On 5/30/23 16:47, Dave Scobie wrote: ...
The cast iron board require removal of the stop pin. If correctly installed pin removed port to starboard and put in starboard to port.
And, depending on who made your boat when and/or what's been changed by prior owners..."pin" situation might be different... One random example, my M17 #38 (1974) came to me with a stainless bolt with locknut for stop "pin," not a pin that is driven thru. The stop-pin bolt it came with had recessed & puttied-over head on starboard side, nut on port. I had to do some repairs in that area, especially on the starboard side. Looked like someone had dropped the board too hard and the pin had broken thru the bottom of keel on the starboard side at some point in past. Then they did a lame joke of a "repair" with bondo and caulk and the like. I cut away, ground out, cleaned up, etc. and rebuilt the starboard side of that area with some glass and thickened resin etc. and then redrilled and put in a new bolt, with fuel hose "padding" over the center portion as has been posted here various times in past. Likewise for my CB pivot - recessed bolt/nut, not driven-thru pin. It looks like it must be OEM, there is no sign of reworking/repair of the keel around the CB pivot, unless it was done very well by a skilled professional and thus invisible. cheers, John -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com