When you say your boat has a cast iron swing keel, do you mean the standard shoal draft keel, with a cast iron centerboard? Or does your boat have a true swing keel? My '76 has the combination shoal keel and cast iron centerboard. The centerboard is raised by wrapping the pennant around a sheet type winch mounted just inside the companionway. It only takes about 10 half rotations of the winch handle to bring it up all the way. I've never heard of a Monty with a true swing keel, but your description sounds like it may be. Larry Y. CornDog On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 9:40 AM, p. d. buharin <buharin@msn.com> wrote:
I have a '74 M-17 with a cast iron swing keel. I have not seen much conversation about the early swing keel. Cranking the CB up and down I lost count at 120+ revolutions of the crank. This is a bear on the way back to the dock.
Has anyone made any modifications to an early boat to make the process of cranking the CB up and down more efficient? Sailing the boat is a joy except for this chore.
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