[Rhodes22-list] Thinking Ahead

[Charles Nieman]

Joe
I have taken one apart and reassembled. I did not nake the cut because I didn't want a new joint. I don't think it would be a major problem, but you will probably need to add some additional support with two pieces here. 

Several have reassembled without the block & tackle (I think my current arrangement is a single line cause the pull is pretty substantial); at least that what I have read on the list over the years. 

Personally I wouldn't cut the settee but I would make the line a direct pull. 

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Charles 
98 R 

> On Aug 10, 2016, at 6:48 PM, Joe Camp via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello fellow R-22 Sailors:
>      I have had problems with the pennant fro my centerboard lift:  Sometimes works. Other times, jams when lowering.  I want to take it all apart after the season, and I realized that in order to gain access to the blocks beneath the companionway step, I need to remove the entire setee.  The lazy fixer in me says that I should be able to make a cut that makes it easy to remove only the step portion to get to the enclosure for the blocks which is on the keel line.  Can I do this?  I have fished the list without success.  I can't believe that Stan would not have made this access easier... unless there were a reason not to do so.  Tell me what I don't know. 
> 
>      Can I make this renegade cut, right about the edge of the cushion, and make the step into the cabin its own removable piece?  This way, I could see what's mucking up my block and tackle.  There is also a school of thought that  says, "you don't need the block & tackle, as the center board is only seventy pounds." WHAT ABOUT THAT?  Thanks y'all.
> 
> Joe Camp
> s/v John Dawson
> Bohemia River, MD
> 
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