Thanks Bones, good to hear from you. I did sell my M-17 after one month of listing. It went to a fellow just outside of East Lansing MI (go Spartans!). I have not seen him on the list. He saw the ad on Sailing Texas. Sorry I cannot help out your friend in WI. I would even have considered delivery to snag some Pasties and Pies at Norske Nook. I still miss going to the UP for fish fry Friday! The center board is a beast. It squashed one of my plastic saw horses during an ill advised maneuver I was doing (see why women live longer than men) but luckily only did damage to the cement floor as it did an arc off the collapsed saw horse. It was still attached to the engine hoist so it just acted like a really heavy pendulum. Fun stuff! I have done nothing to the interior yet except try some teak oil on the bulk head to verify that I can get rid of some of the water streaks. There are some places that have water streaks around the port lights and under the mast step. I have some caulking on my near term list of to dos but am keeping the boat covered. I will take some interior shots but I have been focused on the hull and center board. Need to make haste before the temps start to dip below the minimum for barrier coat. I have a can of Bottom Coat Aqua that I am going to use on the bottom when I get done with the 6-8 coats of barrier coat. The interesting thing about the bottom below the boot stripe is I have found no gel coat. At least if it is there I cannot tell. It looks like the boat bottom may have been ground down and barrier coated at one point. A radical cure for blisters is what I am thinking. So I am just about done stripping, then I will finish sanding the bottom and putting on a couple cans of 2000e. Should last me a decade or two I am hoping before I mess with the bottom as this level again! Robbin On 10/24/2010 10:07 AM, bownez@juno.com wrote:

Hello Robbin,

Great pictures, looks like you are really making progress with your new M23. Nice work on the rudder restoration. Man, you wouldn't want THAT centerboard to drop on your foot! I can't comment on the bushing, I don't know if mine had one. Perhaps Jerry remembers. Did you sell your M17? I have a WI sailing buddy who is looking for one. I love to see some interior pictures of your boat. What is your plan for bottom paint?

Later,

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