Your ballast is lead not steel, however as one with a newer 17 that has leaked water in the keel and the cabin I can believe you have water in the keel. Has the boat been stored in an area with freezing temp's? that would cause the swelling to occur. Jim M-17 #603 Grace On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 10:54 AM Mike Epp <mike43067@gmail.com> wrote:
I lubricated it and made a steel push rod to help it down occasionally
On Fri, May 12, 2023, 1:19 PM Ronald McNeil via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
I have been having issues lowering my keel for some time and for the past year or so it would not drop at all. so i had it removed to see what's going on. What we found is that the trunk is seriously swollen insdie. We sanded the keel down and it's stil unable to swing freely. Is there any tried and true ways for address this? Thanks, Ron McNeilM17/Jackpot/#675
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On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 7:04 AM, Gail Russell<gail@zeliga.com> wrote: Really nice shape though, with upgrades.
On Fri, May 12, 2023, 12:55 AM John Schinnerer via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Just saw this on craigslist:
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/boa/d/bremerton-83-17ft-montgomery-day-sa...
...in case anyone's looking. Seems a bit pricey.
cheers, John
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