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

[Mary Lou Troy]

Just try working it up and down with as much movement as you can - 
many many times.

The problem is probably not in the tube but in the keel slot itself, 
Probably Mostly on the lower side.

Mary Lou


At 06:55 PM 7/30/2013, you wrote:
>Mary Lou:
>
>Ha! Marine growth was my first guess.  The pendant is stained and 
>dirty.  I will look to pour something (safe) down the tube.
>
>Joe
>
>
>
> >________________________________
> > From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
> >To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 6:37 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] (Joe's Centerboard Woes)
> >
> >
> >Hi Joe,
> >If it was working and isn't now and if you haven't used the boat
> >much, I would suspect crud (the polite term is marine growth) of some
> >sort in the slot or on the bottom of the boat in general I don't know
> >what you get for growth in the Bohemia but further south, I've heard
> >reports that it is really bad this year.
> >
> >We've had issues many years where we haven't used the boat much where
> >the centerboard won't go down all the way by the end f the season.
> >We've usually been able to clear it by taking the boat out on a
> >breezey lumpy day and doing lots of tacks. With two people on board,
> >one can sail and the other can repeatedly raise and lower the board.
> >For us, it's eventually always gone down if the issue is marine growth.
> >
> >Best wishes,
> >Mary Lou
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >At 04:22 PM 7/30/2013, you wrote:
> >>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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