Mary Lou,
Based on his description of the launch, I believe he has center board trunk 
 damage. 
 
Rummy
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/1/2013 8:05:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mtroy at atlanticbb.net writes:

Hi  Rummy,
If I have the sequence of events with Joe's cb correct I would still  
suspect marine growth. It has been very bad in the Bay this year. 
It's  been a couple of weeks since we've lowered and raised our board 
and I  suspect that by the time we get to the boat in another week or 
so, ours  won't want to go down all the way either. We've had the 
issue every year  the boat has been lightly used. Joe's in fresher 
water up where he is but  he should check the bottoms of neighboring booats.

This is how I  understand the sequence of events. Board snags on 
trailer in April. They  got the board back up and launched the boat. 
The centerboard worked  properly after that. Some time later after a 
period of inactivity, the  centerboard won't drop all the way. Joe 
reported that after a lot of raise  and release, the board is going 
down a little further. This is typical of  what happens with marine 
growth at the bottom of the centerboard  trunk.

Joe didn't say if the board is binding on the way up or just not  
going all the way down. While I agree that I wouldn't force it, I  
wouldn't be all to eager pull the boat and remove the cap -  yet.

Mary Lou


At 07:25 AM 8/1/2013, you  wrote:

>Joe,
>I believe you have damaged the centerboard hardware,  primarily the pin 
that
>  holds it in place or the track it rides  in. If you try to manually pull
>the  centerboard down, you may end  up with the whole thing in your 
>hands. Time
>to put  her on  the trailer and remove the cap and check for  damage.
>
>Rummy
>
>
>In a message dated  7/30/2013 4:23:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>jjcampjr at yahoo.com  writes:
>
>Mary  Lou:
>
>We launched in April,  floated her off the  trailer, and as my buddy pulled
>the boat  clear, the centerboard was caught  between the guide boards and  
the
>bunk, leaving her tilted to port and hung up  on the  trailer.  My buddy 
got
>aboard, a backed into the water to get  it  floating, and he pulled up the
>centerboard.  There would  have been some  sideways pressure on the
>centerboard, I'm sure. I  think it worked OK after  that(that 
>day).  I noticed  the
>trouble a couple of weeks   ago.
>
>Joe
>
>
>
>  >________________________________
> >  From: Mary Lou Troy  <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
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> >
> >How did you get it back up in the keel when it  dropped on  launch? If
> >you weren't pulling on the pendent, it  could be a loop of  the pendant
> >binding somewhere near the  block (if you have one) in the  trunk. We
> >had that happen  once but I forget how it happened. I think  we were
> >able to  work it out with the boat in the water. When we redid  the
>  >pendant a year or two later, we did away with the  block.
>  >
> >Mary Lou
> >1991 R22 Fretless
> >Rock  Hall,  MD
> >
> >
> >At 04:55 PM 7/29/2013,  you wrote:
> >>Hey  Community:
> >>
>  >>      I have a centerboard  issue to field:   My centerboard will not
> >> go all of the way  down.   The boat is an '87 Recycle, and I have to
> >> suppose  that  I have the standard centerboard.  It worked in seasons
>  >>  past, but this April, on launching, my centerboard went down  and
> >>  became jammed in the trailer.  We got it back  up into the keel, but
> >> I wonder if I might have bent a pin or  altered some usually  smooth
> >> mechanical process which  now has me vexed.  Please  give me your
> >> assessments  on potential causes.  Ultimately, I  may have just have
>  >> to wait for trailer season to dismantle the  guts of the beast  and
> >> see first hand.   Thanks.
>  >>
> >>Joe Camp
> >>s/v John   Dawson
> >>Bohemia River,  MD
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