Bill, Your diver won't be able to see up into the trunk unless the tang broke off the centerboard. It would normally be sitting on the stop bolt, which will have the upper edge of the centerboard still in the trunk. If the tang is broken, and the board is swinging free under the boat, then your diver could tie a new pendant on for you and you can winch it up before you pull her out. Larry On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:09:25 -0700 Bill Sylvester <wmcsyl1@cox.net> writes:
Thanks guys,
It sounds like the trailer trick might just work. I will have the diver check inside the trunk to see if there are obstructions in there before I try. When I get her home, I will use Tom's sawmoose idea to do the repairs.
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Larry, The old M-17 has been sitting in her slip, unused, for over two years. I am concerned that some marine critters have attached themselves to the inside of the trunk. If they are hard shelled they might bind the board. How much of the trunk is underwater? If it is only the first couple of inches, there might not be enough growth to matter. We will see. Thanks, Bill On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 03:45 PM, Larry Yake wrote:
Bill, Your diver won't be able to see up into the trunk unless the tang broke off the centerboard. It would normally be sitting on the stop bolt, which will have the upper edge of the centerboard still in the trunk. If the tang is broken, and the board is swinging free under the boat, then your diver could tie a new pendant on for you and you can winch it up before you pull her out. Larry
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:09:25 -0700 Bill Sylvester <wmcsyl1@cox.net> writes:
Thanks guys,
It sounds like the trailer trick might just work. I will have the diver check inside the trunk to see if there are obstructions in there before I try. When I get her home, I will use Tom's sawmoose idea to do the repairs.
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Bill: To get an idea of what it all looks like down there, take a look at the centerboard pictures on the MSOG website: http://www.msog.org/models/m17/m-17-cb.cfm I too have often wondered if the sticking board problem on some boats is due to marine growth and not a swelling of the cast iron ballast in the trunk. Howard M17, #278 On 10/22/03 6:37 PM, "Bill Sylvester" <wmcsyl1@cox.net> wrote:
Larry,
The old M-17 has been sitting in her slip, unused, for over two years. I am concerned that some marine critters have attached themselves to the inside of the trunk. If they are hard shelled they might bind the board. How much of the trunk is underwater? If it is only the first couple of inches, there might not be enough growth to matter. We will see.
Thanks, Bill
Hey, Howard. Does the centerboard/trunk on the M-15 look and work the same way? Thanks, Rusty --- Howard Audsley <haudsley@tranquility.net> wrote:
Bill:
To get an idea of what it all looks like down there, take a look at the centerboard pictures on the MSOG website:
http://www.msog.org/models/m17/m-17-cb.cfm
I too have often wondered if the sticking board problem on some boats is due to marine growth and not a swelling of the cast iron ballast in the trunk.
Howard M17, #278
On 10/22/03 6:37 PM, "Bill Sylvester" <wmcsyl1@cox.net> wrote:
Larry,
The old M-17 has been sitting in her slip, unused, for over two years. I am concerned that some marine critters have attached themselves to the inside of the trunk. If they are hard shelled they might bind the board. How much of the trunk is underwater? If it is only the first couple of inches, there might not be enough growth to matter. We will see.
Thanks, Bill
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I think they are similar in most respects, except that the M15 doesn't have the stopper pin. On that one, you tie a figure 8 (or other stopper) knot in the pendant, and the centerboard hangs from that. Without the stopper knot, the centerboard drops down too far, and eventually gets into a position where one part leverages against another and breaks off a part of the board. And of course the 15's and newer 17's have a lead weighted fiberglass board, vs. the older 17's shown on the site below, which is cast iron. Interesting that on the Rhoades site, they go over all the keel options for trailerable boats, and come up with the same design as the M15 and M17. Except they use a diamond shaped keel. I'd love to see some performance tests done to see what the difference in lift is between the two designs. Howard On 10/23/03 9:23 PM, "Rusty Knorr" <mazemusic@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hey, Howard. Does the centerboard/trunk on the M-15 look and work the same way? Thanks, Rusty
--- Howard Audsley <haudsley@tranquility.net> wrote:
Bill:
To get an idea of what it all looks like down there, take a look at the centerboard pictures on the MSOG website:
http://www.msog.org/models/m17/m-17-cb.cfm
I too have often wondered if the sticking board problem on some boats is due to marine growth and not a swelling of the cast iron ballast in the trunk.
Howard M17, #278
On 10/22/03 6:37 PM, "Bill Sylvester" <wmcsyl1@cox.net> wrote:
Larry,
The old M-17 has been sitting in her slip, unused, for over two years. I am concerned that some marine critters have attached themselves to the inside of the trunk. If they are hard shelled they might bind the board. How much of the trunk is underwater? If it is only the first couple of inches, there might not be enough growth to matter. We will see.
Thanks, Bill
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