Centerboard (swing keel) Install on Aquarius trailer sailor

Learn with me as I remove rust, fill craters, and prime and paint the 180 lb 2'x4' steel plate used as a centerboard in my Aquarius 21 trailer sailor, solo.
Music Credits
Old Nick's Laundromat - Trees of Mystery
Sunshine Rag - Warren Haskell
Dirk in Amsterdam - Warren Haskell
DISCLAIMER: I am not an expert or professional at this type of work. I am learning as I go, and my goal is to help you learn what to do by learning what not to do so you can save time and money.

[@martyb3783]

Great video! Your are right, having another set of hands is help greater than the sum of its parts.

[@timburnett6729]

Well done

[@GlennJohnson1]

Thank you.

[@overtimekona]

Cool vid! Exactly what I was looking for. Question: How did you put the stop plate back on after you pinned the board?

[@myboatprojectaquaris]

Excellent question. I didn’t show this in the video because I did it afterward. What I did was dug a small hole under the CB and lowered it till the backing plate holes were on top and I could access them. However, my recommendation is to do it the way I removed them - with the pin out. I lifted the CB (with a rope or wire through the pivot hole.) that way I as able to bring the backing plate close to the top of the housing and it was quite easy from that position. Bottom line, I stall backing plate before pivot bolt.

[@tonybatchelor9364]

Thank for a very instructive video. did you galvanize the centre plate or painted? or considered the fitting of anodes to reduce rusting?

[@myboatprojectaquaris]

Good thoughts. I haven’t seen or heard of any anodes in CBs.

[@hatchereight]

What did you use to seal around the pin?

[@GlennJohnson1]

I put a brass bushing in the hole in the CB and the epoxy pour filled in the gap.

[@myboatprojectaquaris]

I haven’t done it yet. But my plan is to stuff some cotton in there and cover it with thickened epoxy.

[@kaj-mikaelwredlund898]

Some padding on the scateboard would have prevented the scratches.......but its only human to not be prepared for everything that can happen......

[@myboatprojectaquaris]

You got it. And that’s why I do these videos, so you can learn from Miss You mistakes.