[Rhodes22-list] (Joe's Centerboard Woes)

Thu Aug 1 09:02:57 EDT 2013

Mary Lou,

I agree that it sounds a lot like marine growth.  The first year that we
moored in the Nissequogue River, 30 years ago, Stan had put the wrong paint
on the bottom of our R22.  The board would bind on the way down and up in
late July/August.  A friend offered to dive under with a snorkel and mask to
free her up.  He banged several times with his hands and then surfaced full
of blood.  Barnacles are very sharp!  Please use caution.

Mike
s/v <-no name -> ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY

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Hi Rummy,
If I have the sequence of events with Joe's cb correct I would still suspect
marine growth. It has been very bad in the Bay this year. 
It's been a couple of weeks since we've lowered and raised our board and I
suspect that by the time we get to the boat in another week or so, ours
won't want to go down all the way either. We've had the issue every year the
boat has been lightly used. Joe's in fresher water up where he is but he
should check the bottoms of neighboring booats.

This is how I understand the sequence of events. Board snags on trailer in
April. They got the board back up and launched the boat. 
The centerboard worked properly after that. Some time later after a period
of inactivity, the centerboard won't drop all the way. Joe reported that
after a lot of raise and release, the board is going down a little further.
This is typical of what happens with marine growth at the bottom of the
centerboard trunk.

Joe didn't say if the board is binding on the way up or just not going all
the way down. While I agree that I wouldn't force it, I wouldn't be all to
eager pull the boat and remove the cap - yet.

Mary Lou

At 07:25 AM 8/1/2013, you wrote:
>Joe,
>I believe you have damaged the centerboard hardware, primarily the pin 
>that
>  holds it in place or the track it rides in. If you try to manually 
>pull the  centerboard down, you may end up with the whole thing in your 
>hands. Time to put  her on the trailer and remove the cap and check for 
>damage.
>
>Rummy
>
>
>In a message dated 7/30/2013 4:23:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
>jjcampjr at yahoo.com writes:
>
>Mary  Lou:
>
>We launched in April, floated her off the  trailer, and as my buddy 
>pulled the boat clear, the centerboard was caught  between the guide 
>boards and the bunk, leaving her tilted to port and hung up  on the 
>trailer.  My buddy got aboard, a backed into the water to get it  
>floating, and he pulled up the centerboard.  There would have been some  
>sideways pressure on the centerboard, I'm sure. I think it worked OK 
>after  that(that day).  I noticed the trouble a couple of weeks  ago.
>
>Joe
>
>
>
> >________________________________
> >  From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
> >To: The Rhodes 22  Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Sent: Monday, July 29,  2013 10:18 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] (no subject)
> >
> >
> >How did you get it back up in the keel when it dropped on  launch? If 
> >you weren't pulling on the pendent, it could be a loop of  the 
> >pendant binding somewhere near the block (if you have one) in the  
> >trunk. We had that happen once but I forget how it happened. I think  
> >we were able to work it out with the boat in the water. When we redid  
> >the pendant a year or two later, we did away with the  block.
> >
> >Mary Lou
> >1991 R22 Fretless
> >Rock Hall,  MD
> >
> >
> >At 04:55 PM 7/29/2013, you wrote:
> >>Hey  Community:
> >>
> >>      I have a centerboard  issue to field:  My centerboard will not 
> >> go all of the way  down.  The boat is an '87 Recycle, and I have to 
> >> suppose  that I have the standard centerboard.  It worked in 
> >> seasons  past, but this April, on launching, my centerboard went 
> >> down and  became jammed in the trailer.  We got it back up into the 
> >> keel, but I wonder if I might have bent a pin or altered some 
> >> usually  smooth mechanical process which now has me vexed.  Please  
> >> give me your assessments on potential causes.  Ultimately, I  may 
> >> have just have to wait for trailer season to dismantle the  guts of the
beast and
> >> see first hand.   Thanks.
> >>
> >>Joe Camp
> >>s/v John  Dawson
> >>Bohemia River,  MD
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