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Centerboard winch
by Larry Yake 25 Jul '24

25 Jul '24

Has anyone come up with a good way to realign the centerboard winch on the older model M17's? I'm tired of fighting the pennant's tendency to overlap due to the incorrect mounting angle. It needs tilted up about 1/4" when measured at the lower edge of the winch. A shim of some sort would be the ticket, but I can't add too much thickness to the mount to keep the pennant straight below the winch. Larry M17 CornDog

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Re: Centerboard winch
by John Schinnerer 27 Apr '24

27 Apr '24

I made a wedge, pics attached. Just wood flour thickened epoxy resin, poured in some round plastic tub or lid or similar tilted a few degrees off level. My main reason was so the $#%@#%! winch handle would clear the CB trunk - it's not a ratcheting winch (not on mine anyhow - #38, 1974), can only go around in one direction. It did also help with the angle of pennant to winch drum. cheers, John On 4/26/24 14:19, Larry Yake wrote: > Has anyone come up with a good way to realign the centerboard winch on the > older model M17's? I'm tired of fighting the pennant's tendency to overlap > due to the incorrect mounting angle. It needs tilted up about 1/4" when > measured at the lower edge of the winch. A shim of some sort would be the > ticket, but I can't add too much thickness to the mount to keep the pennant > straight below the winch. > > Larry > M17 CornDog -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john(a)eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com

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Refinishing the rudder
by Jennifer Wood 16 Apr '24

16 Apr '24

Hi all. I'm stripping the nearly 50 year old varnish from my M17's stock rudder, and man is that varnish sturdy. I'd love to replace it with something as durable -- what would you all suggest? There are some cracks near the bottom that were repaired with fiberglass and resin, which I plan to re-do as well. Cheers! --Jen

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fin keel repair
by Rimantas Aukstuolis 13 Apr '24

13 Apr '24

I own a 1983 Montgomery 15. Last summer was my first time using the boat due to the pandemic and some other health issues but I did manage to launch and keep at a dock on Lake Pymatuning (OH/PA border) from August to September. Apparently the boat was always dry sailed, and never had anti fouling paint applied as the bottom was clean when I bought it almost three years ago. When I hauled it out (dumb me) there was algae on the bottom. I was able to get it pretty clean using a marine algae cleaner and powerwasher but I'll give it another hit in the spring. As I was powerwashing, I seem to have removed a 3" section of fiberglass from the fin keel, forward on the port side. Looks like exposed metal. Is this lead or steel? Can't see well in there. How should it be fixed/patched? I really don't want to apply anti-fouling paint and will dry sail after I modify the trailer with keel guides and slicker beds to make launch and recovery easier. Any suggestions on repair and trailer mods are appreciated. Thanks Rimantas "Ray" Aukstuolis

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