I think water has gotten into some of the keels, causing rust, which swells the trunk. The only way another board would help is if, assuming the rust has been stopped, the new boartd was thinner. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "dik lang" <diklang32@hotmail.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 1:02 PM Subject: M_Boats: colapsing trunk?
I have heard a lot of talk about sticking centerboards and always thought
it
just due to marine growth and or rust on the board. How can the trunk colapse? How many boats actually suffer from this? It would seem the easiest way to remedy the rust issue would be to drop the board, grind it smooth and coat with epoxy. Why bother with replacing with a glassed lead one (though it does sound totally cool!).
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