[Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer

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In a message dated 11/18/2009 1:34:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
ccc974 at comcast.net writes:

Rummy

Somehow, my line has become entangled on the tip of  the centerboard, and 
is 
preventing the raising or lowering of the  board.  Any suggestions for 
dis-entangling without removing the  centerboard cover?

Claude

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From:  <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:22  PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer


>  This is an easy one. My guess is that you tried placing the Rhodes on  
the
> trailer with the centerboard raised, a mistake many people make.  Leave 
the
> centerboard all the way down and the guides on the trailer  will center 
the
> hull  just fine. Just make sure that once on the  trailer you pull the
> centerboard line  tight and cleat off.  Otherwise if you try to launch, 
the
> centerboard will get  hung up  and push the centerboard cap upwards, 
> breaking it into
>  many  pieces.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message  dated 11/16/2009 11:34:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> rlowe at vt.edu  writes:
>
> We  pulled Getaway this weekend, had to take  advantage of the 70 degree 
> day
> as we  only had two weeks  left to get her out of the water.  Had a heck 
of
> a  time  getting her centered on the trailer.  The keel kept landing on  
top
> of the lower guide bunks and when I started pulling the trailer  the boat
> would  lean over to the side as the keel settled on the  bunk.  A fellow 
> sailor
> that was observing suggest the  swing keel could be hung up and catching 
so
> donned swim mast and dove  under water to check (glad the lake was still
> relatively warm!).   Swing keel was fine.  Finally got her centered  
enough 
>  to
> come out straight.  Questions.  Does anyone use some  sort  of guides on 
> the
> trailer to aid in centering the  boat?  My other thought  is I replaced 
the
> all the wood on  my trailer last year and perhaps I got the  slot between 
>  them
> too narrow.  But I thought the guides would center the   boat on the
> trailer.  Guess I had the trailer in the water too  far?   How far do you 
> all
> submerge your  trailer?!
> I have to about  submerge the top bunks so that I can  winch the boat far
> enough forward on the  trailer.  Any  feedback welcome. - rob
>
> S/V Getaway
> 1976 Rhodes   22
>
>
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