If you want to remove the board, No need to drop the length?of the board, only the width. Just remove?the pin and drop straight?down.
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 2:29 PM <
jeremy@...> wrote:
According to this website,
The min-draft is 3.17 ft and the max draft is 6.33 ft. So.. at least 3.16 ft? I actually have my boat up on stands right now and my centerboard just barely clears the ground. Unfortunately, I am currently 1000 miles away from my boat, so I can't measure the actual distance. 3.5' sounds about right though.
It does not take much marine growth to foul the board -- a couple zebra mussels is all it took to get mine stuck.
I cleared it out with a 'sword' that someone in the boatyard had. The 'sword' was just a sword shaped piece of sheet metal. A metal yard stick could work.
You could, in theory, dive under the boat and do that while the boat is in the water. But if the growth is real bad, I wouldn't be surprised if you had to haul the boat.
When the board is raised, none of it sticks out of the centerboard trunk.
I have hull #154 -- things could be different on your boat. Among other things, many boats have lost their original centerboards.
If you do haul your boat, it might be worth dropping the centerboard completely and doing all the inspections and repairs that are related to the centerboard.
- jeremy
Just purchased a 1967 Tartan 27,? hull #270, with two other people who are also on this list. Currently berthed in Tarrytown NY. Previous owner sailed it infrequently and not at all in the past year or two. Boat was stored in the water (Long Island Sound) for at least the past two years. We had the bottom cleaned before we took delivery, but the owner told us he dropped the centerboard once in the past 13 years, but had trouble getting it back up, so he never dropped it again. Told us it sailed fine without it, but our experience differs. We have tried to drop it, but it won¡¯t go down. Perhaps growth fouled in place? Any idea how we might safely get it down and up while the boat is in the water? Failing that, if we put it in a travel lift, how far off the ground does the boat need to be raised? Will there be enough of the board exposed below the boat to attempt to manually pull it down? Looking for opinions. Thanks.
