My Careel 18 Second Wind’s Centreboard has to come out and be refurbished

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My Careel 18 Second Wind's centreboard plate has been jamming down where it is now a problem, time to bite the bullet and pull the board out to refurbish her.
The board is a mild steel plate weighing about 90 KG's (190 lbs), big shout out to Ray and Vern from the Careel Association for all the assistance and guidance (plus all the other jobs they did) while it was at Vern's for 4 months. We had shocking wet weather where it rained for 2 of those 4 months delaying everything but the board is all cleaned up now and reinstalled, last week I launched Second Wind to test the Centreboard, it now goes up and down smoothly.

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13 сен 2024

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@VentureOffroadAustralia4x4 2 года назад

Looked like a massive job but it'll give you years of trouble free service now. Happy sailing.

@wilsnich02 2 года назад

Very glad it is done and very thankful to some good mates

@iancalleia9430 2 года назад

Thanks for posting Nick, big job. Looks like you didn’t end up requiring the nylon plate/bush. Did you need any solution to reduce the centre board left-to-right movement?

@wilsnich02 2 года назад

There are two big nylon pads either side of the board with the pin in the middle, when the board is down it seemed ok but a test sail will show if it is slipping around, not a hard fix though if it is.

@sailingcitrinesunset4065 2 года назад

I'm surprised the lifting cable isn't attached to the bottom of the keel straight up to the winch like most boats.

@CaptMarkSVAlcina 2 года назад

I always wonder why they just don’t build the Centerboard in stainless steel, yes I know the cost but it will last forever and that would be a great selling point.

@wilsnich02 2 года назад

As time went by there were some Careels owners who fabricated new keels out of stainless

@thomasschild284 Год назад

Hi Nick, Your keel is 90kg, what model of boat is it. Mine is a pre Mk1 which might be a bit lighter. I've had my keel repinned with a stainless steel bolt. The keel clunks around around a fair bit when I am underway and I think it needs to be shimmed. Did you put the nylon shims in before or after the keel was put back into the box. I assume you just put a hole in each shim and put the pin through them and the keel. Is that correct? Cheers Thomas

@wilsnich02 Год назад

Hi Thomas, Second Wind is an early Mark 1 Careel with the original 65 kg plate that has had two smaller plates laser cut and welded either side as cheeks then faired bringing the board upto approx. 90kg. There are pads either side of the SS Pin but obviously not thick enough so I have added an additional wedge at the back on the board, still need to launch to see how it works at stopping the board from going bonk bonk in the case.

@thomasschild284 Год назад

@@wilsnich02 Hi Nick, Yours might be just a few boats newer than mine. I've just got the 65kg keel and a very short rudder. How does your boat hand with the cheeks and the extra righting moment? How big are the pads? Would they be 30cm in diameter? Do you use tap washers installed towards the back of the square section to reduce that longitudinal movement as shown in one of the original drawings? cheers Thomas