Steve,
I have owned several centerboard boats over the past half century I have been
sailing and I have had problems with all of them jamming at one time or
another. I may still have my "unjammig tool" in the garage. It consists of a
3/16" rod with a threaded file handle on the end. A firm push through the
pennant hole would free the board.
I found that the most common cause of CB jamming is debris (mud, gravel or
shell) getting in the slot from beaching. I just corrected this problem on my
Boston Whaler harpoon by lowering the CB and cleaning out the slot with a
pressure washer and stick and revoving a few imbedded pebbles from the board.
With my old Slipper 17 (with a similar keel/cb), I would "launch" the boat onto
the grass using stacks of garden soil bags under the bilges, rig the mast,
remove the bags on one side and roll the boat onto it's side with the main
halliyard. This would give access to the centerboard and slot for cleaning.
Afterwards, I would pull it back upright, put the bags back under the bilges,
wet the bottom and trailer bunks with the garden hose and a bit of dish soap
and winch the boat back onto the trailer. I don't see any reason why it
wouldn't work as well with a M15 or even maybe a M17.
I don't have to worry about this probelm with my present M17, Griselda. She is
a fixed keel. The 39" draft sometimes is a problem but, at least, the
centerboard doesn't stick.
Ron
M17 #14
Griselda
> To: [email protected]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date:
> Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:31:58 -0700> Subject: M_Boats: 'stuck' M-15 centerboard…>
> > Greetings! For the first time, I was unable to coax my centerboard > down
> during a recent gentle sail. I hate the thought of having to > have the boat
> attended to at a 'full-price' marina, so I'm hoping > that some Monty sailors
> will have discovered ways to coax the CB down/ > up without having to resort
> to major surgery. The boat is still > relatively new to me, so I learn
> something new every time out. Thanks > in advance for any advice you can
> offer.> > Steve on Whidbey> 1981 M-15 #163> > > > > >
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