sailing a dayboat with centreplate up

   Thanks for the advice, especially comments after seeing the underwater profile of the boat. gives me confidence that should be ok for some sheltered sailing prior to taking her out of the water later and getting the centreplate fully operational

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pij27 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 27 Jul 10 Location: Ryde / Tilbury Online Status: Offline Posts: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote pij27 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: sailing a dayboat with centreplate up Posted: 16 Oct 18 at 2:50pm
	Thanks for the advice, especially comments after seeing the underwater profile of the boat. gives me confidence that should be ok for some sheltered sailing prior to taking her out of the water later and getting the centreplate fully operational

Sam.Spoons Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3395	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sam.Spoons Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16 Oct 18 at 3:31pm
	If it is that corroded I'd certainly wait until she is out of the water in case the pivot bolt breaks when you hit it (unless you are on a drying mooring so you can recover it). When the time comes a bit of percussive engineering should solve the problem as long as he corrosion is not too bad . Rust expands the parent metal (which is why steel reinforced concrete splits when the rebar goes rusty) and if it's too far gone you might have a real mare getting it out. Edited by Sam.Spoons - 16 Oct 18 at 3:32pm
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