Its only a guess but I think it probably just goes into the lead within the board or the fiberglass structure that has the lead contained in it. Rob Ball probably knows for sure. He did indicate to me once that the lead within the board was not really engineered but that the boards were often filled with the lead they had on hand, sometimes with lead shot, etc. I quizzed him about it when I had to have my board re-made after a pennant failure and subsequent board loss--which was mainly 'pilot error' on my part! A local yard did the work but I learned a lot more about centerboards than I ever wanted to know! FWIW
Charlie NelsonS/V Water Phantom1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb -----Original Message----- From: rockland bazemore via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: rockland bazemore <rockybazem...@gmail.com> Sent: Mon, Apr 11, 2022 2:26 pm Subject: Stus-List 37/40+ Centerboard Pin Fastener I noticed last year when fixing the delamination area around where the centerboard pin is that there is a missing fastener on the lower leading edge of the metal plate. I decided just to fair it up and paint it. Well of course it flexed and cracked the fairing just a bit. I can't tell what the bolt threads into. It looks like an open area behind the hole in the plate. Does anyone here happen to know? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1leFe-W0TzmzNlzZ-gjVtqHpQpPRn-sUt -- Rockland BazemoreS/V Blue PearlC&C 37/40+Port Washington, NY
