Never tried the metal rod. The clearance between the pendant and the hole in the trunk is way to small -- less than an 1/8". Moreover, never felt the need to since the jumping up and down did the trick. Dan M-17 #316B Irv Kooris wrote:
Dan, I was thinking about doing that, I am glad to hear it worked for you. Did you ever try to get a metal rod down the hole that the centerboard pennant comes up through and giving it a whack? Irv
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Dan White Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 8:42 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: colapsing trunk?
Irv,
Try this. Leave about 2 inches of slack in the pendant and then secure it to the winch and cleat it off. Then stand in the companionway and jump up and down on the bilge just forward of the trunk. If the slack comes out of the pendant, repeat the process. Once the board is all the way down, raise it and start all over again. If after two or three "lowerings" of the board, it doesn't work freely, then dive on it with a putty knife and scrape the board as best you can.
It worked for me. My board was fouled with leaves and dirt and it just needed to be lowered and raised a couple of times to get all the gunk out.
Dan
Irv Kooris wrote:
I think the idea is replacing the old boards with a glass leaded one that would fit the older boats. The question I have is how to free my board on Eugene's old boat. He showed me pictures of the board being down and out before he cleaned it. He told me it was taken down and epoxied. I have been unable to free the board since purchasing her. Any ideas? She is in the water. Even with the board up she sails real well. Irv
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of dik lang Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:02 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com 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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