Why is my S2 26 grounding in 6 feet of water?

[chucklesR]

Good point about in the water fix - but
If the cable is broken how would you lift the board or reattach the cable after re-installing a winch and attaching said cable to the winch, E has said he has 3 inches of visibility.

[T34C]

You'd just have to dive on it and make due. You can raise the board by passing a line under the boat. If you start at the bow and drop a loop of line under while holding the ends on either side of the boat. Work your way aft letting the line slide down the bottom of the hull. You have to basically catch the loop on the CB, then pull up and aft. May need to put the line thru the genny lead blocks and onto the winchs.

[sailaway21]

Originally Posted by T34C

You'd just have to dive on it and make due. You can raise the board by passing a line under the boat. If you start at the bow and drop a loop of line under while holding the ends on either side of the boat. Work your way aft letting the line slide down the bottom of the hull. You have to basically catch the loop on the CB, then pull up and aft. May need to put the line thru the genny lead blocks and onto the winchs.

I've done the same on my Cal 21' with it's 400lb swing keel and without even resort to scuba or brownie. My visibility was better but that would be less of an issue with an aqualung or brownie available. A flat nylon "snatch strap", used for jerking vehicles out of the ditch, works well. Just get one short enough that you can bend a couple of lines on each end for the hoisting with the winch.

[Hawkwind]

You can raise the board by passing a line under the boat. If you start at the bow and drop a loop of line under while holding the ends on either side of the boat. Work your way aft letting the line slide down the bottom of the hull.

I did this on my old Venture 222 on a couple of ocassions. I had the boat for over 20 years so I broke and replaced the keel cable a few times. Use your winches to lift and you can push the keel/centerboard partially up by intentionally running aground if necesary. When I 'ran aground', I did it at the boat launch ramp. I found it to be easiest to replace the broken cable in the water, but I have a good swimming hole nearby.

This assumes that you do have a centerboard. You can pass the rope like mentioned above to get a feel for what's below the waterline. Since the boat is new to you though, I would pull her for cleaning and inspection. Probably only cost ya 50 bucks or so and then you'll know what it looks like down there. Good time to clean and maybe paint the bottom which I'm sure it could use if the water visibility is as bad as you said it was.

[Tidykat]

Hey did it occur to you that maybe it's the placement of the depth finder? Or it may be defective? Just a thought.

[JohnF261]

Never have seen or heard of a centerboard on the S28.0. I have the "C" and it is a center cockpit shoal draft (2.5') I'm pretty sure the full keel model is 5', defineately not 6!

[camaraderie]

JohnF....well let me introduce you to one....
1978 S2 8.0 A sailboat for sale in Minnesota

[sailingdog]

A bluewater boat with a portapottie... Yeah. right... Cam did you really read that ad... it's a hoot. It also says the boat is cutter rigged... which I am doubting.

[LakeEscape]

Guys,

While I found this to be one of the most humorous threads, rolling on the floor, tears, etc, prehaps we should point out to JF261, that the thread is several months old. Hopefully our poor S2 owner has gotten to his home port and solved the keel mystery, hopefully.

Survey first, buy second.

LakeEscape