Good idea I was going to use a turnbuckel with one end attached to the plumbers tape and the other to a 4x4 that I span across the trailer. Cross my fingers and take up on the turnbuckel. Is this too nuts??? Jim Sadler -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+jimsadler=jascopacific.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+jimsadler=jascopacific.com@mailman.xmis sion.com]On Behalf Of BILLAMICASR@aol.com Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 11:11 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: Centerboard treatment In a message dated 11/4/2005 10:40:08 AM Pacific Standard Time, jimsadler@jascopacific.com writes: Just haven't figured out how to pull on it. Hi Jim, If you could run a bolt through the ends of the tape and then connect that to a slide hammer. Maybe the soft jolting would help. Just thinking... Bill _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats