Well, if you sail downwind all the time, you probably don't need the
centerboard. Just always head south, and never north.
Sorry. Stupid joke.
But seriously, good luck. Can't imagine how frustrating a stuck board
would be. Although, I did have to rebuild mine. And when I was pulling
it out, the damn thing nearly decapitated me. My neighbor, who helped
me suspend my boat in my garage, untied the pendent knot (unbeknownst
to me), and as the board swung down, it broke at the front where the
pivot pin is, then came crashing to the floor a few inches from my
head.
Be careful out there.
--Bob Olson
m-15 Sequel #219
On May 26, 2006, at 9:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom,
I agree with Randy. At least from my own experiences with Dauntless, I
did
not get very good results trying to beat the board down from the top.
I actuall
got the best results from using trailer winch sucked up to the bottom
of the
keel slot just behind the centerboard well pulling down on the pendat,
but I'm
not sure if you could pull the pendant down through on a 15 or not.
Also, if
you suck the pendant up between the board and the trunk you'll just
make
things tighter. It's a frustrating deal for sure. As you probably
already know
from Dauntless' web page, I eventually had to drill holes in the
swing keel and
install perpendicular pins in it that I could strike. It wasn't pretty
or fun.
Hopefully you won't have to do something so drastic.
I would have to think your windward performance will suffer greatly
without
being able to get the board down. I know that we did some exerimenting
on
Jasons 17 in about 20 knots sailing with the board up vs down using a
GPS to show
us the boats actual track vs the boats heading while beating. We found
out that
the board only seemed to make a slight difference in the amount of
heel of
the boat but made a very significant difference in the amount of
leeway the
boat was making. We were able to judge that by the relative difference
between
the track and heading sailing in each configuration. Just food for
thought. Good
luck and stick with it!!!
Sean
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