This kind of reminds me of the old English tale of the axe stuck in the ceiling and everyone crying about what would happen if it fell out and killed her future husband. Till a man suitor came along and pulled the axe out of the ceiling.
Why not be proactive and just replace it? If you prepare everything beforehand you can just do it when you are going in in the spring or coming out in the fall. You already know it will last 8 years, and every year that passes you will be worrying even more - when you take out the old one you can check the condition and determine if you can wait till, say Stardate 11242.5 Bill Coleman C&C 39 animated_favicon1 From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Edd Schillay Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 10:44 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Now Boat Names Joel, You're right. The cable itself would not be a major expense. The hauling the boat 10 feet in the air, perhaps as an emergency short-haul, and doing the repairs while in a travel lift, dismantling what's there, snaking a new wire through and everything else gets expensive. And if it breaks on its own, I'm looking a major out-of-pocket keel repair. I'm not so sure about the resale value part. A shoal-draft keel has its advantages, especially for cruising. And, a next owner would not need to continually inspect and possibly repair the cable. Upwind performance is the biggie. But, in less than 10, I find the boat runs slower VMG than with the board up. And in Western LI Sound, we don't get above 10 all that often. As I said - playing with the idea. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> On Mar 7, 2014, at 10:34 AM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: Edd, I wouldn't think the cable (or Dyneema) would be a major expense. You would hurt the resale value and upwind performance if you glassed it over. Joel On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> wrote: Dwight, Initially, I was very enthusiastic about owning a keel/centerboard model - better pointing upwind, less drag downwind. The process of lowering and raising the board is quiet and it's great to have some control over how much you can have down there depending on wind strength - Then, I joined this list and heard some horror stories about the cable breaking and the board doing (uninsured) damage to the keel. So each year, I have my bottom cleaners lower the board and check the cable. So far, each year (8 years running), they have said it was fine, but I dread the day where I have to replace the cable ($$$). Now that I'm transitioning to a more cruising-oriented sailing lifestyle, I have been playing with the idea of just glassing it over, forcing it to always remain in the up position and never having to inspect or maintain the cable again. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> Captain's Log
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