[Rhodes22-list] questions regarding the Rhodes centerboard.

[Mary Lou Troy]

I think it may vary. IIRC, there are a number of 
ways that the cb pendant has been routed. The 
amount of line would depend on how many turns it 
makes. There are some that are direct pull 
including Fretless. When we got the boat 10 years 
ago and were concerned about the amount of lee 
helm, Stan suggested that one of the things we 
could do was move the stopper knot inside the 
little plastic ball to let the cb down further. 
It was not a figure 8 knot so it took all the way 
from Hart-Miller Island to Love Point working 
with a marlinspike to free up the knot. Can't 
remember if we were motoring or going downwind 
but there wasn't a whole lot of motion or I 
couldn't have done it underway. I think we moved 
the knot about 4 inches. I think we may have let 
the cb go all the way down and then taken note of 
where the line was, pulled it back up slightly 
and then retied the knot. We have a standard cb.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD

At 10:12 AM 4/12/2008, you wrote:
>To All
>    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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