Hi Dave, Reading your email just gave me a little piece of mind. I appreciate your input. I will stop thinking about potential problems and enjoy my boat. Paul On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 11:02 AM Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
Paul:
Steel ballast rusting in the centerboard or keel of the 15s can happen. For the steel 17s the issue is the keel or cast iron board.
A boat having steel ballast can, and likely, is just fine. My '84 15 was fine. My '83 17 is fine (she was moored on Quartermaster Harbor, Vashon Island, Puget Sound, aka saltwater, for over 20 years and now has a new owner that I communicate with multiple times a year). I know significantly more steel MBoats with ZERO issues.
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On Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 10:46 AM Paul Baker <avalonjazz@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Dave, Thanks for clarifying this. I thought only the centerboard could have issues. Are you saying that the keel itself (built into the hull) also can have problems with the steel expanding??
On Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 10:13 AM Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
Paul the centerboard M15/17/23 have the ballast encapsulated in the hull. The hull is one piece and then the mix of ballast material (steel washer centers on the old boats and lead BBs for those after middle-ish 80s) is poured in.
This is a good thing actually as boats with bolt-on keels have a long list of issues.
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