[Rhodes22-list] So about the centerboard

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Lou,

Too late! Centerboard & trunk were painted by the time I took the 2nd 
picture. Good idea though. Because our centerboard pennant is a 
direct pull (no blocks or anything) it's easy to replace with the 
boat in the slings. Take the old one off, then thread the new one 
straight down from the top and tie it off to the fitting on the 
centerboard. A little paint on the line won't hurt it and they'll 
have to retract the board to put it back on the trailer. The last 
time we replaced it, we removed the cap. This was easier. That was in 
2003. The old line (this time) showed some abrasion around the knot 
at the fitting. It probably would have lasted another year or two but 
the timing was good.

Water temp on the Chesapeake is rising and is now up to 45 degrees. 
We have a few other jobs to do before launch but we should be ready 
as soon as things start warming up.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD

At 10:34 PM 3/18/2009, you wrote:
>Mary Lou
>
>Im surprised by the position of the pennant at the aft end of the board!
>My pennant attaches to the mid section and is never really visible
>when fully deployed.
>
>I havent posted to the list on this computer and I had to slim down
>my main emails in box so this may not get posted I may in fact
>email you this directly at the same time so you get it.
>
>I say if this works for you go with it!
>As a person who had to go though 2 gaskets last year due to
>sloppiness with the sealant, the only advice would be
>to cover the pennant with plastic wrap from the kitchen or something
>easy to remove while you lather up the edge of the trunk.
>take your time!
>I allow a full afternoon to put the pivot in lube it first I used
>grease.   thread the pennant , cover it where it can get silicone on
>it and then remove the
>plastic before covering and bolting it up.
>
>add water and go sailing!
>   fair winds
>   Lou
>   s/v Miracles
>
>On Mar 18, 2009, at 8:00 PM, Mary Lou Troy wrote:
>
> > So all this time I've been saying we have a conventional
> > centerboard on
> > Fretless because she was built in 1991 and there was a discussion
> > here at
> > some point saying that the diamond boards didn't start until the
> > mid-nineties. We've never had the centerboard out of the boat
> > because of an
> > unconventional seal on the centerboard cap. We decided that this
> > year we
> > would have the yard paint the bottom. We replaced the centerboard
> > pennant
> > while the boat was up in slings. I took these pictures. What do you
> > think?
> >
> >
> >
> > Mary Lou
> >
> > 1991 R22  Fretless
> >
> > Rock Hall, MD
> >
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