[Rhodes22-list] center board pivot pin

[Todd Tavares]

More pics (from the list archives)

On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 5:12 PM Todd Tavares <tavares0947 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Barry,
>
> From looking over old files, pics, sketches and drawings, the center board
> lifting set up has been both 3 to 1 and 4 to 1 over the years. Stan posted
> a sketch showing the line terminating on the underside of the trunk cap. I
> had an older boat that had a small removable cover to which the line was
> attached. later models clearly have been upgraded to the 4 to 1 set up, as
> shown in the attached pics.
>
> On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 9:22 PM BARRY RUEHLEN <ruehbl at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> A friend and I bought an 87 Rhodes about a year ago. I've been lurking on
>> the site and following emails ever sense. It needed what we thought was a
>> cabin makeover and a few other cosmetic repairs. Well a case of termites
>> and a hurricane later we have gutted the cabin down to stringer repair, and
>> now thanks to hurricane Ian, we have attacked top and bottom side gouges,
>> re-faired her and are well on the way through repaint (vivid red). I'll get
>> to interior rebuild later, but right now we have an issue with the center
>> board that snaped in half when she floated off the trailer and came to an
>> awkward grounding in the neighbor's yard. I found a used one from a guy in
>> Quincy Ma. Hope it fits. The problem is our pin is broken. I have the
>> stainless sleeve from our old board, and two pieces of the old pin. The
>> centerboard we just got has the stainless sleeve fixed in the board, but he
>> did not include the pin he said he had. Our trunk looks to be fine, but we
>> are in a bad way for a new pin so we can get the center board and trunk
>> back together. ( after bottom painting the trunk and board as she will
>> mostly be in a slip in my canal in Florida). Our broken pin seems to be
>> made of some kind of wood, which is hard to believe.
>> Todays question is where can I get one or how to make one? Question two
>> is, the diagrams I have seen show the pennant terminating at the hole in
>> the centerboard. Our boat has the line terminating to a pad eye screwed to
>> the trunk. Then it goes around the double block system on the centerboard,
>> and trunk cap, and on out. I guess there is more than one way to skin a
>> cat, but it seems like terminating at the centerboard would be stronger
>> then to a screwed in pad eye. Thoughts on that please. Lastly for now is
>> that our original centerboard hung proud of the keel bottom about an inch
>> as I remember. Maybe the pin was already broken in there. The problem is,
>> if the board normally protrudes below the keel, I'm going to have a hell of
>> a time as the keel now sits hard on the rollers of the trailer she is on. I
>> could send some pics of the board and broken pin, but I'm not sure how that
>> goes in this email system. I'll just go with the note for now.
>> Best,
>> Barry
>>
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