[Rhodes22-list] RC trailer setup

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

Rick, good to know about the diamond board. So what year was this started?
I guess the diamond boards cannot be installed on factory refurbished
models.

Cary
Radford, VA
S/V Whisper 86



On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 3:22 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Rob,
>
> With the introduction of the diamond board, the hulls are different.  The
> keels are stronger.
>
> Rick
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 9:37 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> > I think some folks maybe over thinking/doing the trailer bunks support
> > issue.  If you look at the lift pictures that someone (sorry, already
> > misplaced who posted) just posted, there were four support points, two
> > forward and two aft.  If you look at the Triad trailer, there are, in
> > reality, 4 support points, where the metal support arms are.  The wooden
> > bunks really are there to guide the boat to the proper position.  Any
> bunk
> > extension forward of the support arm really isn't helping any.  And a lot
> > of people have reported the hull being deformed by a bunk that is forward
> > of the metal support arm and have suggested lengthening them to spread
> the
> > load around.  I suggest the opposite, cut it back.  There is a change of
> > curvature of the hull in this area and the wooden bunk isn't flexible
> > enough to follow this change in curvature, which may explain why the bunk
> > is deforming the hull.  Just my two cents.  Oh, and the trailers for all
> > the Rhodes are the same.  The hulls are the sa!
> >  me for all of them.  - rob
> >
> > Rob Lowe
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:
> > rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of The Rhodes 22 Email
> List
> > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 9:02 AM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] RC trailer setup
> >
> > Graham:  The bunks take the weight.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On Aug 31, 2014, at 12:59 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> > rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am hoping that someone can tell me what the thickness of the board
> > > under the keel should be for the RC trailer. When I first got the boat
> > > the board, which I doubt was the original one, was a 2x6 but that left
> > > too much pressure on the front of the bunks which in turned deformed
> > > the hull. When I began the restoration I doubled the thickness to 4"
> > > to take the pressure off the bunk and the hull gradually regained its
> > > shape but not without many gelcoat cracks haring formed. Now that I
> > > have fixed the damaged areas and am about to return the boat to the
> > > trailer from the lift I would really like to confirm what the
> > > thickness of the plate should be so that I don't re-damage the hull.
> > > That would put me in a foul mood. Later I intend to reinforce the hull
> > on the inside while the hull is in the proper shape.
> > >
> > > I am working from the theory, in the absence of knowledge, that most
> > > of the boat's weight should rest on its keel and the trailer bunks are
> > > primarily to stabilize the load. Does anyone know if that is true or
> > > should the bunks take more or most of the load? If my theory is
> > > correct I might fiddle with the thickness of the keel plate as the
> > > boat is lowered onto the trailer to minimize the weight on the front
> > bunk strut.
> > >
> > > Any help with this question would be appreciated very much.
> > >
> > > Graham
> > >
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