you can get lead keels from Mars Keel company
----- Original Message -----
From: Honshells
To: For and about MontgomerySailboats
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:35 PM
Subject: M_Boats: monty 17

 
My guess is that the weight of the board wouldn't make a difference, it would be the leeway allowed by lack of lateral resistance on every point of sail except a run:  Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.  I'm just guessing.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: MC Carpenter
To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 7:08 PM
Subject: monty 17

has anyone tried to see how the boat would sail (apart from windward) without the centerboard, does the extra weight of the board make a noticeable difference. what if the you were planning on a trip down the bay and you did not want to overload the little vessel with the extra supplies so to compensate you removed the board, I'm just asking, I really don't know if it should even be considered an option.


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