Mary Lou,
 
I have had enough experience handling and working on the diamond board to  
assure you, that is what you have. The old style board would come down much  
farther. Stan was able to lower the center of effort (weight) by increasing it's  
mass and surface area all at the same time. As to whether or knot it works as 
 advertised is up for debate. Capt. Bob Keller and I have sailed side by side 
 with the same exact boat with the exception of the board difference. Since  
pointing ability and speed are dependent on so many factors, it is impossible 
to  say one is better than the other. BUT, I can kick his ass on any given 
day. :)  Rum Runner is just one fast boat. It must be da rum.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 3/19/2009 8:52:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mtroy at atlanticbb.net writes:

How  'bout that. Only took me 11 years to find out.

Question is, I still  seem to recall a discussion on here though I 
couldn't find it in my  archives or in my very cursory search of the 
list archives that the  diamond board was a mid-90s option. Fretless 
is a 1991, recycled in 1998.  I don't think Stan did any work on the 
centerboard at that time other than  painting it and replacing the 
pennant. There is some previous owner work  on the centerboard trunk. 
Wonder if the centerboard is original to the  boat or a later 
replacement or........ ????

Rummy, are you 100%  positive about the newer and more efficient part?

Mary  Lou




At 08:03 AM 3/19/2009, you wrote:

>Mary  Lou,
>Fretless is equipped with the newer more efficient diamond board.  100%
>positive.
>
>Rummy
>
>
>In a message  dated 3/18/2009 8:02:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight  Time,
>mtroy at atlanticbb.net writes:
>
>So all  this  time I've been saying we have a conventional centerboard  on
>Fretless  because she was built in 1991 and there was a  discussion here at
>some point  saying that the diamond boards  didn't start until the
>mid-nineties. We've  never had the  centerboard out of the boat because of an
>unconventional seal  on  the centerboard cap. We decided that this year we
>would have the  yard  paint the bottom. We replaced the centerboard pennant
>while  the boat was up  in slings. I took these pictures. What do you  think?
>
>
>
>Mary  Lou
>
>1991  R22  Fretless
>
>Rock Hall,  MD
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