[Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer

[Claude Cox]

Rob;

The boat is out of the water.  I can see the line, and it appears to be 
caught between the inside keel wall and the cb.  I have been able to loosen 
it some, but not enough to disentangle.
Claude

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lowe, Rob" <rlowe at vt.edu>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer


> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> 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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