Re: New Guy! Just got a DS III
Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 9:37 am
One (with wire) raises the centerboard, and the other (rope only) lowers it. Hopefully you do not have to replace the rope... I am pretty sure you will have to careen the boat to do so, which may not be a problem as you mentioned painting. I believe some have also mentioned putting the centerboard back can be tricky. If you get to the point where you have to remove the centerboard to replace lines, I would check the hole that the uphaul wire goes through as well. It is a notorious leak spot (at least on the DS II). The DS III may or may to have that problem, but if it does some have used a pipe fitting/nipple inside the centerboard trunk to close the gap around the wire. Others have inserted a PVC pipe through the hole instead, but I believe that just squirts water into the cuddy. This is a problem/project that I have been putting off, lol. Not really looking forward to the whole careening process, don't really have a good spot for it.
On painting, not sure about your boat... but mine had the original gelcoat still. So, rather than painting I went the difficult route and undertook the project of compound (3m Super Duty Rubbing Compound), polish (3m Finesse it), and wax. I did several passes on the compound part (both hull and deck, but more passes on the deck), and then 2 passes on the polish. My boat shined up pretty well.
I would post a few pictures, but I keep getting an error that the "Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached."
On painting, not sure about your boat... but mine had the original gelcoat still. So, rather than painting I went the difficult route and undertook the project of compound (3m Super Duty Rubbing Compound), polish (3m Finesse it), and wax. I did several passes on the compound part (both hull and deck, but more passes on the deck), and then 2 passes on the polish. My boat shined up pretty well.
I would post a few pictures, but I keep getting an error that the "Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached."