All, Another risk of not raising the CB prior to loading your boat onto the trailer, is the possibility of the pendant becoming wedged between the trunk and the CB. Then you're really stuck........lol Don't ask me how I know this......... Skip M-15 #201 1982 M-10 #177 1974 M-5.8 #28 1973 -----Original Message----- From: stevetrapp <stevetrapp@q.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 10:25 pm Subject: Re: M_Boats: M15 Centerboard George, I made the mistake of pulling my M-15 onto my trailer without having the enterboard secured all the way up. When I pulled the trailer out of the water, he slightly floating boat settled and crunched the centerboard. Had to raise he boat up to allow the centerboard to drop down enough to repair. We used acks and 4X4s, (there was another recent M-boat e-mail describing how to do hat) but if I do that ooh s--- again, I will tow it to a shop with a boat lift nd pay their spendy fee to save the muscles in my back. teve -15 # 335 ----- Original Message ----- rom: "George Iemmolo" <griemmolo2@gmail.com> o: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> ent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 6:52 AM ubject: Re: M_Boats: M15 Centerboard Don Thanks for that tip on the CB but that will have to wait till next season as I keep the boat in the water at a slip. It appears that it will go all the way down after a while but if I retract it will become stuck so I just leave it down. How difficult is it remove can it be done on the trailer? George Merry Helen M15 #602 'We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust our Sails' -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 8:15 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: M15 Centerboard One thing I did when having stuck CB issues on my M15 was to grind a hack saw blade to fit into a recip. saw. Then move it fore and aft on each side of the CB and trunk. I think I may have smoothed one side of the blade down as well. This was a short term solution. I eventually replaced the cb with a new one from Bob E. It did get me in the water though. Don M15-248 On 6/3/2013 3:07 PM, Scott Larson wrote:
I have been painting the bottom with epoxy barrier coat. First I suspended the boat to paint the keel with 4 coats of barrier coat, then a few coats of bottom paint. While I had it suspended, I had to pry it (the centerboard) out. I looped a strap around it before resting the boat on the keel again so I would have something to pull it down again when I launch it. At that time I will lift it with a crane and free the board before putting it in the water for the rest of the season. I was thinking of drilling a very small hole in the bottom corner where the cb always seems to stick out a little bit so I have a means to pull it down, but was reluctant to do that just yet. Anyone considered that?
BTW, my CB is black. Is that the original finish? I was thinking of pulling it at the end of the season to work on it so it will freely go up and down. But for now, I just want to sail!
Scott Larson