I recently purchased a 1980 Tanzer 22 sailboat with a swing keel.

When the boat is going downwind or sitting at anchor with the keel down, you
can feel the keel rock from side to side. It makes sort of a
BONK....BONK....BONK....BONK as it goes from side to side.

My question is: is this normal? Is there too much play in the pivot point?
You can feel (and hear) the sound as the keel moves from side to side.

I'd hate for it to fall off while underway, might entirely ruin my weekend.

Thanks for any replies.

Dave
BC, Canada

"Dave" wrote:
can feel the keel rock from side to side. It makes sort of a
BONK....BONK....BONK....BONK as it goes from side to side.
My question is: is this normal?

I've never owned a Tanzer 22 but IIRC, it's not so much a swing keel
as a centerboard that swings up inside a stubby fixed keel. Wouldn't
be good to lose it overboard but wouldn't be the disaster that losing
a keel would present.
Anyhow, a swing keel on a Catalina 22 has a screw down clamp in the
cabin on the side of the trunk that keeps it from "bonkin" back and
forth. I'm not sure how you could accomplish that trick on a
centerboard that's tucked inside a keel. I'm interested to hear from
somebody that has one though.

Rick

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"Dave" wrote:
can feel the keel rock from side to side. It makes sort of a
BONK....BONK....BONK....BONK as it goes from side to side.
My question is: is this normal?

I've never owned a Tanzer 22 but IIRC, it's not so much a swing keel
as a centerboard that swings up inside a stubby fixed keel. Wouldn't
be good to lose it overboard but wouldn't be the disaster that losing
a keel would present.
Anyhow, a swing keel on a Catalina 22 has a screw down clamp in the
cabin on the side of the trunk that keeps it from "bonkin" back and
forth. I'm not sure how you could accomplish that trick on a
centerboard that's tucked inside a keel. I'm interested to hear from
somebody that has one though.

The trailer I've got will only accomodate the keel in retracted position,
but I've put out feelers at the yacht club to borrow a full keel-type
trailor so I can inspect the whole mess when it's out of the water. I am
expecting to find some sort of serviceable pivot, be it just a pin or some
sort of bushing system. Hopefully inexpensively.

Thanks

Dave

"Dave" wrote:
expecting to find some sort of serviceable pivot, be it just a pin or some
sort of bushing system. Hopefully inexpensively.

Yep. Here's a picture of one. Looks like a pivot pin you can get to.
http://ubu.ca/tanzer22/Musacenterboardafter.jpg

.... and here's the home page that may be helpful.
http://www.tanzer22.com/tpage.htm

Rick

PhantMan wrote:
... and here's the home page that may be helpful.
http://www.tanzer22.com/tpage.htm

That site also has a Tanzer22 owner's manual.
He
http://www.magma.ca/~tanzer22/manual.htm#T132

The section on the "Centerboard assembly" is exactly what you're
looking for and it has a link (Figure 21) to a drawing with
measurements.

You might consider joining the association. Looks pretty helpful to
me.

Rick

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The section on the "Centerboard assembly" is exactly what you're
looking for and it has a link (Figure 21) to a drawing with
measurements.

You might consider joining the association. Looks pretty helpful to
me.

Thanks a lot for the links, Rick. The picture is especially helpful. Looks
quite straightforward to replace the pin with a piece of 1" SS rod. I'm not
sure what they're talking about when they say it's "retained by wooden
dowels" but a visual inspection should make it obvious.

Dave