[Rhodes22-list] Swing keel help

[Chrissailorman]

Well...I bit the bullet today...had been considering pulling the centerboard cap to check for impending issues before putting Blue Hawaii in this year...was debating whether I should or not....glad I did. My boat is an 87 and as far as I know never had serviced the cb. Being almost 30 years old I was concerned about blocks and the line.... Well, the cap came off easily enough...just two bolts resisted coming out...gasket was no issue at all....but the rearmost block had worn through or broken at the shackle point...so need to replace that...also replacing line using Sta-Set X, 1/4 ". I used a handy billy, 3 part line tackle to hoist the board up and out...pretty heavy. Spanned the cabin top with  a couple of two by fours... Bringing it up and out allows me to easily apply paint to the board and trunk...nice. Found a few large barnacles, one quite close to the top....will update if I have any issues completing but looks pretty strait forward. I will take some pictures to submit with my follow up postings. Probably not til Monday...grandchild # 13 is one year old tomorrow..blended family, actually my 8th....fun!
Grandson #1, (#13/8's brother!), actually sailed with me on my first Rhodes 22, C-Kat, a Continental...13 years ago.
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> On May 1, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Rob Granger <rgranger at sbc.edu> wrote:
> 
> Todd
> 
> That is how my keel is.   The pin was not glassed over however.  There were
> to diamond shaped SS plates that were screwed into the keel outside. The
> plates cover the ends of the SS pin so it does not slide out.  I found the
> plates only after removing beacoup layers of bottom paint.  :-)  After
> removing the plates, the pin just slides out.  I pushed mine out with a
> phillips screwdriver.  The keel plopped out no problems.
> 
> The biggest problem I had was locating the two plates in my shed 8 months
> later when I put the keel back into the boat....     :-(
> 
> 
> 
> Dr. Robert Granger
> Department of Chemistry
> Sweet Briar College
> 434-381-6403
> rgranger at sbc.edu
> 
> 
>> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Todd Tavares <sprocket80 at mail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>   But Art, there is no c/b cap on a '74. There is a stainless 1/2" pivot
>>   pin beamwise through the keel outside. The pin is usually glassed
>>   over, if no one has ever removed it.
>>   Todd T.
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>>   brevity.
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>>   Arthur Czerwonky <cover-man at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>     Todd,
>>     Seconded with gusto. Not only the huge effort required, but
>>     consider the risks involved. It would take a huge problem before I
>>     would consider touching that cb gasket..
>>     Art
>>     Todd Tavares <sprocket80 at mail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> It would save a tremendous amount of work if you could get the
>>     boat on
>>> stands or on a travel lift so you could lower the board and
>>     access it
>>> from below.
>>> Todd.
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>>> brevity.
>>> 
>>> George Irwin <girwin2 at cox.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> How do you fix a broken swing keel line on a Rhodes 22 of 1974
>>> vintage
>>> Boat is on a single axle trailer
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