Hey, Connie. Wow, thanks for the warning! I have no stopper knot but I am putting one in tomorrow before I take the boat out for its maiden "paddle." This sounds serious, what is the result of not doing it? I hear a lot of discussion on the group about center board problems, what should I look for? I have the boat in a slip, is my CB going to rust away and disintegrate?! Will it soon be locked away in the trunk forever?! Will it drop out the bottom never to be seen again?! I need all the info you can spare, Connie! Help! -Rusty PS: I don't even know what my CB is MADE of! --- chbenneck@juno.com wrote:

Hi Rusty,

Word of warning!!!

Do you have a knot in the centerboard pennant?

There is no stop when you drop the centerboard, so the proper way to do it is to carefully lower your CB till you feel it touch the CB case; now pull up a few inches on the pennant and put in a stopper knot.

At this point when you lower the CB, the stopper knot will keep the CB from bottoming out on the CB trunk.

A safety precaution that every new M15 owner has to know.

Happy sailing

Connie

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