[Rhodes22-list] CB pendant length

Jay Friedland jayf401 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 14 20:38:44 EDT 2017


Sooo, Don & Co., what length of pendant did wind up with, giving you full travel?

Jay Friedland
S/V Wanderlust

> On Aug 14, 2017, at 6:52 PM, Richard Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com> wrote:
> 
> All in all - me too. 
> I’m fine with what I got. 
> Ric 
> sv 
> Dadventure 
> 
>> On Aug 14, 2017, at 4:35 PM, Richard Beytagh <rbeytagh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> If you eliminated the blocks all together you would not be able to get a
>> direct vertical pull on the CB. You could laminate a S/S tube like there is
>> in the aft section of the lid as a tuning point but might as well keep the
>> blocks. I don't have the diamond board so I cant advise on that. Quite
>> frankly the traditional CB works fine for me and is useful as a shallow
>> water warning when it scrapes on the bottom.
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>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Richard Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I was thinking of no blocks. Has anyone changed their old school set up to
>>> omit the blocks?
>>> Does the Diamond Board have any blocks?
>>> thanks
>>> ric
>>> sv Dadventure
>>> Hampton Bays
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 14, 2017, at 3:23 PM, Richard Beytagh <rbeytagh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I have the same set up on Waif - 1984 hull - and I am going through the
>>>> possess of rebuilding my center-board cap. Long story, but the board came
>>>> down when I was launching -'nuff said.
>>>> 
>>>> I too have 2 blocks and I think I will leave them as is - Stan in his
>>>> infinite wisdom spec'ed it this way. I suspect you could get away with
>>> one
>>>> block if you choose to go this route.
>>>> 
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>>>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Richard Stott <
>>> ric at stottarchitecture.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I have an old style board. Its not that heavy, I’ve opened the gasketed
>>>>> top cap, removed the CB and repaired the cap, which was cracked due to a
>>>>> grounding. I  refurbished the trunk and replaced the hose parts which
>>>>> occupy the slots, installed to prevent the board from sliding up in its
>>>>> tracks and hitting the cap - which is apparently what happened.  Anyway
>>> -
>>>>> the board is not that heavy and although I replaced the line and
>>> blocks, I
>>>>> questioned myself at the time, that all that purchase adds more friction
>>>>> than the weight it presumably helps to lift.
>>>>> It sounds like the newer diamond board does not use any blocks and is a
>>>>> direct path from the back of the board with no turning blocks.
>>>>> Ric
>>>>> sv Dadventure
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Aug 14, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Richard Beytagh <rbeytagh at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can I suggest that you reeve the pennant with plenty to spare and when
>>>>> you
>>>>>> have the boat in the water and can test it, you cut it length...just a
>>>>>> suggestion
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>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Jay:
>>>>>>> I had misunderstood your original message.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I just measured my tether. With the board up I have 68" of line
>>> showing.
>>>>>>> With board down all but a few inches are used.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> My boat does not have the diamond board - if that makes a difference.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Graham Stewart
>>>>>>> Agile. R22, 1976
>>>>>>> Kingston Ontario Canada
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>>> Of Jay Friedland
>>>>>>> Sent: August 13, 2017 10:46 PM
>>>>>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] CB pendant length
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanlks, Graham.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I had some big differences over what you have. My first 1986 R22 had
>>> the
>>>>>>> original CB, and I added a single block. It went through at least
>>>>> 18-20” of
>>>>>>> travel. This new factory-replaced CB  pulls fully down over the 38”
>>>>> length.
>>>>>>> I just don’t know where the sweet spot or usable depth is hit.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Jay
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Aug 13, 2017, at 8:26 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Jay:
>>>>>>>> The line that raises my centreboard is about 12'. It has to pass
>>>>> through
>>>>>>> three blocks before the final block at the base of the tube leading to
>>>>> the
>>>>>>> cockpit. When the centerboard is down I have very little line that is
>>>>> free.
>>>>>>> I have the original centreboard but I think the line route s the same
>>>>> for
>>>>>>> the diamond board.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Graham Stewart
>>>>>>>> Agile. R22, 1976
>>>>>>>> Kingston Ontario Canada
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
>>>>>>>> Behalf Of Jay Friedland
>>>>>>>> Sent: August 13, 2017 12:11 PM
>>>>>>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>>>>>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] CB pendant length
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Wondering about the optimum length for best use of the diamond
>>> board. I
>>>>>>> have 38” (full travel, stopper knot to exit hole) but have measured
>>>>>>> everywhere from 26” on up. Most have been factory set.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Jay Friedland
>>>>>>>> s/v Wanderlust ‘97
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