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

[Joe Camp]

Rummy, Mary Lou et al:

     I sailed yesterday (if you want to call it "sailing" with no wind) and discovered that my centerboard had returned to its normal functioning parameters.  Before I left the boat last weekend, I sprayed some of the Holy Fluid (not rum in this case, but WD-40) into the tube on a wild guess.  Well, the movement is freed up, and the pendant line looks to have been cleared of whatever was fouling it.  I will monitor the situation for the remainder of the season and decide wether or not to dig into it more deeply at haul-out time.  Thanks everyone for the usually stellar advice.  What a group!

Joe Camp



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>Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2013 7:25 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] (Joe's Centerboard Woes)
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>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 
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>>________________________________
>>  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)
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>>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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