Thank you Richard! That is helpful. It looks similar although my centerboard is lifted with a cable not a cylinder. Anyway hopefully it is just a through pin as shown in your diagram. Nathan
On Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 15:05 Richard Bush <bushma...@aol.com> wrote: > Nathan; I have attached the specs for the center board on my 37; I can't > imagine that it would be dramatically different than your 34; (of course I > would defer to the engineers on this list); > Good luck! > > Richard > 1985 C&C 37 CB: Ohio River, Mile 596 > > Richard N. Bush Law Offices > 2950 Breckenridge Lane > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/2950+Breckenridge+Lane?entry=gmail&source=g>, > Suite Nine > Louisville, Kentucky 40220 > (502) 584-7255 > > > On Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 01:55:40 PM EDT, Nathan Post via > CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > As I start thinking about planning for winter maintenance I think it might > finally be time to overhaul and fair the center board on Wisper. She is a > C&C 34 with a center board which unlike some of the larger models is > rectangular in shape. I am wondering what the process is for removing the > board. Have any of you removed the board on a 34 before? I am assuming > there is some sort of pin through the keel - perhaps with filler in the > end. Nothing is visible on the slides fo the keel to locate where this is. > Do any of you have measurements? Does it go through both sides of the keel? > > I suppose I'll just have to start sanding in the region to see if I can > find it or the filler that is presumably used to make the keel smooth > afterwards. Is the pin just a friction fit (so I can pound it out) or is it > attached in some way? > > Thanks! > Nathan > > ~~~ > Nathan Post > S/V Wisper > 1981 C&C 34 CB > Portland ME > Your contributions help pay the fees associated with this list and help to > keep it active. Please help by making a small contribution using PayPal > at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/stumurray All contributions are > greatly appreciated. >
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