I'd like to encourage you to exercise that power, Doug: I want to see those pics. --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug King To: Maria Jorge ; montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:25 AM Subject: Iron Ballast Correct, Maria. And the magnet on the back of my beer bottle opener confirms the ballast is not lead, so I'm assuming steel. I should have pictures tomorrow. I figured I'd put up a page to some pictures of the Bermuda trip for a short while, but I think the web site should remain dedicated to M-boats. In this case, I invoke web master's prerogative. It is an awesome power which I shall try not to abuse too often. Doug King At 07:18 PM 6/30/03 -0400, you wrote: Irv: My boat is a 1986 hull number 406 and I have a glass board. Doug King's boat is a 1986 hull number 404 and I believe has the iron centerboard. I may very well have the first glass board 17 (can't find a listing for hull number 405. Maria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irvin Kooris" <kooris@rcn.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 6:23 PM Subject: Iron Ballast Does anyone know the last year iron ballast was used in the 17? Thanks Irv