During my first sail in my new PocketShip I went to drop the centerboard but when I released the pendant nothing happened. With the problems some of the other have had this scared the crap out of me. I gave the tiller to my son and went down and opened the centerboard access port. I gave the centerboard a very slight jostle with my fingers and it dropped very quickly down (so fast it startled me). The same thing happened when I sailed it the second time yesterday.
I don't think this has anything to do with wood swelling since it happened right off the trailer on the first sail and didn't seem any worse on the second sail a week later. I think that maybe I got the centerboard's back edge a little close to the back of the trunk and that's where it's sticking. It never stuck during the tests I made with it on the cradle but then again there was no water there taking some of the weight.
I think for now I'll just live with it and see if anything changes unless someone has an idea.
regards,
Bill