I agree with Roger. You want to take that approach even if you don’t expect trouble. The centerboard cap is below the water line and if it hasn’t sealed completely, you will want to be in a position to quickly retrieve the boat back on the trailer before it fills and you test the positive floatation system (don’t ask me how I know)

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Charles Nieman
DayDreams
98 R 22
Arlington, TX

> On Apr 22, 2019, at 1:43 PM, ROGER PIHLAJA <Roger_Pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:
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> John,
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> It’s possible the block on the trailing edge of the centerboard &/or a big tangle of the centerboard pennant got jammed in between the centerboard and the sides of the well.  It might drop free if the boat were in the water and the centerboard lowered.  I doubt you will be able to free it by jacking the board up.  You could just back the boat into the water & off the trailer without even stepping the mast.  If the centerboard won’t drop down; then, you can just put the boat back on the trailer and will have to open up the cap on the centerboard well to free up whatever got jammed in there.  Launching the boat without rigging it 1st is pretty quick and easy.  If it were my boat, I would give it a try before picking up your wrenches.
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> Roger Pihlaja
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> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of John Carlson via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] trouble putting the centerboard back in place
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> I’ve got a 2004 (recycled in 2012) boat with the “diamond” (center) board. I pulled the boat out of the lake (Waco) the last time I thought it was flooding to do some maintenance. I ended up I lifting the diamond board out to refinish it as it was in surprisingly rough shape. I’ve relied on the great notes here: http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/r22boardtrunk.pdf <http://www.rhodes22.org/rhodes/r22boardtrunk.pdf>, although this describes an older centerboard design.
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> Anyway, I dropped the renewed diamond board back in place with help, but I don’t think it seated correctly. I didn’t realize until after replacing the fiberglass hood that I couldn’t raise the board with the pennant. The bottom of the board is resting on a rubber roller on the trailer, but I should be able to pull it up a couple of inches. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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> Should I:
> 1. remove the hood, raise the board and try to reseat it?
> 2. jack the board up from the bottom to see it I can budge it to reseat?
> 3. wait until the boat is floating to drop the board and hope it re-seats correctly?
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> I am loathe to do 1 and don’t want to if it is really unnecessary. Any advice or ideas?
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> John Carlson
> 2004/12 Rhodes 22 Lillipelli
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