Hi Gerry, A smaller knot is necessary. I use a double slip knot on mine. I also opened up the hole in the centerboard trunk where the lanyard enters the cabin and fiberglassed a 1 1/2 inch length of pvc pipe over the hole in the center board trunk. This allowed me to install a cap on the hole which I drilled to allow the lanyard to pass through so the slop of water could be better controlled which had been entering the cabin. This pvc extension also allowed the knot in the lanyard to rise above the cenberboard trunk for easier inspection as well as clearance for the centerboard to be fully retracted. I have some pictures of this on the MSOG photo site under the boat name "AS IS". As long as you are fiddling around with the centerboard, another simple addition I installed was a 1" length of fiber reinforced rubber fuel line over the stop bolt which prevents the whole board from sliding out of the bottom of the cb trunk. This requires removing the aft bolt installed as a stopper bolt, at the bottom aft section of the cb trunk . The rubber "bumper" thus installed greatly relieves the "thunk" impact when you lower the board onto this stop. fair winds, Tom B. On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 10:22 AM Gerry Lempicki via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
So we got our new to us M17 off the trailer, on to stands, and removed the centerboard. One problem we ran into was the centerboard wanted to drop right away. At first I thought the line was broke, but pulling with the winch showed me it wasn't. It appears that this splice is too long (about 8") so it binds up at the top before the centerboard is up fully. What is the normal connection there?
-Gerry