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I've also been crawling around under my P14, replacing a broken roller
bracket on the trailer. On my first generation U.S. Potter, it doesn't
appear there is enough clearance in the trunk to attach a shackle to the
board.
As far as cutting off the "nose," the pivot bolt is at the bottom of the
centerboard trunk, so it appears there would be a foot or so of material
above the pivot slot. I'll have to look at it specifically with regard to
what you observed; I'm probably missing the point.
Harry
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA
>Anyway, my thought is that (referring to Harry's post from his friend in
>England with the cable hoist on the aft edge of the centerboard and the
>closed trunk. . .all of which sounded pretty good to me. . .) my thought as
>I was saying, since I've been crawling around under there and handling the
>pieces a lot lately. . .is that the operating lever portion of the
>centerboard can't just be cut off where it joins the main blade. In that
>configuration there's almost nothing left inside the trunk when the board is
>all the way down EXCEPT for that operating lever (the "nose" of the
>centerboard). It's transferring the load up to the slot at the top of the
>case. I think it would require some serious looking and scheming to get the
>maximum amount of lever arm back up into the case and still permit it to
>rotate without having to come out the top of the slot.
>
>Different subject: Speaking of the British. . .I saw a very nice article on
>the new English Potters (and pottering in general) in the March, 2000 issue
>of "Practical Boat Owner" magazine. . .from England. Nice magazine. . .
>
>There was a wonderful breeze Saturday. . .all I wanted with two aboard and
>the full main w/genoa. . .had other obligations on Sunday though and it
>looked even better. Oh well!
>
>Ken Preston
>P-15, #1063
>Bainbridge Is, WA.
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