Don, It must have been a replaced cbd, because as far as I'm aware, all the boats up to 1985 had cast iron c'boards. Maybe I'm wrong on this and if so others will surely correct me here. If your board was cast iron, YIKES! Was it? Eugene #354 1982
Yes, it was cast iron. It made quite a thud when it fell to the full down position. When we had it out of the water, it took two guys to hold it up while I climbed into the cockpit and rewinched it. So now the board is up and she's back on the trailer. Also when it was lifted out of the water I could see that the board had not broken, but the retaining pin aft of the board had warped, allowing the centerboard to fall completely. So the rope broke, dropping the cast iron centerboard on the retaining pin, which gave way, and the centerboard fell to rest on only the pivot pin. Fortunately that pin held.
From the archives, last April 12, Jerry M. wrote that on an older Montgomery 17 with the cast iron centerboard (like mine), the board is designed to rest on that pin which has been knocked out. So obvoiuly I need to replace the pin. Let's hope that I didn't foul up the pin hole when I removed the warped pin.
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