Sean, Shoulda bought a Nor'Sea! Is it my imagination, or are there two "Qucktopic" sites, one at sailhavasu.com, and the other emailed to use daily? It seems as if there is not much overlap in the folks who post to the two sights. Just wondering. Good luck with your project; at least on my old Potter, the pendant sticks up in the cabin and can't get away. Tom Jenkins M17 Scintilla On Nov 21, 2010, at 7:01 AM, M23 Daunltess wrote:
and the trailersailor.com list as well.
As for me....today I will embark on trying to figure out how in the heck to change out the centerboard pendant on Dauntless, without having to hire a crane to lift her. Floating her, over extending the board, and SCUBA did not work. The keel will not extend far enough to allow access to the pendant. UGH! That leaves:
1. cut into the liner and then into the centerboard trunk to expose the keel from the inside of the boat, switch it and then install inspection hatches
or
2. drive the pivot pin out, hire a crane.....again.......and lift the boat up off of that cast iron plate switch the pendant, re- lower the boat and play the " I can't line the dang pivot pin up again" game , hoping to get the pivot pin re-inserted and the boat off the crane within 59 minutes and 59 seconds.
or
3. Option 3....which I have not thought of yet, but which I hope includes some pizza, a nap, and some kind of fairy that arrives while I am sleeping and makes this all go away! I LOVE OPTION #3!!!
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