[Rhodes22-list] My first question

[Mary Lou Troy]

John,
Are you talking about 28" of line?

Without knowing how many turns around a block the line takes as it 
goes through the centerboard trunk it may be hard to tell. I'd have 
to measure ours but 28" may be close. Our centerboard is direct drop 
(no turns in the centerboard trunk).

I'm guessing that the only way to really tell how much your 
centerboard is dropping is to have your boat out of the water and up 
on stands or in slings.  It may also make a difference if you have 
the so-called "diamond board" vs the standard centerboard. The 
picture Ron posted is of a diamond board. You can adjust the knot in 
the line so the board drops more or less but if you have a diamond 
board and let it too far down the shape becomes inefficient according to Stan.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD


At 08:41 PM 6/2/2009, you wrote:
>This is regarding the board--I have about 28" difference between the 
>board being up and down all the way.  Does this seem correct, or do 
>I need to drop the board more.  I have a lot of line left over, 
>after dropping the board.  I am not sure if I have a very long line, 
>or it is not dropping as far as it should.
>
>Thanks to anyone that replys to this, and, having been reading this 
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>John
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