armchairadmiral 411 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 The steel centreboard has to be replaced. Anyone got one ? Would a Catalina board do ? Or any other ideas as we can see big expense if a new one has to be built....thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,089 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 What happened? Pics? Iirc, it's literally just a steel plate? The ballast is in the keel stub. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex TL systems 63 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 think i might have 1 from a pelin carabou 20 ft its flat steelplate, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
armchairadmiral 411 Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 Thanks for replys. This Pacer plate is an aerofoiled steel fabrication. It has rusted / rotted out bottom half of leading edge exposing hollow interior. Have to raise boat up off trailer to drop plate for pics etc. Thinking is that it will be a good idea to try and do job in one hit so if another plate is around we can just slot it in. Prime objective is to avoid having to get a new one made & associated expense.Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,089 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Hmm, ok, that is likely to be an issue. You could contact Alan Wright to see who made them? I'm surprised it's hollow, unless designed to fill with water? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eruptn 74 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 I think we have Pacer or 2 down here, if you want to look at one let me know and i'll find out who owns it. The Catalina has a swing board, and I'm sure the Pacer is more of a dagger board set up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
armchairadmiral 411 Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 That's a good suggestion to contact Alan Wright. Anyone know his email ? It's a swing board,not a daggerboard pulling up into an enclosed case that sits below the floor boards. Lead ballast either side of case.Doesn't seem to be water filled. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 325 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 From white pages Save Listing Wright A N & A L 77 Tiri Rd Whangaparaoa Hibiscus Coast 0930 09-424-3488 Get directions Share this listing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,089 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 ALAN WRIGHT DESIGN Ltd Postal: PO BOX 169 WHANGAPARAOA HIBISCUS COAST 0943 New Zealand Tel: (09) 424 3488 Email:wrightdesign@xtra.co.nz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
armchairadmiral 411 Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 Great help thx guys. I'll email him Quote Link to post Share on other sites
armchairadmiral 411 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 Back on the help wanted page please. Had an email back from Alan Wright and he was unable to help. Seems the builders took over everything and being about 30 years ago all info has disappeared. But somewhere someone will know where and how the centreboards were made so we will keep looking. Could save a heap of anguish. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 28 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Thanks for replys. This Pacer plate is an aerofoiled steel fabrication. It has rusted / rotted out bottom half of leading edge exposing hollow interior. Have to raise boat up off trailer to drop plate for pics etc. Thinking is that it will be a good idea to try and do job in one hit so if another plate is around we can just slot it in. Prime objective is to avoid having to get a new one made & associated expense.Cheers According to the Wright book the Pacer used a Tracker hull with .4 of a meter chopped off. God knows why. They were built by Hopwoods originally. I don't know if the other Wright TS boards are the same but they all had stub keels with the ballast in them so given its not a ballast requirement you could... Bog the old board up (maybe glass it) and stick it back in, before you reinstall you could take it to somewhere (like styrotech) and get it 3 D scanned, or take a mold off it so its easy to build a new one when the original eventually disintegrates.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
armchairadmiral 411 Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 Thanks GW.Yes we are working on it. The major problem is cost.The boat is probably woth $14000 on a good day.It will be easy to do $3 - 4000 if we aren't very careful. Looking at a glassed ply board as one solution .A patch job if there's sufficient steel to weld to another. Not rushing into it.Have roughly bogged it meantime. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
malcolmdaniel 0 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 I have a bigger problem than rust -mines missing !! A previous owner (not guy i brought from) cut out centrecase and lost swingboard and rudder . I was told by last owner his wife said it was to tippy and wanted to put in a fixed keel. I gave up trying to find specs , including contacting Alan and the boat builder , on replacing board and decided to go for lifting board which im in the middle of doing but im having second thoughts and think ill put it back to original setup to keep resale value. So any help in its dimensions and shape , how its swung and lifted re attachments. pulleys, pins and water seals etc I get from above comments its a shaped hollow steel board and from memory of looking at another boat it only came about 100mm up above floor so im guessing its only 3-400mm wide (bow to stern) and centre case is 1700mm long so must be about 1600mm long making it a high aspect board cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eruptn 74 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 As mentioned above; Posted November 6, 2016 We have 2 here in Rotorua, could put you on contact with owners for a look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
malcolmdaniel 0 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 38 minutes ago, eruptn said: As mentioned above; Posted November 6, 2016 We have 2 here in Rotorua, could put you on contact with owners for a look. That would be great , thou im not in easy travel , it would be great to email or talk to them thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eruptn 74 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Have sent contact details in a private message. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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