Thanks for chiming in Jerry! It's one of your M17s, #38 from 1974. That giant "washer" has been in there at least since I acquired the boat, which will be 10 years in September. I will just put it back as it was. Have never had any issues with the CB with it there. Maybe it was some prior owner's mod to stop clanking and clunking of the board in the slot? And also I will de-core the end of the pennant so I can make a smaller tighter knot on the shackle. thanks, John On 4/29/25 10:01, jerry montgomery wrote:
Definitely aftermarket unless the boat was made by Mr. Egg.
For the CB pennant we used 5/16 line, with the core pulled back a few inches to keep the knot small enough so it wouldn't hang up in the slot, and tied it to the shackle with a double halfhitch. Never a problem that I know of.
Give'em hell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* John Schinnerer via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> *Sent:* Monday, April 28, 2025 9:55 PM *To:* For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> *Cc:* John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> *Subject:* M_Boats: Pajarita M17 CB removal! Hi all,
If you've never seen an M17 CB above the waterline and outside the trunk (or a flying M17 ;-)...here's some pics of mine.
"Pajarita" is at the Toledo (Oregon) shipyard for bottom paint and CB rehab. This morning (with some helicopter parenting on my part) the CB got dropped out. First time I've seen it since I got the boat.
Not bad, but some rust blistering on port side definitely needing attention. There was less, but still a bit, on starboard side.
And now I know (as I suspected) why my keel would never retract fully into the trunk - pennant tied to shackle with a big loopy bowline.
Also, a big giant nylon "washer," on port side only, at the pivot point. You can just see the bottom edge of it starting to show, in the pictures where the board is not fully dropped yet. Don't have a separate pic yet but it's about 8"-9" diameter.
Anyone else have this on their M17, that you know of? Jerry, is that OEM? :-)
cheers, John
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