After bringing Surprise out of the water Sunday, I took her home and with the help of a couple of friends, we took her off the trailer and rolled her onto her side. Took out her centerboard to compare it with the new one - the pivot hole is in the right place, thankfully. I test fitted the new board in the trunk and realized the top aft corner radius was too small, so the board would not retract all the way. I traced the old centerboard's corner on the new board and cut away the excess. I placed three layers of glass on each side of the head of the board to build it up to the 1-3/8" width I want. The centerboard trunk is 1-5/8 wide, so I'll have 1/8" to build it up on each side. I'm referring to this article for the technique to build up the trunk.
Posted by Bob at May 24, 2004 08:45 AM