Hey Mike, My old board was Powder coated. The stuff is really tough I found the receipt for the work. The board was hot dipped galvanized then powder coated. The cost came in at $ 65.00 in 2001 So if you adjust for inflation you should not have to pay more than $75-$80.00 bucks. Image Conversion Information: I think you said you were using an Adobe Product for your photo stuff. If that's the case after you scan or import the image into your software you should be able to File Save As. A dialogue box should appear with image file types. jpg, tiff, bmp, etc. You may also have to change your original image to Indexed, 24bit color, or 8bit grayscale before your software allows you to save. PDF's: In order to convert or "Distill" an image to the pdf file format you have to purchase the full blown version of Adobe Acrobat. the viewer is distributed for free. That's the hook I think I'll have to take the bait and make the purchase. It's so much easier to share dissimilar file formats with others independently of native software's. ----- Original Message ----- From: MC Carpenter To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 6:05 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: replace center - board No the power coat is for the iron center-board replacement to make it as rust proof as possible. Because the steel board would be so much cheaper then having a custom pour done with cast iron. The stainless series 316 does not require covering, but painting it with white racing anti fouling would seem like a good idea no matter what the color of the hull would be _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats