link below to the MSOGphotosite M17 page. click on the references to centerboard and trunk repair. pictures are there if you click on the 'empty squares'. many ideas on how to lift boat from trailer in the driveway. http://msogphotosite.com/M17MM.html remember the boat is going to weigh in, at best, between 1800# and 2200#. you don't want the boat to fall on you. the safest way is to go to a boat yard and have them lift the boat and put on stands high enough you can drop the centerboard and conduct the repair to the trunk and while at it touch up the centerboard. reminder, the cast iron boards weigh about 180#. the cost may be higher ... but cheaper than medical bills. -- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 1:08 AM, David Eisner via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
People must have lifted their boats. How about some ideas, please. My keel is stuck also. (Along with a leak...) Thanks, David Eisner Dancer