Brian I think the trick is keeping water out of the keel. The water in my keel seemed to find its way through the cabin. If you take care of any cracks especially in the cabin you should be OK. The portions of steel that are rusted and swolen seem to be just at the top. Thanks for you input
Captain Jim sailing vessel pelican -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] sion.com]On Behalf Of Brian Ripley Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:59 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: M15 Keel repair 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 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
