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General Category => Sailing, Handling, Tips and Techniques => Topic started by: kpike on April 22, 2014, 07:06:52 PM

Title: Dagger board chafe during trailering
Post by: kpike on April 22, 2014, 07:06:52 PM
Noticed some chafe on the dagger board.  See attached.  The open 57 guys showed me that they install a wedge between the board and trunk on each side from the bottom when trailering to prevent trunk/board rubbing damage.  Is this the result of sand in the well while trailering? Any other reports of this?
Title: Re: Dagger board chafe during trailering
Post by: davidreich on April 30, 2014, 09:59:33 AM
Make sure trunk is clean. Also, Intensity has some cool keel chocks that bolt in from the top that are mfg'd by one of our own down under. I used wedges prior to the chocks but they come out.

Title: Re: Dagger board chafe during trailering
Post by: kpike on May 01, 2014, 09:50:49 AM
Thanks for the intensity heads up.  I'll report back on chock performance.
Title: Re: Dagger board chafe during trailering
Post by: AussieMick on October 07, 2014, 11:38:31 PM
Hoping the chocks are working properly for everyone.

If there are any tweaks anyone would like to see happen drop me a line.

Title: Re: Dagger board chafe during trailering
Post by: kpike on October 07, 2014, 11:51:13 PM
I have trailered from San Diego to the Canadian border and back with no chafe problem since using the chocks and making sure I flush the well clean.
Title: Re: Dagger board chafe during trailering
Post by: AussieMick on October 08, 2014, 12:05:42 AM
That is good news, I actually haven't even made myself a set yet. :)

Note to self, make a set of keel chocks for own boat :)