Doug. The boat can be pulled onto the trailer and the centerboard will retract. It will be a bit harder, as expected, to crank the boat into the trailer. The 'danger' on this is the pennant fragment still attached to the board getting jammed in the trunk. You wrote: "... put in the traveling bolt" What is this? I've never seen a bolt that locks the centerboard up on a M17. IMO don't do anything where you beach the boat with the centerboard down - 1) the board causing the boat to lean port/starboard can cause damage to the keel at the rotation pin and/or the trunk 2) something gets jammed in the trunk (stick, rock, shell, etc) DON'T fiberglass over the board! The board needs to be sandblasted, sealed with a rust inhibitor (as close to immediately after sandblasting as possible), faired (if in poor condition) and then antifouled (if in fouling water for long enough time). Fiberglassing will make the board too thick and cause it to jam in the trunk. (The prior owner of my M17 tried to glass the board - complete failure causing the board to become stuck.) Sean Mulligan posted a good series of pictures/description of cast iron centerboard refurbishment on/in the MSOG Facebook group. There are also a fair number of descriptions of how to remove the centerboard on msogphotosite.com and MSOG.org. :: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: Baba 30 #233 DEJA VU :: former owner SV SWALLOW - sailboatswallow.wordpress.com/ :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - m15namedscred.wordpress.com On Sun, Sep 10, 2023, 20:56 Douglas Vogel via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Hi All,
My M-17 #325 is having a tough year. My centerboard pennant was 1/2 worn a month ago . I couldn’t replace it as I’ve been stuck doing a remodel at home. Today I finally drove 90 minutes to the lake and my pennant has parted with the centerboard down. I hope to sail a few times before pulling it out for the winter. Any suggestions for getting the boat on her trailer. Will the winch pull the boat onto the roller slowly ? I could try to beach it slowly and put in the traveling bolt. I could also run her up to the boat ramp… It is cement and will do some damage. I think I may need to pull the centerboard this winter and grind off some rust and then fiberglass it. It is sometimes slow to lower. We get lots of snow in Wyoming and there are no boatyards near me to haul it out . I may drive it to the Bay Area where I know there are lots of facilities for haul out.
Thanks anyone who has advice,
Doug Vogel 307-730-2971