Kevin: you are correct that the cockpit drain and the centerboard pennant hole are the same on the M15. water entering the cockpit drains through the centerboard trunk and around the centerboard. Doug K provides great first person experience (I never jammed my M15's board). The bolt you lost 'down the hole', unless really small, will not drop out of the trunk without the board being dropped out the boat. :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 4/9/14, Kearns, Kevin P <kkearns@pitt.edu> wrote: I read on one of these posts that the drain leads directly to the center board slot in the keel and that things that stuff that finds its way through the drain hole can end up wedging between the centerboard and the keel trunk. One fellow said that he even puts stainless steel mesh over the drain to prevent that from happening. Too late in my case. If that is not the case, I'm delighted. -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of Thomas Buzzi Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 12:40 PM Seems that your cockpit drain would not have anything to do with your centerboard well. You may want to remove it from your drain though. It will just catch more and more crud down there and eventually you won't have any draining done. On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Kearns, Kevin P <kkearns@pitt.edu> wrote:
I just dropped a bolt in the cockpit of my M15 and, of course, it found its way down the drain. It is on the trailer now, so I can't check to see if this will jam the board...I'll have to wait till I launch it. Does anyone know what my chances are of this jamming the board? Nothing I can do now, but I would appreciate some experiences. Darn.
Kevin Kearns, M15 #518 Pittsburgh