Danelle Landis wrote: > Thanks for the encouragement, Howard! Boy, you're not kidding about the kids > thing...As a stay-at-home mom with a 12 year old, 10 year old and > three-year-old, three cats, and three dogs - sawing rust off of a CB seems > utterly peaceful! ha ha > > > We had the boat hauled yesterday morning. (I was so nervous, I could hardly > eat breakfast - and that is drastic, for me!) They started before I got > there, and she was already up in the sling, waiting for pressure washing, > looking so tiny in that big lift! The bottom paint, like the hull paint, is > pretty fresh-looking, and so the growth wasn't too horrible. Several > clusters of mussels, and that's it. The CB, however, with no bottom paint, > was utterly unrecognizable with the bristling of mussels, seaweed and algae. > As the owners had said, the CB is stuck with about one foot sticking out. > We've worked on it a bit, but our metal bars were too thick to work up in the > pocket. > > > The top of the pocket, over the hole the line feeds through from the CB to > the winch, as I mentioned before, was sealed with what looked like bond-o > when we chipped it off. The hole is ragged. We were wondering if anyone had > ever simply cut the top of the CB pocket off, so that we could access the CB > from above? Since we need to repair and refit the line entry hole anyway? > > > Thanks! > > > Danelle > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Howard Audsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 1:02:08 AM > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Intro from SE Alaska > > Welcome Danelle: > > Once you start your refit, when you run into questions, just ask. If > the boat needs it, somebody on this list has done it. Most boats will > have the same issues. It's all been figured out. Some of it takes some > sweat and work, but can be done by mere mortals. That our boats still > float and sail should all the proof you need to keep you going. > > Compared to raising kids, this is a piece of cake! > > Howard > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster > Total Access, No Cost. > http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > Danelle, Sean Mulligan has done some work on getting a stuck center board during which he did some mod to the top of the case. I know your base is different (I have an M-17 as well) but his site has some other really good stuff including blasting and repairing an iron center board http://havasumontgomerys.piczo.com/?g=28907478&cr=1 .
I also have my boat up on stands and next week and will be pulling out my rusty board and repairing. I am strangely looking forward to it. Good luck! Robbin M-17 #056 Miss Take _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
