My centerboard is similar if not identical to those on the 37s--I can't prove it but I think its design was copied from the 37s--I don't think an entire new trunk/board was designed for the 34/36 of which mine is hull #77.
That said, be sure that the entire cable is inspected during your haul out. Without removing the pennant stop on the cabin top, this is impossible since this stop prevents the board from going further down than maximum and at this maximum, it is virtually impossible to inspect the cable except by feeling the very end of it near the board via the aft end of the trunk. If the cable is worn somewhere else (besides on what can be seen on the cabin top), it will never be found unless the floor boards are removed and the sheaves inspected where the cable passes over them while moving the board between the maximum up and down positions. This is now my drill during my annual haul-outs. Further, if you do have a catastrophic failure and the board falls and is stopped by the forward part of the trunk, stop sailing immediately and slowly motor back to port. The athwartship pressure on the board when sailing is taken up by the sides of the trunk--when it is fully dropped (cable loss), it has NO support from the trunk and is hanging only by the pin. If you continue sailing with the board extended this way, you will rip it out of the boat if it is still there. If the board is gone, motor/sail home and glass the slot over or rebuild/install a new board! The latter happened once to me and I built another board. The former happened once but while the new board was down so only the pennant needed replaced. Such are, as you know, the vagaries of owning a centerboard boat. OTOH, with a 4.5 ft. draft with the board up. I can get into virtually any marina on the NC coast/sounds and still go to weather with the fin keels. Downwind, as they say "...not so much..." with my relatively massive centerboard trunk with the board tucked up inside it. Trade-offs, trade-offs, etc., Charlie Nelson Water Phantom C&C 35 XL/kcb 1995 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Joel Aronson <[email protected]> To: cnc-list <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Mar 7, 2014 11:02 am Subject: Re: Stus-List Now Boat Names Edd, I bet having the cable done when she's hauled is cheaper than the glass job. I'd have trouble finding a lift that could accommodate 10 foot draft! I had to wait 3 days for the right tide with 6.5 due to a pesky westerly wind blowing everything out of the river this fall. Joel On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Edd Schillay <[email protected]> wrote: Joel, You’re right. The cable itself would not be a major expense. The hauling the boat 10 feet in the air, perhaps as an emergency short-haul, and doing the repairs while in a travel lift, dismantling what’s there, snaking a new wire through and everything else gets expensive. And if it breaks on its own, I’m looking a major out-of-pocket keel repair. I’m not so sure about the resale value part. A shoal-draft keel has its advantages, especially for cruising. And, a next owner would not need to continually inspect and possibly repair the cable. Upwind performance is the biggie. But, in less than 10, I find the boat runs slower VMG than with the board up. And in Western LI Sound, we don’t get above 10 all that often. As I said — playing with the idea. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log On Mar 7, 2014, at 10:34 AM, Joel Aronson <[email protected]> wrote: Edd, I wouldn't think the cable (or Dyneema) would be a major expense. You would hurt the resale value and upwind performance if you glassed it over. Joel On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Edd Schillay <[email protected]> wrote: Dwight, Initially, I was very enthusiastic about owning a keel/centerboard model — better pointing upwind, less drag downwind. The process of lowering and raising the board is quiet and it’s great to have some control over how much you can have down there depending on wind strength — Then, I joined this list and heard some horror stories about the cable breaking and the board doing (uninsured) damage to the keel. So each year, I have my bottom cleaners lower the board and check the cable. So far, each year (8 years running), they have said it was fine, but I dread the day where I have to replace the cable ($$$). Now that I’m transitioning to a more cruising-oriented sailing lifestyle, I have been playing with the idea of just glassing it over, forcing it to always remain in the up position and never having to inspect or maintain the cable again. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] -- Joel 301 541 8551 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
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