There are two "lift-out" plywood panels in the liner of my P-15 through
which I can access the pivot pin at least. I haven't yet tried to reach the
screws for the centerboard tackle through those openings.
I am assuming that they are already fastened with nuts and washers. My
experience with using self tapping screws in the relativly thin fiberglass
of the liner is that they would have pulled out long ago had they been
self-tappers.
Dave Kautz
P-15 #1632 "Tilly Lucy"
Palo Alto, CA
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Subject: Re: P14/15 centerboard resting on trailer roller
Author: Non-HP-tgrimes (tgrimes@gw.bsu.edu) at hp-boise,mimegw7
Date: 1/29/99 10:55 AM
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Dave
Is there access through the v-berth in your P-15 so that you can reach the under
side of the deck where the centerboard tackle is fastened? Would it be feasible
to drill holes in the v-berth deck and use bolts with washers and nuts to hold
the tackle instead of self-tapping screws (which I presume is what is used now)
?
I am not familiar with the interior of a Mk II Potter--my boat is old enough so
that the interior is wood instead of fiberglass. There is enough wood under the
centerboard tackle location so that in my Potter it is held down by inch-long s
crews.
Regards
Tom Grimes
P-14 #363 Far Horizon
Muncie, Indiana