Hi all, If you've never seen an M17 CB above the waterline and outside the trunk (or a flying M17 ;-)...here's some pics of mine. "Pajarita" is at the Toledo (Oregon) shipyard for bottom paint and CB rehab. This morning (with some helicopter parenting on my part) the CB got dropped out. First time I've seen it since I got the boat. Not bad, but some rust blistering on port side definitely needing attention. There was less, but still a bit, on starboard side. And now I know (as I suspected) why my keel would never retract fully into the trunk - pennant tied to shackle with a big loopy bowline. Also, a big giant nylon "washer," on port side only, at the pivot point. You can just see the bottom edge of it starting to show, in the pictures where the board is not fully dropped yet. Don't have a separate pic yet but it's about 8"-9" diameter. Anyone else have this on their M17, that you know of? Jerry, is that OEM? :-) cheers, John -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
