Thanks for the insight on the shoal keel cavity. I have hull #189 and I want to know where the steel shot ballast is located. Thanks, Larry H. (Sacramento) -----Original Message----- From: Rik Sandberg [mailto:sanderico@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 12:31 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: boom tent Stan, I'm a bit confused on this "keel cavity" thing where water collects. What cavity are we talking about here?? Larry, When you look down through the hole that your centerboard pennant goes through, you (if it wasn't so dark) should see the top of the centerboard. I can't imagine that there would be any water collecting in there. That is at the top of the slot that the centerboard lives in and the slot is open at the bottom. Rik Sandberg At 11:29 AM 6/25/2004, you wrote:

Larry,

Water that gets into that shoal keel cavity gets real stagnant after a while. It takes a bit of contorting to get in there with a sponge but when you see what you get out of it you'll be glad you went to the trouble.

When I first got my boat (new) I took water into the hull through a flaw in that glass layup. I patched it with a fiberglass patch and its been good ever since.

I still get water into the cabin from heavy rains puddling on the sole and seeping under the companionway board. Regularly cleaning the accumulated dirt that collects between the wood and the fiberglass at the sill and drilling a few holes in the wood has helped keep some of the rain water out but that hasn't totally solved the problem.

Stan M-15, #177, Carol II

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