Hello,
I'm trying to revive a new to me DSII. Current project is replacing the Centerboard Uphaul and Downhaul wire cables. This is an early 1970/71 style boat and the downhaul wire cable exits the top of the centerboard trunk near the mainsheet block. The control line does not pass into the cuddy. There is a cleat on the starboard side of the trunk for securing the line once the board is pulled up.
There are two steel cables attached to the board - one for uphaul and one for downhaul. From the cockpit, the two cables run down to a bored hole in the top front corner of the centerboard. The cables pass thru 1/8" holes drilled in the edge of the board and terminate inside the bored hole. (Bored hole is about 1" diameter and does not go all the way thru the board.) There are lugs crimped on the end of the cables to keep them from pulling out. The bored hole was filled with a silicon like sealer.
My question is this: There is a groove in the edge of the board where the uphaul cable exits the hole and runs up to the cockpit. I don't know if this groove is supposed to be there or if it is just from wear. I'd like to fill it in if it is from wear, but maybe it should be there?
Does anyone have a picture of this type of centerboard that shows how the cables should look??
Thank you all.
Dennis