Oday widgeon 12 centerboard issue

[Lost cause]

Hey everyone new to the forums.

Recently my father gave me his 12ft Oday widgeon that he hasn’t had in the water in 15-20 years. After a good cleaning it looks like it’s in good shape.

The only issue I’m running into is the rope to the center board won’t really budge while the board itself moves freely. I’m assuming the cap over the centerboard topside the boat doesn’t come off because it seems to be on there good.

My question is where does the rope attach to the centerboard? I’m assuming it’s opposite side of the bolt holding the entire centerboard in place correct?

Would I need to undo the bolt and remove the whole centerboard to fix this issue or is it possible to just drop the board down and fix it while it’s hanging.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Claybury]

LC, you will probably get more answers in the Day Sailer forum.
You should have two lines in a loop. One to raise the board and one to hold it down. It will be easier to remove the bolt and drop the board out so you can inspect the rope. Otherwise you'll have to get under the boat with a flashlight and something like a bent up coat hanger to catch the rope. Better to drop the lot and see what's really going on.

 

[Sunbird22358]

Widgeon CB diagrams from my Expanded Widgeon Manual. I have talked with several Widgeon Owners that discovered that the control lines were misled by a previous owner, on one bot pulling the line to lower the CB was trying to lower an raise at same time!

 

[Lost cause]

Widgeon CB diagrams from my Expanded Widgeon Manual. I have talked with several Widgeon Owners that discovered that the control lines were misled by a previous owner, on one bot pulling the line to lower the CB was trying to lower an raise at same time!

These diagrams are very helpful thank you. Going off the first one posted.... the blue line (down line) in the diagram is there but it doesn’t move much nor does it do much.

The red line (upline) isn’t there. There’s a hole for it just no rope. Probably a pretty stupid question but I’m assuming this is the line to pull the centerboard up correct?

So if I just undo the bolt holding it in and take the centerboard out can I just replace the lines?

Edit: never mind I understand what both lines are for after looking at the diagram again