[Rhodes22-list] Center board jammed

[Optonline]

I have been off the list for a while and just catching up.  I am late to this matter but wanted to add that I carry a wood dowel on the boat that has been useful in pushing down a stuck centerboard thru the centerline hole (direct pull line).  This usually worked at least when the board was stuck due to marine growth.  I often used Mary Lou's solution as well - particularly when the waves (or other boat traffic) could get the boat to bounce a few times.

Bruce Greenwald
S/V Ruach II

> On Jun 26, 2017, at 7:17 PM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> One other possibility is that the centerboard line got jammed between the board and the trunk when you grounded. If you have any movement in the line it is possible that tugging at gently (wouldn't want to jam it further) might loosen it. I seem to recall that happening to us once though I don't recall the circumstances.
> 
> Our board would would sometimes foul with marine growth when the boat sat in the slip too long. That's not your issue but just in case it is someone else's , we could often get the board to go all the way down by raising and lowering it as far as it would go several times and then take it out for a sail, tacking as much as we could. It was always a satisfying thump when it finally went down and the ball at the end of the line rested on the lip to companionway.
> 
> Mary Lou
> ex R22
> now Rosborough RF-246  Tara
> 
>> On 6/26/2017 12:24 PM, John Taaffe wrote:
>> Thanks Jason              appreciate the ideas
>> 
>> John F. Taaffe
>> Creative Metal Contractors, Inc
>> Email: johnfrancistaaffe at outlook.com
>> Phone: 908-239-5988
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Jason Quick
>> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 12:05 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Center board jammed
>> 
>> Mine used to get stuck all the time, especially if it was raised as high as it would go. Sometimes a light stomping on the centerboard trunk would get it down. Failing that I'd let the line down about 4 inches and motor or beat into 1-2 foot waves, usually that would pop it loose and I could lower it normally the rest of the way.
>> 
>> --Jason
>> 
>> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 5:25 AM, John Taaffe <johnfrancistaaffe at outlook.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Last weekend my Rhodes went hard aground
>>> 
>>> The center board is now jammed ..... will not drop.
>>> Any ideas on unjamming it without pulling the boat out ?
>>> 
>>> John Taaffe
>>> Little Egg Harbor.  NJ
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