crank at Nav station

[chiefaponte]

Today I looked at a 1977 8.0C for sale in Orlando, I like the boat and alreay made an offer. this particular boat has the shoal draft keel, but at the nav station I saw a crank for some sort of winch.

Is this for a centerboard?

A price list from 1978 lists the centerboard as an option.

Please help me out. this is likely to be my first boat.

Alex Aponte
Chief Warrant Officer
U.S. Navy

 

["SevenSundays"]

If it's down below that is the only thing it could be used for.

 

[BobM]

make sure the board isn't mia

 

[woodster]

if you have an old 2qm15 engine/yanmar...it may be the hand crank for that..there was one on my boat when i got it....

regards

woody

 

["SevenSundays"]

Woodster is right. If it's just a metal handle that looks almost like a winch handle, it's a good chance it is for hand cranking the engine. My Yanmar 2Qm15 came with one, but it sits so low in the bilge you couldn't use it.

I read your post wrong I suppose. I thought you actually had a winch down below.

My bad.......

 

[chiefaponte]

I finally got my s2 in the water and got turn the crank at the nav Station. The centerboard lowered just fine