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[Rick]

Ed,

Do you know that after 1985 Stan switched from centerboards to diamond
boards that fully retract?  Yet even the centerboards should have fully
retracted for the boat to ride on a trailer.

Rick

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Ed <edwoodchop at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> Hello Rhodes list,
> Please consider this a heads up on the center board trunk. I have a 1985
> Rhodes on Long Island sound out of Noank. This is my story about the
> hurricane that hit Palmer's Cove. I have a private mooring in a fairly
> shallow area. When the hurricane struck the waves were very steep and the
> boat got slammed around sharply. The center board was in the retracted
> position. The hull got slammed down into the sandy bottom pushing the
> center board into the trunk cracking the cap. This caused major leaking.
> Upon hauling the boat, pulling the cap, I discovered there is a section in
> the center board that pushes into the center board cap. I have since ground
> down that portion of the center board. I think Stan ought to modify the
> center board so that in the fully retracted position with the pin pushed
> up, the board  will not hit the center board cap.
> Hope this helps,
> Capt. Ed of Mz. Betty
> Noank, CT
>
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