Anyone have a Core Sound 17 with a weighted lifting keel. Mine has only one rope going to it.

[musicmanx2]

This must be a weight centerboard lifting keel. I have only one rope going to it from a jam cleat. I haven't had it off the trailer yet

so I haven't lowered the centerboard till I launch it so I can place it on my lift that I'm rebuilding the bunks and install two

new motors on the lift. I will be launching it soon. I'm also trying to figure out how the ropes run up and out the poles.

Myself and a friend might put it out to the driveway and see if we can figure out the layout of the ropes. He is not a sailor and I haven't sail this type of boat. We will lift the sails etc on a day will no wind. I have on video I found on the Core Sound 20 that shows some

of the rope layout. 

[Paul356]

Nope, I followed the plans and did not weight mine.  It floats.  I use the downhaul to drop it.

[Don Silsbe]

Most of the daysailers are set up like Paul356 has done, which is what I showed you in the photos above.  But tje Core Sound Mark 3’s have a weighted centerboard, and no downhaul.  Since I wanted the forward part of the cockpit clear for my first mate, I put a weighted c/b to my Bay River Skiff.  I added about 15# of lead to the tip of the board.  My uphaul line is located under the center seat, just to the left of the centerboard trunk.  It works fine, and keeps The Boss happy.   Let’s hope there is enough lead in your centerboard to do the trick.

 

[musicmanx2]

On 3/26/2024 at 3:55 PM, Don Silsbe said:

Most of the daysailers are set up like Paul356 has done, which is what I showed you in the photos above.  But tje Core Sound Mark 3’s have a weighted centerboard, and no downhaul.  Since I wanted the forward part of the cockpit clear for my first mate, I put a weighted c/b to my Bay River Skiff.  I added about 15# of lead to the tip of the board.  My uphaul line is located under the center seat, just to the left of the centerboard trunk.  It works fine, and keeps The Boss happy.   Let’s hope there is enough lead in your centerboard to do the trick.

 

I like having the cleared area on mine aswell for sleeping and tent.

[ecgossett]

I used the recommended lead in the plans on my core sound 17, it wasn't enough, so I needed a downhaul. Later I added onto the bottom and lenghened by 1". I used lead shot for that with thickened epoxy, premolded, bolted on, and used 3" tape to fair.

1) Carefully used a hand plane on the wood part where 1.5" of glass tape would go, and cut an a layer off to make fairing easier.

2) When casting added chopped Kevlar cloth for strength, and used Kevlar 3" tape in mold like a liner.

3) made sure to glass over kelvar when attaching mold to bottom of board, as kevlar frizzes when you sand it.

4) per the plans i actually had the extra room in the centerboard trunk for an extra inch.

 

Just make sure if you weight your board, to add a bunkboard on your trailer, keeping a weighted board up adds stress on a lot of stuff.