Bruce, On the 37+ series (as well as the 34+ series) those of us who have (or in my case, had) centerboards, the process of replacing the cable is not an easy one. Here’s a drawing: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1yf47sp8d7i504p/centerboard.pdf?dl=0 <https://www.dropbox.com/s/1yf47sp8d7i504p/centerboard.pdf?dl=0>
1. The boat MUST be hauled. No diver anywhere can do this. 2. There is no stopper that allows the board to be lowered further. When it’s down that’s as far down as it can go (as you can see on the diagram). as I understood it, if your cable is still good, someone can reach in there, unhook the existing cable and snake a new one down from the top. You will most likely need to pull the “stopper” on the deck and the stainless feed down the center of your cabin to make sure the new cable does the turns. 3. If your cable is broken, the keel must be opened up, the pivot pin removed, and the board removed in order to get a new cable down. Big job. Lots of dollars. While replacing an existing cable is less expensive, it’s still a haul and yard job, and it is something that should be done every 5-8 years. A few years ago, my cable snapped. And I learned all this the hard way. What did I do? I had a yard bolt the board in place, seal up the bottom and added a winter drain plug. No more big bills to do even the basic centerboard maintenance. My big concern was if there would be a real difference in performance and, to be honest, I have not seen any, Granted, I don’t race the Enterprise any more, but for the year I did with the board sealed in place, I was still performing well. Even on days where I was going upwind in 25, I was still pointing better than most of the lighter boats with deep keels. Yards will tell you that you will be affecting resale value, but I don’t own a boat fro resale value — I own a boat to have fun with. Part of me wants to recommend to you do to do the same. The other part of me, however, like knowing that I have the world’s only shoal-draft C&C 37+. Good luck. All the best, Edd (from Las Vegas, with money on the PASS line in hopes to buy the Enterprise-C some day.) 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 Jan 19, 2018, at 3:06 AM, Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Hello all, OK, so with all the talk about centerboard models, and now replacement of the cable itself, what is the process specific to a 37/40+? The cable attachment at the keel seems a bit difficult to get to, as when we hauled the boat for survey, the board was down, but the cable attachment did not stick out below the bottom of the hull. There is a cable stop up on deck to keep the board from going all the way down, and there is a slot in that, and presumably that might allow you to work with the cable to let the board all the way down and perhaps get access to the centerboard attachment? Then what? Cut the cable at the keel point, attach a messenger, and pull the cable out for measuring? What does the attachment at the keel look like? Anyone have any photos? Thanks in advance! Bruce Whitmore (847) 404-5092 (mobile) bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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