Daggerboard retrieval line idea
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 5:47 am
Thought I would start a new thread on this idea.
If the daggerboards are failing simply by breaking loose from the line, you probably have a perfectly fixable board laying on the bottom. THis might be the best failure mode since only a small bit of damage occurs where the knot pulled through the board.
Heres the idea:
I few years ago I bought a crab trap float which is a small bright orange float shaped like the capital letter "H" . It came with about 20 feet of decent looking thin line attached to it. (might have also had a small flat metal weight on the other end.
Run this thin line from the bottom of the daggerboard (securely tied to the aft of the board under a screw) to the stern of the boat and either have it tied to the little crab trap float that would rip loose from a velcro mounting if the board went for an excursion. Actually I think that might be a good idea, no?
Just circle around, pickup the float and pull up your board. If you just grounded causing the board failure, the float with about 15 feet of line should be easily floating on the water surface.
Slap on a little marine tex, have lunch, and back to sailing in a couple of hours.
Someone owes me a beer I think.
If the daggerboards are failing simply by breaking loose from the line, you probably have a perfectly fixable board laying on the bottom. THis might be the best failure mode since only a small bit of damage occurs where the knot pulled through the board.
Heres the idea:
I few years ago I bought a crab trap float which is a small bright orange float shaped like the capital letter "H" . It came with about 20 feet of decent looking thin line attached to it. (might have also had a small flat metal weight on the other end.
Run this thin line from the bottom of the daggerboard (securely tied to the aft of the board under a screw) to the stern of the boat and either have it tied to the little crab trap float that would rip loose from a velcro mounting if the board went for an excursion. Actually I think that might be a good idea, no?
Just circle around, pickup the float and pull up your board. If you just grounded causing the board failure, the float with about 15 feet of line should be easily floating on the water surface.
Slap on a little marine tex, have lunch, and back to sailing in a couple of hours.
Someone owes me a beer I think.
