Bobbie, Back when I had a M15 I had to replace my CB. I called Jerry who told me the pin was slightly tapered, inserted from the starboard side. I tapped it out, replaced the board and used 5200 to "glue it in. I never had another problem with it. I totally agree with Doug. The pin must not be able to move. Oh, and to any of you getting a new (used) Montgomery, the reason I had to replace the the CB was because I didn't check the CB pendant length. The first time I took it out, I lost the CB because it extended beyond the trunk aft. What a rukus...Looking back on it I think the board flailing about on its pendant could have holed her. Rick M23 #017 Raven -----Original Message----- From: Doug Kelch <doug_kelch@yahoo.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 05:57:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: M_Boats: Centerboard question M15 Bobbie, It definitely should not be moving. Ideally the pin should be recessed about 1/8 inch on both sides and epoxied in place. You might getaway with it flush and using 3M 5200 but there seems to be a lot of latteral pressure while trailering. If your boat gets out of balance so one bunk board is slightly higher than the other the pin will wiggle out. The pin on my CB wiggled almost out and I didn't notice it and lost my board while sailing. Doug Kelch --- Bobbie Mayer <barbaram@csufresno.edu> wrote:
We jacked my M15 up a bit to see if the centerboard was still stuck (from last summer) and it wasn't; that's good, but the pin that it swings on seemed to be coming out of one side of the keel more than the other (like it had been pushed part way out. Is there something that is supposed to keep this pin in place? It looked like it might have at one time been epoxied in or something like that.
Bobbie
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