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Cool Breeze
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Initially Posted - 09/05/2008 : 06:28:08

Hello All,
The retractable centerboard seems to stick. When it appears from the cockpit that there is no more line being peeled out and the centerboard should be down, it is actually raked back 45 degrees when I jump in the water with mask / snorkel and look at it. I tried to push it down when under the boat, but wouldn't go further. I have not tried to put fins or scuba on and apply even more pressure yet. There seems to be a couple more feet of line in the cockpit. 1) Should there be less line left? and 2) shouldn't the centerboard be down 90 degress as on the spec drawings? It seems to sail well, but might be missing a lot of performance. We are fairly new!
Any ideas? Thanks All.
Cool Breeze (Karen and Wayne)

Cool Breeze
2003 C250WB #694

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 09/05/2008 : 11:05:19

Two things I can think of.
a) twisted keel haul tackle: Make sure the block and tackle behind the cabin steps are not twisted to the point where they won't let the keel fully down.

b) something snagged on the line from the keel haul tackle inside the tube behind the cabin steps.

On JD, the heat shrink that covers the hitch where the line attaches to the keel became loose and finally got stuck between the eye strap in the top of the keel housing and the turning ball at the lower end of the keel haul tube. I could see where that might jamb up the line also.

Keep us up to date on what you find.

Paul

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Russ.Johnson
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Response Posted - 09/06/2008 : 00:43:43

Well, the good news is moving the centerboard back reduces weatherhelm.

What year is your boat?
With the centerboard raised, look at the block & tackle behind the stairs.
The older boats used a steel cable to connect the centerboard to the block & tackle.
The newer boats use a "Vectran" line.

If you have a steel cable, it could have a broken strand that has worked into a knot.
The knot could get snagged on the pulley under the boat causing the wire to stop short.

With the centerboard lowered, does the block & tackle go all the way to the floor?
If the block & tackle have a lot of slack then the cable is probably snagged under the boat.

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Russ.Johnson
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Response Posted - 09/06/2008 : 01:23:02

I also found this post in the archive.
You might have a "rare" --> [url="http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=8814"]Centerboard Stop Block[/url]

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