[Rhodes22-list] questions regarding the Rhodes centerboard.

[bill davidge]

Jerry ....Were to you live and were is your boat?  May be I  can get away
for a day and see How a p Pro does works .That is if you don't mined a
audience?
   Who knows perhaps I can help
      Bill Davidge



On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 8:40 PM, <cjlowe at sssnet.com> wrote:

> Bill,
> I'm going to do my bottom paint this week,I'll try to post a picture
> when I get it up in the air.
>
> Jerry Lowe
>
> On 4/13/2008, "bill davidge" <wpdavidge at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Bob , Mary Lou And Leland
> >  Thanks for the info The only know for sure is next time the boat is on
> >blocks is to let the down board down . I  know it goes down but I not
> sure
> >how far and if it goes all the way .
> >
> >  Bill Davidge
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> 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> >> >-- > >>
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