1) This looks like you would use the broken pin to hold the board up--if so, a 
little risky IMHO.

3) This could be a lot of lead grinding/dust/hazardous.

4) Good luck with this!!

2) Have had my yard do this when I lost my board a few years ago--not a big 
deal to grind away fiberglass to pin, drive it out, 
raise the boat above the board with travel lift. This is likely to require some 
kind of cradle to hold the board vertical while the boat is suspended above it.
If you have all the parts ready, you/the yard can replace the bolt/straps/etc. 
in the board while the boat is suspended in the lift.

(I don't know about a 35-3 board but mine weighed about 1000 lbs so 'dropping 
the board' requires some kind of cradle, etc. A 1000 lb piece of
lead filled fiberglass shaped like a fin is a little unwieldy to keep in or 
return to its 'normal' position

When the board work is completed, the boat is lowered onto board, pin replaced, 
fiberglass filled in, painted, etc. and off you go--several thousand dollars 
poorer--
but with a permanent fix.

FWIW

Charlie Nelson
Water Phantom
C&C 36 XL/kcb




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-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Brown <[email protected]>
To: cnc-list <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, Mar 6, 2013 5:03 pm
Subject: Stus-List Centerboard 35-3


All,
enterboard saga continues. We were able to get the board down and reach the
ttachment point but the pin itself is broken.  There are two straps with
ne on each side of the board, they appear intact. But the pin that runs
etween is broken.  We can grind the remnants out but there appears no easy
ay to replace it? Even with the board down the straps are up in the keel
avity and there is no clearance outboard of the straps. Anyone been down
his path? Possible choices seem to be 1) just pin the board up and forget
bout it (for the moment this is what we are going to do so I can splash);
)punch the pivot pin on the board out and drop it; 3) grind the nose of the
eel a bit to allow the board to pivot forward more than usual and enough to
xpose the strap and replace the pin normally. Not sure it this can be done
ithout getting into the lead too deep-; 4) getting creative on the hardware
ront-some sort of pin/bolt that will fit between the straps (approx 1.5")
nd the then expand (spring? threaded?)to pop into the strap holes on either
ide. Of course it needs to be stainless, handle real weight and stay
xpanded.....Thoughts? Voice of experience?  Anyone tried #3?
Kim Brown
rustMe!!! 35-3

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