[Rhodes22-list] center board pivot pin

[Todd Tavares]

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On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 5:13 PM Todd Tavares <tavares0947 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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