Centreplate & Rudder
The centreplate (lifting keel) and rudder of a Shrimper can suffer much abuse, but remain largely unseen. Regular maintenance is essential as failure of the pivot bolts and/or lifting cables is, at best, inconvenient and can be much worse.
The following links provide guidance for maintaining and replacing these essential parts.
Replacing the centreplate wire
Dyneema centreplate wire alternative
Centreplate Case Distortion
Robin Whittle (Shrimper 124) had a problem with a sticking centreplate in his 1983 Shrimper and found that corrosion of the internal ballast was to blame. This is the full story of how he repaired it by cutting out the ballast and replacing it with new.