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Ken-
Oh, I see now. (Duh!) Without the arm (or nose, depending on your
anatomical preference) there would be only a few inches of the board inside
the trunk when the board is down, which would not appear to provide enough
leverage to oppose the side forces on the board in the water. It seems the
board would tend to chew up the bottom portion of the centerboard trunk
slot as it tried to swing from side to side.
Some other problems remain also: (1) making a lanyard attachment to the CB
that would not jam in the trunk, (2) finding a way to secure the board in
the down position (so it won't retract in event of a capsize), locating a
"stop" to prevent the centerboard from swinging forward of vertical, since
the pivot point is near the forward end.
Bob Morrison, I gather none of these things was a problem as your boat was
configured. Any comments?
Harry
>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.
>>Ken Preston
>>P-15, #1063
>>Bainbridge Is, WA.
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