Centerboard rope

[David]

The rope supporting my centerboard rotted and broke. I have no way of retracting the board. How can I access the mounting hole to attach a new rope? Can it be done with the board retracted on a trailer?

 

[Peter Bowers]

My boat was out of the water to have the bottom repainted and I had the rope replaced at that time. Don't think you can do it on a trailer because the board is retracted. You have to get the keel clear enough to let the board down.

 

[Bill Yale]

Centerboard Access

I just rebuilt the centerboard on my O'day 20. I was able to slide some sturdy beams under the boat just ahead of the well, pad them with carpet and with a buddy and a floor jack on each end, raise the boat enough to slide the centerboard out. This was done while the boat was on the trailer. Make sure the jacks are raised evenly.You have to raise it slowly and carefully and make sure you have enough blocks to support the boat. Don't crawl underneath to do any work with the boat only on the floorjacks. We stacked wooden blocks and beams on the trailer and, again slowly, lowered the baot down onto them. Make sure to pad the wood so you don't screw up your hull

 

[Ruben]

Center Board Access Questions

I need to do a check or more on the pin and rope of a 1975 20' I just got. Sounds like you just did. I understand the lifting and blocking on the trailer and can do that.Can you tell me about the pin and rope arrangement and what I might need to do to break that down. Thanks