Precision 23 Centerboard Line Breaking

[pstark]

Centerboard line breaking
I’m a satisfied Precision 23 owner. For two years in a row the line for raising the centerboard has frayed and broken near where it attaches to the bottom of the centerboard. Has anyone had this problem? Any solves?

 

[jssailem]

Welcome to SBO Forum.
Line breaking is not unusual. It would be a bit of a pain every year. Some owners of centerboard boats prefer a more permanent solution like wire cable instead of fiber line. You might also inspect the area around the line to see if a rough edge or sharp corner is causing the chafe of the line.

Choosing Dyneema line may help.

 

[DAVA390]

Welcome to SBO Forum.
Line breaking is not unusual. It would be a bit of a pain every year. Some owners of centerboard boats prefer a more permanent solution like wire cable instead of fiber line. You might also inspect the area around the line to see if a rough edge or sharp corner is causing the chafe of the line.

Choosing Dyneema line may help.

Agree with câble plan. It is not well refined and finished f/g up in the centerboard space and hard to get to to make it so.

 

[Project_Mayhem]

Something is rubbing against the line causing it to fray. I fear that replacing it with a cable would cause the fiberglass that's currently rubbing, to be cut into by the cable

I had a Starwind 19. It was also a Jim Taylor design with the same centerboard mechanism as the Precision 18 and others. I replaced the line but never did resolve the chafing issue. I would call Precision