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Post by cahkestrel on Mar 11, 2017 19:47:13 GMT -5
The cable is slack from the winch to the top of the stainless tube where it protrudes from the countertop and I'm confident the trunk is clean. I have added PB Blaster to the tube, tried jacking the board upward and have also tried to pull it down. I have also left the line in the thingypit slack while sailing in hopes it would free itself up. No luck.
I am considering removing the three bolts holding a stainless box that appears to contain a pulley. It is located in the engine compartment where the cable makes the turn forward. I understand that copper tubing was used on some boats so I don't know if mine is OEM or a retrofit.
I'm hopeful the cable may have jumped the pulley there. It doesn't leak now but am wondering if anyone has removed this box, and if so what they may have found and then used to seal the metal/metal surfaces before reinstalling the bolts.
The connection on top of the trunk is glassed in (where I imagine there is a second pulley) and has evidence of a slight weep that may be the result of adding the PB Blaster.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. 1977 Pearson "Akoya" |
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Post by dbeausoleil on Aug 17, 2017 21:13:50 GMT -5
I've spoken w/several folks that have worked the centerboard on the Pearson 35. Bottom line is they suck. I'm expert on all things boat (daddy owned a boat yard, I'm a USN/USCG ship inspector and naval engineer). They were a poor PHRF design to begin with. I say this, and I know the Pearson family, so I probably won't be invited to any BBQs w/them anymore. Working the centerboard is tricky, frustrating, hard, really frustrating, harder....more frustrating and expensive. In the end, it just makes them point a bit higher to the wind and sit a bit more stable on the hook. If you aren't competing with it, it's just not worth the pain. My Pearson 35 board jumped ship like yours so it is glassed over and is history. The boat sails just fine and I like that it doesn't weep. If still interested in a fix, call Rudy from D&R Marine if you need the entire board at 508 644 3001. I think that's about $3000. For advice, Call Stanley's Boat Yard, Barrington, RI and ask for Phil to discuss fixing the board. They've done it. Good luck. Shoot me an email at dbeausoleil@hotmail.com if you work through the issue. I'd like to hear how it turned out! On infrequent moments of madness, I've considered opening mine up and putting in a new board....then I grab a cold beer and dream of unicorns.
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Post by roverhi on Sept 23, 2018 0:28:08 GMT -5
You've probably long since solved your problem but if not here's my experience. The board on my Morgan 35 jammed up. Turned out to be a rock jammed in the well from a grounding. Dislodged the rock with a piece of thin metal that fit between the well and board and worked it back and forth.
Use the board a lot in harbor. Boat is a pig to turn with the board up. Better with the board down but still doesn't spin on it's keel like a fin keel boat. Also solved the problem of turning into an upwind slip with the wind blowing. Only took me a decade to figure that out.
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Post by Pearson owner on Jun 18, 2019 13:35:10 GMT -5
Thank you for all this information I have been stuck up for two years now I may glass it in. I have wondered if it would be a noticeable problem. I took all the piping apart to the glassed in shiv with no luck. Then jumped overboard with a long tree trimming blade to clean out around the centerboard. I found nothing stuck keeping the board up. Then I uncapped the pin to check that and it slid back and forth freely. So glassing it in sounds good.
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