George: the pennant should have stop knot (figure-8 knot) about 17"-18" above where comes up into the cockpit. i sailed my M15, and the Glessers', with the knot about 1" from 'going into the trunk'. i can share a picture from the Glesser's M15 if needed. the M15's centerboard 'in-trunk forward edge' will hit the forward end of the centerboard trunk if it is over extended. the board is still in the truck at this stage and not correctly supported. now this is for Jerry's boats ... which your boat is not. the pictures of your boat i have don't show the centerboard pennant clearly. so, i don't know if the one (or two) boats built buy Chuck (aka, American Classics) are to Jerry's spec. :: Dave Scobie --- On Fri, 5/10/13, George Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com> wrote:
Dave
How does the CB system know not to drop the center board beyond the proper distance to keep the non foiled edge in the trunk?
George