April 2002 - montgomery_boats - mailman.xmission.com

Re: M_Boats: Genoa??
by Saltm17＠aol.com 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

Dan, I have a telescoping whisker pole that has a "point" attarhment at one end, and a shackle connecter on the other. On the mast I have a pad eye with a half circular ring attached, which is part of the spinnaker gear on the boat. The point end of the whisker pole goes thru the clew cringle, and the snap (works on the same idea as the shackles on the jib) goes into the pad eye on the mast. Check out the pictures on page 1025 of the 2002 West Marine Master Catalog, it shows the ends I'm talking about. And also look at page 1027 of the same catalog for a picture of the pad eye similiar to the one I have on the mast. Being able to hold the genoa out in light airs makes a significant difference in boat speed when running down wind. John Miss T M17 372

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Re: M_Boats: Sail Lake Don Pedro
by Conbert H Benneck 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

Joe, As another retiree let me give you a tip....... Go sailing from Monday to Friday, when everyone else has to work. Then you'll have peace and quiet, no PWCs and probably very few motorboats as well. Weekends I stay home and massage my lawn, or do other chores, and let all the water skiers churn up the water, while the PWCs jump the wakes. Peace and quiet is what it is all about! Connie ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

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Re: M_Boats: Buying Sails for the M-17
by Jim Williams 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

I am inclined to just bite the bullet and buy a new sail. I got 4 sails from Banks in Clearlake Texas for $1800.00. This was a new main with two sets of reefing points, a 150, 100 and a cruising chute. They are very nice ( main is a little flat) but I am very satisfied. That included the sales tax of 8.25% as well. Contact Mark at the Banks loft in Texas Jim Williams #331 "Lumpy Gravy"

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Re: M_Boats: Sail Lake Don Pedro
by Randy Watkins 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

Joe, You are a bad influence, imagine wanting to be on your boat rather than in an office. Randy W. M15#194 >>> jk(a)yosemite.net 04/11/02 12:55PM >>> Dudley, Our beautiful spring weather has Poco tugging at her mooring. These are perfect days for sailing. Why are we wasting them by working? I plan to go sailing at Lake Don Pedro tomorrow (Friday). Maybe you and Brynn can sneak away for part of the afternoon and join me. Joe Kidd M15 #207 "Poco A Poco" _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats

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Mast carriers
by wayne yeargain 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

Any one out there have a good idea as how to make front and rear mast carriers? My recently purchased M17 has neither, & I'm looking for ideas as how others have done this. I think the rear carrier would have adjustment for two heights, one for trailering, the other to elevate the rear of the mast prior to raising it. Wayne M17 #204 Intrepid

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Re: Re: M_Boats: New centerboards
by DDAYSTROM＠aol.com 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

I have also replied using the correct email address. al williams #329 "Horizon" >I also replied with no response from Jerry. I think at >least 6 of us have >responded to this email. That's half of the dozen he wanted. >Ken Wheeler M17 "MoBettah"

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Bronze Centerboard for M15?
by stevemc35＠attbi.com 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

Jerry-- I know there has been talk about a bronze centerboard replacement for the M17. Is there any chance that, if enough M15ers were to commit to buying one, a bronze CB replacement could be made available for the M15 as well? Personally, I would buy one in a heartbeat. -- Steve McClellan 1981 M15 #152 Evanston, Illiois stevemc35(a)attbi.com

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New centerboards
by Larry Yake 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

Just a reminder to those of you who, like me, are hoping Jerry M. decides to build replacement centerboards, LET HIM KNOW! He's basing his decision on the response he gets. Let's not let this maybe one time opportunity pass us by. If you're even considering it at all, LET HIM KNOW! jmbm(a)innercite.com

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Centerboard problems
by Rotortom2＠aol.com 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

My wife and I spent last weekend sailing at Lake Pleasant, Az, and sailed with the board up. I tried everything I could think of to get the board down, but nothing worked, so I forgot it and just enjoyed. I have written to Jerry using the corrected address, and hope he decides to produce a few new Centerboards. I am curious as to what others think will be a reasonable price for the new units? Tom Woodworth M-17 #330 "Wild Hare"

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MontY's with the NWPotters
by Harvey Hochstetter 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

Greetings, Just got back to work and found the correct date for the NWPotter group at Lake Pend Orielle, ( North Idaho ). the correct dates are July 12 & 13. Tom, thanks for your note re: water level there. I passed that back to the NWPotter contact and will advise if I see any response on it. I hope it has been considered. Do you know if the level would still be down at that time? (You may contact off list if you prefer) On a high note, "Pelican" got out to for the first season sail this last weekend. The winds sere supposed to be 15, but I think we saw 10 to 20, and though the wind did moderate, the waves were 2-4 ft. with more than the occasional whitecap. The purist that I am, ( I like having the boat right side up and under me,) we opted to bare pole sail, (since we were already out there) and run the OB for its spring break in. Then is when I was glad for the 3.3 Merc. It never missed a beat and we never ran above 2/3 throttle, though there was a reserve margin if we needed it. That 15 foot Lyle Hess design handled those waves with incredible ease. That really boosted my confidence in it, and the only other boat out was a 30 foot something and they commented on how "those Montgomerys are bullet proof aren't they?" I think they were right. Harvey & Deena M-15 #348 "Pelican" Walla Walla, WA

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