[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes22-list Digest, Vol 3420, Issue 2

[Graham Stewart]

Richard:

Hauling the boat up on the wooden guides should not do damage other than
superficial scrapes. You are not the first or last to do that. Leaving the
cb down a fraction helps centre the boat when the trailer is in deeper
water.

My guess is that the water is not from the centreboard damaging the cap. I
would remove the floor boards, back the trailer into the water until the
boat floats and then, before unhooking the boat from the trailer, climb in
and see if there is any water getting in. If there is a leak, you just haul
the boat back out. I think it is quite possible that pressure washing could
force water in. I had water get in through the hull deck join when heeling
over. Driving rain can also get in. I have also had water - a lot of water -
get in from snow in the cockpit the one winter I didn't cover the boat. I
will not do that again. So, I would not assume that the cb cap is the
problem unless there is visible damage.

I think you might want to go easy with the power washing. Use low pressure
if you do, but soap and a scrub brush would be better for the boat.

My understanding is that Stan does not use sealant on the centreboard cap -
just a gasket which he sells. I have made my own gaskets and used silicone
sealant - which works fine but that was before I learned better from others
on this list.

The difference between the diamond board and the older one , so far as I
understand , is a modification in the shape but the boards both function the
same way. I don't know when the change took place.



Graham 

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Please clue me in on this. I don't know the difference between the old
centerboard and the diamond version whatever that is. I don't know what kind
of centerboard I have in my '88 model either. I do know it was refurbished
in or about '98 and I have an idea that something was done to the cb at that
time because the cb pendant is blue new looking line. Also the cb cap seems
to be sealed with a new looking bedding compound and up to now it has been
dry as a bone. I say up to now because when we pulled the boat out last fall
we got it on the trailer crooked so that the keel was resting one of the 2x8
guide boards that are supposed to center the boat on the trailer. This would
be the same as running aground and would force the cb up. However on the
plus side I have let the board all the way down ( vertical -------we keep it
on a hoist in the summer ), and I note that it was narrow, like a dagger
board. It seems hard to believe that narrow board could be wide enough to
hit the cb!
  cap. We put the boat back in the water right away and put it on straight
and stored it in a hangar for the winter. In Michigan we check for any water
in the bilge when we put the boat away and we put the boat away and did find
about 2-3 inches. We hadn't checked the bilge all summer so I don't know if
that was from a leak or an accumulation of all the water we used to wash
down the boat over the season                          (lots of swallows ).
In addition to the bilge there was a lot of water fore  of the toilet
bulkhead.

I'm thinking water from the cb wouldn't get through that bulkhead so it
would indicate it was rain  or water from the pressure hose we use to clean.
It gets in under the hatch. 

I don't know how to check for a cb leak other than putting the boat back in
the water. I suppose I could put enough water in the bilge to cover the cb
cap and then pump it out if no leaks. That would remove the danger of taking
too long to get it back on the trailer if it were leaking and possibly
sinking. 

I have to mention that we did hear a crack when the boat got on crooked but
I think it was the 2x8 which we will have to fix when the boats off the
trailer.

If we did break the cb seal I suppose the only remedy is to remove the cap
bolts and repair. Does Stan sell a a new gasket/seal and bedding compound?
If the cap is cracked I assume it can be repaired with fiberglass but will
have to be done so that the side that matches the cb is smooth and fits
perfectly. 

Any thoughts on this? Is the cb wide enough to be forced into the cap? Can
we get the necessary parts from Stan?



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