I've noticed that if you leave too much tension on dgrbrd winch cable or
suspend dgrbrd from cable, cable seems to flatten at blocks and never really
goes back to round. This can be the beginning of cable fraying. I would
caution anyone resting dgrbrd off cable not to do this. The dgrbrd should
rest on through bolts or holding pins against top of dgrbrd trunk and very
light tension should be kept on line so it does not unravel at winch. If
trailering, the dgrbrd should be wedged in front and back so it does not move
back and forth as you trailer down the road...
Best
Solar Fry
P19 # 1028, "Elusive Margin"
Pompano Beach, FL
Florida Weather: Temp 74 F
Partly Cloudy, wind NNE 15 - 25 MPH Gusting to 35, Seas 5 - 8'
In a message dated 4/20/99 7:01:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
eezilbert@ucdavis.edu writes:
<< A few interesting notes: 1). The pulley on the ceterboard was quite worn
by the cable. The outboard side of the pulley housing acually snapped. 2)
According to Evan, the board was about 1/3 of the way up when the cable
snapped. There was no damage to the centerboard trunk that I could see.
3) The cabin top did not seem to have too much difficulty with the strain
put on it by the winch up to the force required to snap the weakend cable.
>>
Web Netizens:
I've noticed that if you leave too much tension on dgrbrd winch cable or
suspend dgrbrd from cable, cable seems to flatten at blocks and never really
goes back to round. I would caution anyone resting dgrbrd off cable not to
do this. The dgrbrd should rest on through bolts or holding pins and very
light tension should be kept on line so it does not unravel at winch. If
trailering the dgrbrd should be wedged in front and back so it does not move
back and forth as you trailer down the road...
Best
Solar Fry
P19 # 1028, "Elusive Margin"
Pompano Beach, FL
Florida Weather: Temp 74 F
Partly Cloudy, wind NNE 15 - 25 MPH Gusting to 35, Seas 5 - 8'