If you do this, you should consider replacing the rubber gasket for the cap while you’re at it.   This forum has threads about that process.  I have some leftover material if anyone needs it—I had to buy a wide piece and cut it down to size.

Michael McKay
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> On Feb 12, 2025, at 5:51 PM, Todd Tavares <tavares0947 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> PBR,
> 
> Removing the centerboard from inside by removing the trunk cap is the only
> way to paint the entire centerboard and trunk slot.
> But that is no easy task, as there are a lot of SS ¼-20 bolts with washers
> and nuts holding the cover down.
> I pulled mine put that way to address a crack in the trunk cover and to
> replace the c/b pennant line as well as to reconfigure and reinforce the
> block mountings on the c/b. That allowed me to paint the entire c/b and
> inside the trunk slot. I painted the entire c/b, both sides at once, by
> hanging it from a rafter in my garage. Other times, I have just blocked the
> boat and painted as much of the c/b and trunk as I could from below.
> 
> The exception to this is if your boat is older; maybe 1975 or earlier, the
> c/b comes out from the bottom and there is no trunk cap in the cabin to
> remove.
> 
> Todd T.
> 
>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2025, 12:31 PM PBR <pbryanriley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Can you remove the CB up through the cap while boat is sitting on the
>> trailer to allow painting the board and inside the trunk?
>> 
>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM Todd Tavares <tavares0947 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I must have doe something wrong. I did have to hide a good bit of the
>>> different colored indicator coat underneath and a gallon did 2 coats and
>>> two on the rudder blade, but not the centerboard.
>>> I painted the centerboard and trunk with 2 coats and plan to do.the hull
>>> when the weather gets warm, and have barely used any out of the gallon
>>> bucket.
>>> You should plan on a gallon.
>>> I hate to admit it but I just buy the least expensive ablative paint;
>>> Pettit Hydrocoat.
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 10:45 PM peter beckerman via Rhodes22-list <
>>> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Roger,
>>>>   I am planning on rolling.  I have a friend that can lend me some
>> boat
>>>> stands, so I'm planning on using a 10 ton capacity bottle jack to walk
>> it
>>>> up off the trailer a few inches at a time fore and aft, until I have
>> her
>>>> about a foot off the bunks.  I'm hoping that'll give me enough room to
>>>> sand, and roll.  As always, don't be shy with any advice or insights
>>>> 
>>>> Peter
>>>> 
>>>> [ Sent From rhodes22.net ]
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>