Never tried the metal rod. The clearance between the pendant and the hole in the trunk is way to small -- less than an 1/8". Moreover, never felt the need to since the jumping up and down did the trick.
Dan M-17 #316B Irv Kooris wrote: > Dan, > I was thinking about doing that, I am glad to hear it worked for you. Did > you ever try to get a metal rod down the hole that the centerboard pennant > comes up through and giving it a whack? > Irv > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan > White > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 8:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: M_Boats: colapsing trunk? > > Irv, > > Try this. Leave about 2 inches of slack in the pendant and then secure it > to the winch and cleat it off. Then stand in > the companionway and jump up and down on the bilge just forward of the > trunk. If the slack comes out of the pendant, > repeat the process. Once the board is all the way down, raise it and start > all over again. If after two or three > "lowerings" of the board, it doesn't work freely, then dive on it with a > putty knife and scrape the board as best you > can. > > It worked for me. My board was fouled with leaves and dirt and it just > needed to be lowered and raised a couple of > times to get all the gunk out. > > Dan > > Irv Kooris wrote: > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
