Hi I am a new owner of an older (1983) M15. The boat appears in good shape but was delivered without the centerboard installed. The centerboard is fairly small, weighs about 40 lbs or so. And on quick inspection appears not to have a hinge pin. The problem is - I'll be darned if I can figure out what to do with it!!! There apears to be no place in the cabin to operate it from! 1. I assume its installed from the outside (bottom) - but how? 2. How necessary is the centerboard ? I have had other shoal keel/CB boats where the CB was only used for upwind work and then was not much of an improvement. Any suggestions/advice greatly appreciated!! Bud East Bay / Panama City, Florida (A great place to sail!) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/