After we had gotten the hull off the trailer, we started work on lowering the centerboard. It is a 70 lb piece of steel that is pivoted towards the bow. Mounted inside of the cockpit was a pulley system that didn't seem to be working properly. We removed that and restrung it with new rope and wire. To our amazement, the centerboard had blistered along the leading edge from rust and was frozen in place. We finally got her to drop after trying to use several patient methods of removing the rust. It ended up being a case where brute force made more sense and out came the 2x4 and a 5 lb. sledge. She finally dropped, and we spent another 2 hours rotating the boat to get her out. As you can see from the images, between the blistered paint and rust, she was in pretty poor shape.
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