Again, advice is cheap, but perhaps some very careful use of a thin hacksaw blade slid up the trunk? On Monday, March 4, 2019, 5:42:30 PM PST, Lawrence Winiarski via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote: Advice is cheap and I've never done it, Maybe use a sheetmetal shim to slidealong the keel and determine where the main obstruction is, then maybe wiggle it around to investigate? Perhaps if itwedging itself going down, then pushing up where the blockage is, might reduce wedging. Pressure washer orgarden hose sounds like a good idea from the bottom. Can you loop some sheet metal or wire or something over the end of the keel to pull down with? maybe I'd spray a bunch of wd-40 or something up there to reduce the friction before pulling.