--- Doug Kelch <doug_kelch@yahoo.com> wrote:

Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:50:20 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Kelch <doug_kelch@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: First test sail - guess I'll be buying a centerboard To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com

--- David Rossi <David.Rossi@wcom.com> wrote:

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Anyone else had to replace the centerboard? Suggestions? I lost my centerboard due the pin coming out while sailing. The pin actually came loose due to trailering vibrations and I didn't notice it. You can find my used Centerboard on the bottom of Nantucket sound about half way between Hyannis Ma and Nantucket:) If you find it you can keep it.

I obtained new board via Bob Egg but discovered that it wouldn't quite fit into the well. It turns out the older M15s were built with iron as part of the keel.

The Iron will swell with time probably due to internal rust. My M15 is #310 built in 1984. I had to grind the gel coat off both sides of the CB to get it to fit. I made a long handled gauge to move around the centerboard well to find the swelling so that I new where the tight spots were. I lightly epoxy-y+ied the pin in and it vibrated out again. I covered the ends of the pin with boat life and it came out again. I finally covered both end of the pin with sail repair tape and the pin is staying in.

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drain...right? Hers is full of black dirt. How do you get in there to clean it out? I use a shop vac to retrieve lost items that find their way to the bilge. It is a wet/dry vac so when I have spilled water in there by accident I use it to suck the water out. So... dry vac for valuables, add water, stir well and suck it up:)

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Is there any documentation describing how the mainsheet is meant to be rigged? I think I had it right but there were a

few

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blocks unused on the boom. On older boats it is not unusual for someone to have changed the rigging so answers to this may not make sense. I believe my boat has the original equipment with a rope traveler and two blocks at the traveler end, one used by the traveler and one for the mainsheet. The mainsheet ties to a becket?(thingy)at the end of the boom, goes through the block on the traveler and up to the block on the end of the boom, through the block about mid boom and down to the mainsheet cleat just in front of the cabin entrance.

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Thanks, Doug Kelch "Seas the Day" M15 #310

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