Wrong again ! I think the CB is actually kinda undersized.
I had assumed CB was oversize because it was protruding. In a rare moment of genius, I decided to get scientific and actually measure something. I got out my trusty old folding ruler. The CB is 12" wide. The length is OK. It fills the trunk except for about 1/2 " at the after end of the trunk. Yes, the length was not measured after that crushing 12" width discovery was made.
That aforementioned empty space in the trunk above the CB has me thinking it should be wider than 12". Before I go looking, does anyone know offhand the usual width of a standard DS CB? The internal trunk height is about 13-14" measured from bottom, flush across the opening.
While I was grinding of the excess thickness I avoided dwelling on my corrupting the board's nice foil shape. Instead, I looked forward to how easy it will be to raise the board all the way, and to sailing.
Then it occurred to me that potential disaster at sea may have been averted. Sinking, even. I realized the tight jamming of the board in the trunk was due to the over-thick board spreading the trunk walls apart. Hhmmm...sailors and their boats now and then encounter submerged objects of varying mass. What if a hefty one comes along, and forces the fat CB further up in the trunk...?
Extricating such a fully wedged CB could be a major PITA. Might require haul out. Or mash on it with a dowel via a new hole made in top of trunk? Ouch. On the other hand, what if the submerged object convinces the fat CB to fracture the trunk? Saving the CB might then quickly become relatively moot, what with an inaccessible major leak at sea and all. The latter realization really got my attention as I had been mainly motivated by things like ease of trailering, and of re-sale value.
I'm thinking of naming it Mellow, since it is all yellow. Or ......?
Mellow Yellow by Donovan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb3WpOJvsug.