After thoroughly sealing the keel / centerboard trunk joint and pivot pin last winter, I have recently discovered that water can leak into the keel of my 1976 M17 through the lowest gudgeon bolts via the transom and into the skeg. Although these bolts an nuts are visible from inside the hull (in my case through an added cockpit hatch,) no water was visible in the hull as is was travelling down into the skeg(?) that runs aft of the keel to the transom. Does anyone have information on the composition and layup of the transom and the skeg? I am currently filling the area around the bottom gudgeon with thickened epoxy to be redrilled and the gudgeon rebedded. I know of a M17 here in Duluth that was rear-ended by a Dodge Neon that I'll be hoping to examine this week. Perhaps that M17 cadaver can be of service as a research aid. On a more uplifting note, I've been sailing despite my leaky boat, and I'm having great success with the traveller I installed per Jerry's protocol. Thanks, Martin