forward. I have additional line on my centerboard lanyard, but a ball stop
> is knotted to keep the cb from moving further forward. Anyone have practical
> experience on this.> Art> > -----Original Message-----> >From: Rob Lowe <
> rlowe at vt.edu>> >Sent: Apr 11, 2008 3:36 PM> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] questions
> regarding the Rhodes centerboard.> >> >Joe,> >Here's link to my boat when
> she was being painted by the previous owner.> >I'm assuming the centerboard
> is all the way down at this point. - rob> >> >
> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200507/13/Getaway-3.jpg>
> >> >> >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Arthur H. Czerwonky" <
> czerwonky at earthlink.net>> >To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>> >Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 3:25 PM>
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] questions regarding the Rhodes centerboard.>
> >> >> >> Joe,> >> Mine does not extend fully either, also a feature of the
> diamond board, I> >am told. Maybe someone who is closely familiar knows what
> the angle it> >should have with the keel when fully extended. Who knows?> >>
> Art> >>> >> -----Original Message-----> >> >From: DownHill <
> jadoucet at snet.net>> >> >Sent: Apr 11, 2008 2:06 PM> >> >To:
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> >> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] questions
> regarding the Rhodes centerboard.> >> >> >> >> >> >Has any one worked with
> the centerboard?> >> >> >> >I noticed that the centerboard on my '86
> (rebuilt 2002) Rhodes does not> >> >extend vertically from the keel when the
> centerboard retrieval line is> >fully> >> >released. it is approximately 30
> deg from vertical. Because of this,> >the> >> >boat does not point very
> well.> >> >> >> >Has anyone replaced this line? Does one merely remove the
> bolts from the> >> >cabin floor to access the line? Is there a mechanical
> advantage pulley> >> >system? can it be easily accessed to change the line?>
> >> >> >> >I've read about Stan's diamond board. Has anyone replaced the
> center> >board> >> >with a diamond board? did your performance improve?> >>
> >> >> >Thanks in advance for your help.> >> >> >> >Joe> >> >-- > >> >View
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