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To: T27Owners@...
CC: MKSTROUP@...
From: calebjess@...
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 19:42:31 -0400
Subject: Re: [T27Owners] Centerboard replacement

Dudley,
At the old tratan27owners.com someone with a user name of CStroup
posted a photo of the centerboard aligned over a 1" grid. I am
attempting to contact him to see if he can find this picture.
Alternatively Ken may be able to find this photo but I would not be too
hopeful of that as it was embedded in the Projects section of the old
forum which has not been recovered.
Tartanparts.com will graciously sell you a replacement for $1200 that
takes 4-6 weeks for delivery. You might be able to talk to them and
see if they will 'give' you the exact dimensions. I am going out on a
limb here but I bet that you could get this made by a local metal
working shop for well less than half of what they want. I can only
assume that your old C/B is gone to the bottom of the ocean so you
can't get the dimensions from it.
On a related note I was finally able to paint our centerboard this
spring after 4 years of ownership. I was surprised that it was in
pretty good shape minus a ton of barnacle buildup (even in the lower
Hudson River). It is pretty rectangular so it should be easy for a
metal shop to fabricate. I could not tell if it was epoxied or just a
metal that appeared to be at least 1" thick. The information.htm File
on T27Owners says that the early models had a bronze centerboard as you
already seem to know. I think that it weighs over 100#s. Not sure if
this helps.
Alternatively you might be able to get the exact dimensions from
Sparkman & Stephens website as Olin Stephens was the designer of this
boat. I believe that there is a link to S&S under the Links section.
You can sail the boat without the centerboard but I would recommend you
get a new one made as it adds ballast down low and helps the boat tack
upwind among many other useful attributes that includes steering under
power in tight spots.
Good luck with this. We will try to help out as we can.

Caleb
#328 Odalisque

-----Original Message-----
From: kc7zik@yahoo.com
To: T27Owners@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 15 May 2007 5:25 PM
Subject: [T27Owners] Centerboard replacement

Hello,

I need help in locating a drawing of centerboard for T27 hull#54. I
want to recast a new one out of bronze. My wife and I purchased her
last summer and are starting to work on things now.

Thanks for any help
Dudley

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