Cut off the keel, play with the rig a bit, lighten up the boat a bit. Go with a bulb centerboard, go fast ________________________________ From: Thomas Buzzi <thomaspbuzzi@gmail.com> To: Stan Susman <stanpfa@pacbell.net>; For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 6:35 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M17 for $2000 in CA What is a "turbo job"?? On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:19 PM, Stan Susman <stanpfa@pacbell.net> wrote: I tried to buy that boat one time. Would be a good candidate to saw the keel off and do a low cost turbo job on it. There's value in the trailer as well.
Stan
________________________________ From: Thomas Buzzi <thomaspbuzzi@gmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 9:12 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M17 for $2000 in CA
And that is what iron oxide expansion is all about. Works on concrete the same way when the rebar get wet. What a nightmare!
Tom B
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Dave Scobie <wdscobie@yahoo.com> wrote:
That looks like the steel keel punchings are rusted along with the centerboard.
Henry Rodriguez <heinzir@gmail.com> wrote:
http://slo.craigslist.org/boa/4383206699.html
Looks like it's in rough shape, but so is mine.
-- Henry https://picasaweb.google.com/heinzir