by jeadstx » Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:27 pm
I've been looking at jdoorly's DS2 cutaway drawing and it looks to be fairly accurate. Only difference with my DS2 is the DH line going to the cuddy roof, mine doesn't. I am not sure that one inspection port would be able to access both line attachment points. I'm also not sure if there is enough room to put in a 4" inspection port where it is needed. If you did try to put in an inspection port, I would think that it would be better to have it above the waterline. It looks like an access opening might be able to be made on the top of the CB trunk, one inside the cuddy for the uphaul attachment, and one outside the cuddy for the downhaul attachment point. The opening would have to have a gasket to keep it watertight while closed for sailing. Openings on top of the trunk might also provide a way to fix a jammed CB, something common to the DS2.
As to the double hull question. In the cockpit the trunk may have a double thickness. Inside the bilge (from the pictures I've taken there), it does not appear to be double walled, but that area would be below the waterline.
My boat like Tim Webb's boat has some kind of goop on the centerboard bolt that has to be removed to access the CB bolt, if CB removal is needed.
John
1976 Day Sailer II, #8075 - Completed the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Texas 200
1952 Beetle Boat Swan Catboat
Early Rhodes 19
1973 Mariner 2+2, #2607 - Completed 2014, 2015 and 2016 Texas 200
1969 Day Sailer I, #3229
Fleet 135; Canyon Lake, Texas