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  • in reply to: Centreboard removal & replacement #22514
    rschepen
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    Good Morning,

    As promised I’d keep you informed of the progress on the centre board. It turned out to be a laminated centre board (not a marine plywood as mentioned in an earlier post) and it was a clean split from one of the laminated planks.

    Thankfully, a good friend of mine who was with me sailing when it happened is a DT teacher and he said he could fix that easily when the board was out.

    The 3rd picture is the centre board in the school’s workshop and he’s fitted 3 biscuit joints and glued it back together using 4 sash clamps to hold it together.

    It’s back now and ready to be sanded and varnished and ready to be put back hopefully in time for an end of Sep/end of season sail.

    Thank you for all your suggestions and advise which is really appreciated.

    Best wishes,

     

    Raoul.

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    in reply to: Centreboard removal & replacement #22322
    rschepen
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    Thank you Steve/Oliver for all the insights and sharing your experiences.

    Thankfully my pivot bolt is not glassed in so this will help the removal and the thread method sounds like a winner.

    I won’t have time to remove the centreboard prior to my holiday next week but will keep you posted on my return and when I’ve got the centreboard out.

    Regards,

    Raoul.

    in reply to: Centreboard removal & replacement #22276
    rschepen
    Participant

    Hi Ian,

    That’s an excellent tip and most certainly will put that to use by using the thread method.

    Much appreciated!

    Regards,

    Raoul.

    in reply to: Centreboard removal & replacement #22274
    rschepen
    Participant

    Hi Oliver,

     

    Thank you for providing all this insightful information. I will certainly be able to get to work and will explore the marine timber suppliers as well. Having checked for replacement centreboards, a wooden replacement is £390 and a Milanes Foils one is £520 so will look to create my own replacement.

    Many thanks again for responding.

     

    Kind regards,

     

    Raoul.

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