[Rhodes22-list] centerboard attachment

Fri Mar 7 10:19:49 EST 2014

In a post from James Nichols yesterday, he said that according to what  
he had read,  Stan was installing 'Garden hose'
I suspect this is part of what Stan is referring to as mis-information.
I didn't mean to offend Stan with my keel boat story and appreciate  
his suggestion for raking the keel back, but since he's too busy to  
provide advice on this topic, I'll continue to search for the proper  
installation and or a logical upgrade.
I have to repair my cracked cap and prevent it from happening again.
I still race keel boats in and around Sag Harbor, but I sail  
Dadventure in my local shallows, and enjoy and appreciate everything  
good about the Rhodes 22 while I'm at it.
Ric

On Mar 7, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Graham Stewart wrote:

> Ric:
> What "garden hose" are you referring to? The only piece of garden  
> house I
> have goes between a thru-hulls in the cap and the cockpit and is  
> held in
> place with a hose clamps.
>
> Graham
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Ric Stott
> Sent: March-07-14 8:51 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] centerboard attachment
>
> Hmm!
> I'm very grateful for this thread and this communication.
> I see this as an inherent and dangerous weakness in the boat.
> I was sailing in a keel boat once long ago. We were on our way to a  
> race in
> Fisher's Island sound.
> It was foggy and before GPS, we proudly knew  where we were, but not  
> to the
> nearest yard.
> There are some tall rocks close to the edge of the channel in  
> otherwise very
> deep water.
> There was a 2  ft chop  on a 2  foot swell from offshore and it was  
> low
> tide.
> The wind had dropped off and we were moving only a knot or two,  
> bobbing in
> the bumps.
> Cocky and content, alert and on watch, we were cruising along with  
> the chute
> up.
> Suddenly, the boat dropped off a wave on the keel came down on a rock.
> We hit so hard I bit my tung  bloody from the impact. The mast and  
> rigging
> twanged like it broke. We quickly checked the bilge fearing the  
> worse, but
> to everyones surprise - no leaks.
> An underwater inspection revealed a big dent on the bottom of the  
> lead keel.
> If that happened in a Rhodes 22, it would have driven the CB right  
> through
> the cap and flooded the boat.
> No wonder Stan builds in floatation.
>
> There must be a solution here.
> What holds the garden hose in place, anybody know?
>
> Ric
> Dadventure
>
>
> On Mar 6, 2014, at 9:58 PM, cjlowe at sssnet.com wrote:
>
>> I have a different take on some of these issues, don't know if I'm
>> right, probably just a different take. I think I remember someone on
>> the list saying the pcv pieces slide on each side of the cb pin and
>> act as a sacrificial bushing , so the stainless steel pivot pin
>> doesn't eat out the fiberglass in the side and bottom of the grove.
>> Hope I didn't dream that, because I spent a lot of time making them
>> bushings, mine didn't have them.
>> I'm not sure trying to limit the cb's vertical movement is the best
>> idea. I'm thinking anything you put in the channels has a chance of
>> falling out and jambing the cb travel. Anything hard screwed in the
>> channels has a good chance of tearing big holes in the cb trunk and
>> taking out both sides of the cb cap. If you think fixing the cb cap
>> was a pain, ask Lou how much fun it is to do repairs inside the
>> centerboard trunk.
>> I'm thinking the best bet is to not anchor/moor in shallow water,
>> don't motor backward in shallow water, and NEVER EVER splash the boat
>> unless the cb pendant is cleated with the cb in the UP position. Any
>> other ides on this are more than welcome.
>>
>>   Jerry
>>
>>
>>
>>> I have changed the title of this exchange as it appear the topic has
>>> morphed from the matter of the mast post base to the question of how
>>> the centreboard is attached and how this might result in damage to
>>> the cap if the centreboard is not held in the up position when
>>> launching.
>>>
>>> My centreboard pivot pin rides in two vertical channels in the
>>> housing that are about 5" long. Those grooves are very clear in the
>>> second photo that Rob Lowe just posted. As I saw it, the channels
>>> would allow the pin to be dropped down to the proper position  
>>> without
>>> the need to insert the pin from the outside of the housing.  It now
>>> occurs to me  that this design might also have been intended to  
>>> allow
>>> the pivot pin to rise up inside the housing should the centreboard
>>> hit something. Makes sense although perhaps not if this would allow
>>> the centreboard to damage the cap.
>>>
>>> In my case two length of .5 inch rigid PVC  pipe were placed in each
>>> channel above the pin. It appears that these pipes were intended to
>>> prevent the pin from rising up. As I mentioned earlier, I was pretty
>>> sure that the cap had never been removed and assumed, therefore,  
>>> that
>>> the pieces of pipe were part of the original design. Now I am
>>> beginning to wonder if this was some kind of retrofit by a previous
>>> owner who, perhaps, was responding to damage caused when the
>>> centreboard was pushed into the cap.
>>>
>>> I am inclined to leave the pieces of pipe out when I reinstall the
>>> centreboard or perhaps search for something that might act as a  
>>> shock
>>> absorber but still allow the board to raise up if it hits a solid
>>> object.
>>> Perhaps shorter lengths of flexible plastic tubing would work.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else found a similar arrangement in the pivot pin  
>>> channel?
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Graham
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Lowe, Rob
>>> Sent: March-06-14 3:13 PM
>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Searching the archives and settled step
>>>> now mast step cb leak
>>>
>>> It seems like there are various versions of CB and the lift systems.
>>> Here are some photos that someone (I forgot who, sorry!) posted of
>>> their CB taken apart. - rob
>>>
>>> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200507/14/ 
>>> Getaw
>>> ay1.jpg
>>> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200507/14/ 
>>> Getaw
>>> ay2.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Ric Stott
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 2:00 PM
>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Searching the archives and settled step
>>>> now mast step cb leak
>>>
>>> Thanks Graham
>>> It might have been cracked when they loaded it onto a trailer to
>>> launch last spring and delivered it to me.
>>> It was a transport trailer.
>>> Sam replied that the pendant had to be cleated when trailered, or it
>>> would cause a crack.
>>> I'd like to understand the mechanics of that reply.
>>> Is the top or aft edge of the CB that close to the cap, and what
>>> component would allow it to move vertically, a hinge pin?
>>> Is there a CB diagram anywhere?
>>> I think it was leaking, but very little until later in the season
>>> then
>>> - after a storm, it got much worse.
>>> The boat may have been on the bottom or bounced on the bottom at a
>>> very low tide.
>>> I'll take it apart when it warms up.
>>> Pendant - Braided nylon is very stretchy - is that what we want?
>>> Ric
>>>
>>> On Mar 6, 2014, at 1:24 PM, Graham Stewart wrote:
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