Hi all,
I recently purchased a 1979 O'Day Javelin and took it out for a sail last weekend and ran into the following situation: The launching and rigging went fine and I was able to put down the centerboard fine by releasing the centerboard line near the trunk.
Here is where I got into trouble - I was taking the boat out of the water after retracting the centerboard all the way (so I thought). The boat would not go all the way onto the trailer and when I looked underneath the centerboard was not fully retracting.
There is also a small hole towards the back of the centerboard trunk with a small pin....not sure how this is supposed to hold the centerboard fully in place.
Anyways, I am not sure what to do and haven't launched the boat since then, but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or things I should look for when launching the boat again to see what the issue is?
Thanks,
Brian
I recently purchased a 1979 O'Day Javelin and took it out for a sail last weekend and ran into the following situation: The launching and rigging went fine and I was able to put down the centerboard fine by releasing the centerboard line near the trunk.
Here is where I got into trouble - I was taking the boat out of the water after retracting the centerboard all the way (so I thought). The boat would not go all the way onto the trailer and when I looked underneath the centerboard was not fully retracting.
There is also a small hole towards the back of the centerboard trunk with a small pin....not sure how this is supposed to hold the centerboard fully in place.
Anyways, I am not sure what to do and haven't launched the boat since then, but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or things I should look for when launching the boat again to see what the issue is?
Thanks,
Brian