Sure, you can sail any Montgomery boat with the cb retracted. Matter of fact, you can probably gain a tiny bit of speed downwind that way. /)) Tom Smith & Jane VanWinkle M15/345--Chukar M17/496--Unnamed -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+tsmith=nextit.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+tsmith=nextit.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of thauser@att.net Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:58 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Centerboard treatment Doug - thanks for the info. I was planning on doing that as a last resort. The lakes have mud beaches, but what the heck. Do you know how much the keel weighs? Can the boat be sailed without it in the down position? Thanks again. Tom _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats