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

[Joe Camp]

Thanks Mary Lou. 

Yes, I ran it up and down repeatedly on Saturday, and It got a bit better as I did.  I am sailing tomorrow...  good time to repeat the strategy.

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 8:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] (Joe's Centerboard Woes)
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>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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