Sean will be VERY busy for the next 10 or 12 days with the HPCC check sailhavasu.com He is in Lake Havasu City AZ and will respond to e-mails after he finishes with the HPCC I think -----Original Message----- From: stevetrapp <stevetrapp@q.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 7, 2013 11:35 pm Subject: Re: M_Boats: Montgomery 17 steel ballast replacement. Does he have an address? A phone number? What city? What state? ----- Original Message ----- From: <wcampion@aol.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 6:39 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Montgomery 17 steel ballast replacement. Tom, Sean Mulligan performed this type of surgery on his M-23 "Dauntless". He used to have a great site that profiled the whole process. I'm sure he will respond and give you as much information as you need. Good Luck with the project!! Skip -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Buzzi <thomaspbuzzi@gmail.com> To: montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 7, 2013 9:05 pm Subject: M_Boats: Montgomery 17 steel ballast replacement. Anybody figure out how to replace the steel stampings with lead in the centerboard trunk once the steel has expanded from corrosion and pinched the centerboard tight? Were the steel pellets bedded with anything or just dumped into the cavity? Thanks for any ideas about this. Tom Buzzi M17, 258,"Social Security"