[Rhodes22-list] Replacing Centerboard Gasket

[Graham Stewart]

Rick:

I am wondering whether you had the compression tubes installed on your centerboard. They might have prevented or reduced the damage to your cap. The tubes consist of a length of garden hose (about 6") that sit vertically in the channel above the centerboard pin. When the centerboard is pushed up they absorb the shock. It is easy to forget to install them.


Graham Stewart
Agile 1976 Rhodes 22
Kingston Ontario



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A lesson learned!  Not to rub salt in the wound, I didn't see the picture.

What a mess!

Mike
s/v Wind Lass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY

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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Richard Stott
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Boy do I have a gasket/cap project!
The attached photo shows what can happen  when the boat is launched with the Center Board line not cleated. 
Here is the story - and I’m sticking to it. 
I have had my ’84 Continental since I inherited it from my dad who bought it used in ’89. 
I have re-bult most of the interior and I use the boat a lot. 
For 6 years I’ve had it hauled and lunched professionally back and forth to my driveway. 
This year I finally completed that trailer rebuild project and hauled it for the first time on the rebuilt trailer. 
Everything went smoothly until the boat was out and I was not happy with the balance on the trailer. 
I decided to re-lauch and move the boat further toward the trailer tongue.
While the boat was out, I asked my helper to release the ‘red’ line on the bulkhead - I was going to begin de-rigging and roll up the jib fuller, but got distracted with the boat position. .
I meant the jib fuller, but my helper ( good sailer, but not familiar with the boat)  released the CB cleat (also red) which I didn’t realize. 
When we relaunched, the boat slid nicely off the trailer and into the shallow water at the ramp.
The CB deployed as the boat was moving backward - and hit the shallow bottom. 

Before we realized what happened, we had the boat back on the trailer.
Something was odd, but I didn’t know what. 
When we pulled it the 2nd time, the trailer tires looked flat and the trailer seemed even more unbalanced - it was also pouring water from the boat. 
I climbed on and discovered the CB popping through the CB trunk cap and water had filled the boat to the a few inches over the cabin sole floor.
We had managed to ‘sink’ Dadventure, right on its new trailer.   
Flooded the pull-out storage box, my tool box, multi-meter and lots of stuff that doesn’t like to be wet.
It broke  the 3/4” plywood sole cover in the process, which is an easy fix - the cap - not so much.
What a mess!

I was considering replacing my original CB with a Diamond Board - maybe now is the time. 
Can anyone explain the pros/cons of such a change? 
Can I get a new cap from Stan or do I have to rebuild one myself? 

I can tell you with certainty that the same thing will never happen again, but this is a major repair that I didn’t expect. 
Ric
 sv Dadventure 

Richard Stott, AIA, LEED AP 
www.stottarchitecture.com
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