Mike, The local yard did the work, but, essentially, they bolted through the lead into the board, then added epoxy and fiberglass to the bottom to fill the slot.
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 Jun 28, 2018, at 1:04 PM, Mike Taylor via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Edd I’m curious how did you seal your board in place. Mike On Jun 28, 2018, at 11:46 AM, Schillay.com <http://schillay.com/> via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > Mike, > > As most everyone on the list knows, I sailed with a centerboard on my 37+ for > almost 15 years before sealing it in the keel. While the 37 has a different, > deeper board, here’s what I discovered when it came to my boat: > > In a good breeze, going upwind, it’s certainly an advantage. While we didn’t > necessarily point higher, we did side-slip slightly less. For cruising, it’s > not a big deal, but if you race the boat, you’ll want it down upwind. > > In light air, having that much more “boat in the water” when the board was > down was more of a disadvantage. If it’s 5 knots or less, you will sail > faster with the board up on all points of sail. Additionally, the slot itself > is a bit of a drag when it comes to water flow. > > Not only did I fix the board in the up position, I sealed the bottom — no > slot. I actually sail faster now off the wind. I did add a drain plug, but > I’ve found not much water has been collecting inside. > > Interestingly enough, I raced the Enterprise for a season and a half with the > board sealed in place. Ultimately I saw no difference — we were as > competitive as we were before and finishing in the same place as before with > the same time differences between the same competition. This was for one-hour > or so beer-can racing, and perhaps things would be different on longer races. > Oh — and sealing it gave me one less whiny crew member in the pit since they > no longer had to winch that thing up after the windward mark rounding. > > Maintenance issues is a biggie. If you keep the board, you are looking at > replacing that cable every 5-8 years. For the 37+ design, there’s no way a > diver can do it — it must be a haul and the yard will charge you extra for > staying in their travel lift for the duration of the swap. And if that cable > should happen to break, you could be looking at a world of damage to your > keel. > > > 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://www.starshipsailing.com/> > On Jun 28, 2018, 11:21 AM -0400, Persuasion37 via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>>, wrote: >> To all you keel/centre board owners, I’m wondering how many of you actually >> use the centre board? >> >> Some of you may recall that the pendant let go somewhere in the Bahamas in >> 14/15. Fortunately the board was jammed up inside and had been for a number >> of years. Upon my return to Canada I removed the board and it has been in my >> garage ever since. Long story short it is repaired and I am ready to >> re-install the board. I’m thinking of just pinning the board in the up >> position. I have all the hardware but I’ve only had the board deployed 3 >> times in 12 years. This should also relieve any maintenance issues. Any >> thoughts? >> >> Thanks in advance for the feedback. >> >> Mike >> PERSUASION >> C&C 37 K/CB >> Long Sault >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> >> > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> > _______________________________________________ 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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