Elderly Centaur - good engine - standing rigging conundrum

[robertj]

You can't possibly buy that one.

With a 2007 engine, an outboard well would obviously be out of the question.

What a disappointment that would be.

We can't have that.

Pete

Peter!!!

 

[dylanwinter]

What is the concern with the toe rail u bolt backing plate?

it looks under-engineered to me

a tiny pad inside the cupboard

but maybe that is standard

I am a bit confused about the two anchoring places

as for the well..... if the engine goes pop then I would be back to plan B

D

 

[TC Tuckton]

On our 1978 Centaur the lower shroud u bolt backing plates are small and glasses in. The starboard one leaked. A previous owner had exposed the nuts and tightened them but without success. I removed the u bolt, cut out the backing plate, tidied and dried the area and fitted a slightly larger backing plate before refitting the original u bolt with silicone sealant. No problems since. I left the (non leaking) port u bolt and original backing plate alone.

 

[chrishelen]

Last year in jolly harbour Antigua we were anchored next to a young German guy who was half way through a circumnavigation in his erldery centaur, over a beer aboard we noticed that he had minimal equipment onboard, I asked him what his most useful bit of kit onboard was, at that location it was his 'windscoop' that provided a mini gale down below.
He was single handed and the boat sailed herself across the pond.
I love centaurs.