Thank you!! On Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 10:46 AM Mark Dvorscak <mdvorscak56@gmail.com> wrote:
1. Make sure the stopper knot is tied in your CB pendant line so that the trailing edge of your CB is always supported when lowered. I believe Jerry said about 15" of line is visible below the knot when the CB is up. Just make sure the board doesn't 'clunk' against the trailing end of the keel slot when lowered. The knot in the line has to stop it before it contacts the aft end of the slot. 2. When the boat is on the trailer, visually check that the pivot pin is still secure in the keel trunk. It may be difficult to see exactly where that pivot pin is located, if so, it should be fine. Problems arise when the pin has worked loose and broken through where it was glassed into the keel (look on both sides of the keel trunk).
Hopefully, the above is clear enough for you to check and relax. Losing a CB from an M15 is a very rare issue as far as I can recall.
Mark Dvorscak M23 M15 M10
________________________________ From: Robert Tintera <tinterapalmisle@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 6:11 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Cc: drifkind@acm.org <drifkind@acm.org> Subject: M_Boats: Re: New to email list, looking for a replacement centerboard
Hi all, Robert here, M15 owner Melbourne Beach Fla, as I read all these and the great joint effort to restore the lost centerboard, I'm now worried about losing mine in the salt water down here?!? Is there any preventive work, look for, ideas, signs, safety now, work I can do to prevent what our M15 friend is dealing with. My centerboard is working fine it appears, rope and all, but, ahead of time, anything preventive, pls share. Thank you all!!! Roberts Melb Bch M15 .....
On Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 8:28 AM David Rifkind via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Aluminum? Given a pattern, a waterjet cutter could turn this out easily. 5000 and 6000 aluminum are supposed to be very corrosion resistant.