[Rhodes22-list] on the water replacement of diamondboard pennant line

[Tom Van Heule]

Great write up Jesse.
This makes logical sense. So if you weren't scuba you could do this on the
trailer too I'd guess?

On Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 7:31 PM Jesse Shumaker <jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com>
wrote:

> As noted in some prior posts, my diamondboard pennant line was starting to
> wear through at the point where it was cleated while the diamondboard was
> pulled up.
>
> My R22 is a 1991 that was refurbished in 2013.  This vintage has the
> diamondboard pennant line that runs straight through without any blocks
> involved.  After it was replaced, I measured the old pennant line and it
> was 53" from the knot on the bottom to the knot above the handle.  For a
> replacement line, I purchased a 25' (much longer than needed - more on that
> in a minute) length of 1/4" Paracord.  It appears to have a very durable
> jacket and plenty of strength.  We'll see how it holds up.
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018XZYFK4
>
> In order to avoid removing the diamondboard cap and replacing the line from
> above while on the trailer, I took the following approach on the water this
> morning and it worked well.  It requires SCUBA gear, or more lung capacity
> than I have to hold my breath.
>
>    - Extend the centerboard using existing centerboard line to hold in
>    place at an extended position
>    - Put in place a bridle using a line that goes from the fairlead and cam
>    cleat on one side of the cabin, run it under the boat and under the
>    diamondboard back up to the matching cam cleat on the other side.  SCUBA
>    person checks the placement of this bridle line.
>    - Put some extra tension on the bridle line to lift the diamondboard a
>    few inches so that you have a few inches of slack on the normal
> diamonboard
>    pennant line.  I put on a couple of vice grips on the diamondboard
> pennant
>    line just where it comes out of the hole as a safety measure in case the
>    bridle slipped.
>    - I had to cut the pennant line at the knot above the handle because I
>    couldn't get the knot untied.  At this point, I was committed making
> this
>    replacement project work.
>    - Remove the handle from the line
>    - Sew the top end of the old line to the bottom end of the new line
>    together (end to end) using normal needle and thread
>    - SCUBA person pulls on the old line underwater and this pulls through
>    the new line.  My pennant line just had a stopper knot and the SCUBA guy
>    could pull that through and keep pulling enough extra line through so he
>    could bring up the old line to the surface so we could see the stopper
>    knot, all the old line and where it attaches to the new line.
>    - Cut the thread that joined the two lines, and tie a stopper knot in
>    the end of the new line.
>    - While the SCUBA guy goes below to make sure the line runs through,
>    person in cockpit pulls back out the new line until it is to the point
> of
>    tension
>    - Thread the handle onto the new line
>    - Tie on a stopper knot above the handle, leaving a the same amount of
>    extra line that was there on the old line (since we had pulled the
>    diamondboard up a few inches to give extra line to work with).
>    - Test raising the diamondboard.
>    - I left a longer tail on the new line and wrapped it around the handle
>    number of times before cutting it so that if I need to make some
>    adjustments in the future I have some extra line to work with
>    - Once satisfied that everything is tied properly and at the appropriate
>    length, remove the bridle.
>    - Job done, thank your SCUBA friend for helping!
>
> I attached a few photos.
>
> Jesse Shumaker
> S/V Zephyr
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