[Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer

[Lowe, Rob]

Claude,
I'm curious.  Boat in or out of the water?  If out of water, can you see the line?  If in the water, feel like swimming? I don't know if you can get to it from below or not, but sounds like your only choice if you don't want to remove centerboard cover. - rob


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From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Claude Cox
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer

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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Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:22 PM
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> 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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