Here's my take on the centerboard:
We generally drop the board as soon as we are in deep enough water to ensure we
won't touch bottom. Here in West Florida, touching bottom is a real and
present danger as you go in & out of harbors, and even in the intracoastal. To
have anything more than 5' o
1+ on cb issues although I have not moved from SS to dyneema. I have had my cb
pennant break with the board up. With a weighted board, it is likely that if
the pennant lets go you will not have to worry about raising it with winches,
properly deployed lines, etc. Your board will hit the trunk w
Ok so tomorrow is the short haul for keel bolt torque. Tonight I collected
all of my tools at the boat and did a dry run by taking a few turns off of
each nut and then retorquing to about 75%. I wanted to make sure that any
issues with tools and access were ironed out early.
Everything worked fin
My mast step stringers were in very bad shape and the mast plate was dropping
into the bilge so I'm replacing the step this winter. I have a few questions...
1). Terminology wise, are the lateral plywood supports considered the mast step
or stringers? Or is the heavy cast iron plate that sits on
Collin,
If you haven't seen it check out Paul's write up on his own mast step
rebuild. As for epoxy coated hardwood I suggest G10 instead. Or at least
a some other 1/2 inch FRP board similar to what Paul used.
http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/search/label/MastStep
Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
1
Hi Collin, responses inline.
Cheers,
Randy
> On Jan 18, 2018, at 8:49 PM, Collin Ferguson via CnC-List
> wrote:
>
> My mast step stringers were in very bad shape and the mast plate was dropping
> into the bilge so I'm replacing the step this winter. I have a few
> questions...
>
> 1). Termi
