On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:49 AM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Thanks all for the feedback on this.
I expect I'll find a bulky knot in the fat pennant line when I lower the board...I'd be happy to just get it down to half an inch. As it is, with the trailer I have, the rear roller is behind the keel/CB when the boat is fully on the trailer. In shallow launching situations where the stern isn't deep enough to float off the bunks, the CB protrudes enough to catch on the roller and stop the boat sliding back off the bunks.
One other thing I noticed is that the shackle on the centerboard seemed unnecessarily long. I assume it’s what was available, but if it were half as long everything would fit better. If I were a real machinist (instead of not a machinist at all) I’d make myself a little winch to fit that spot and use just the right length of wire cable, threaded directly through the centerboard with no shackle.