Yup. The centerboard will go entirely into the trunk when the knot situation is taken care of. I enlarged the hole where the pennant comes out of the centerboard well and fiberglassed a 1 1/2 inch pvc coupling over the hole. Now there is room for a decent knot to be tied which can then be drawn up into the newly added sleeve with the cb now flush with the bottom of the hull. Fair winds, Tom B On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 10:59 PM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
...speaking of keels and bunks and rollers, a question on the M17 centerboard. This is a '74 so it's the heavy cast iron CB.
When fully up, should it be flush with the bottom of the keel? Mine will not go up quite that far. The rear end protrudes about 1 to 1 1/2 inches.
I think it is because there is a rather thick pennant line, and I don't know what knot or fastening setup was used but I'm guessing the knot is long/fat, bulky, double, etc. - in short, taking up space that leaves the CB hanging out that inch-plus.
I can see the top of the pennant knot hard against the underside of the pennant hole in the CB trunk - it is as far up as it can go.
At some point this winter I hope to get the boat situated so I can lower the board down and see what's up and maybe improve the situation.
But should I expect to be able to get the CB up flush with the trunk?
thanks, John S.
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