Hi Irv: My '76 Montgomery had a stuck c'board when I bought it, I freed it while trailering by giving about 2 inches of slack line on the pendant and running down 10 miles of slightly rough road ( I-10 East from Vidor Tx. toward Louisiana), no fooling when I got to Lake Charles the board was free.
Good luck Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irv Kooris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:15 PM Subject: RE: M_Boats: colapsing trunk? > I think the idea is replacing the old boards with a glass leaded one that > would fit the older boats. The question I have is how to free my board on > Eugene's old boat. He showed me pictures of the board being down and out > before he cleaned it. He told me it was taken down and epoxied. I have been > unable to free the board since purchasing her. Any ideas? She is in the > water. Even with the board up she sails real well. > Irv > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of dik > lang > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: M_Boats: colapsing trunk? > > > > I have heard a lot of talk about sticking centerboards and always thought it > just due to marine growth and or rust on the board. How can the trunk > colapse? How many boats actually suffer from this? It would seem the easiest > way to remedy the rust issue would be to drop the board, grind it smooth and > coat with epoxy. Why bother with replacing with a glassed lead one (though > it does sound totally cool!). > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
