I was hoping my M15 had lead ballast but passing a magnet over the keel confirmed it is steel. No swelling though.
-- Brian Ripley '88 M15 #421 ----- Original Message ---- From: Arnold Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2007 8:42:53 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M15 Keel repair Jim, I have an early model M-17 (1979) with a stuck c-board which I will be working on in a couple of weeks as soon as I can get my cradle built. Do you have any idea how to determine the material used for ballast (lead or iron) without removing the floor and digging it out? I would agree that not having the c-board will certainly reduce your windward abilities but the boat will still handle quite nicely with the board up (ie stuck). Regards...Arnold On May 1, 2007, at 8:22 AM, Jim Sadler wrote: > Bob > > Some of the early M-15 had steel punching used for balast. If the > steel > were to get wet (like mine) it would swell up and clamp the center > board > (like mine) and you could not drop the center board. The fix is to > remove > the steel balast and replace it with lead (that will not swell if it > get > wet). > > With out the surgery the boat is useless. > > Hope your vessel has lead. > > Jim Sadler > > -----Original Message----- > From: > montgomery_boats- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:montgomery_boats- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > sion.com]On Behalf Of Robert Becker > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 1:55 PM > To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats > Subject: Re: M_Boats: M15 Keel repair > > > Jim, > Interesting pictures of your M-15 keel repair. The fiberglass vein > is a mystery?? What motivated you to do the keel surgery in the > first place? > > Bob > M15 #208 > CA > > On Apr 30, 2007, at 10:42 AM, Jim Sadler wrote: > >> I finally gathered enough courage to do surgery on the Pelican. >> >> Check out the pic at >> >> http://picasaweb.google.com/jascopacific/M15KeelRepair >> >> I discovered the steel punching are rusted at the top. It looks >> like water >> entered from above probably the interior of the cabin. >> >> Interesting is the vein of fiberglass that runs horizontally though >> the >> punchings. >> >> Any ideas about what this vein is for? >> >> This repair isn't very fun. I would rather be pushing to weather in a >> parting sea! >> >> Any opinions would be appreciated. >> >> Captain Jim >> >> Sailing vessel Pelican >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > Bob and Judy Becker > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
