November 2003 - montgomery_boats - mailman.xmission.com

good picture received
by MC Carpenter 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

Mark, >From the spec sheet you sent me : the board goes down to 40 inches - 21 inches = 19 inches, and the total area is 2.65 sq ft, I am taking the mathematical center of that area and building a dagger board to fit in the slot with the same centers. Just to see if its work out before continuing with the stainless board. I'm using 1/4 plywood as a model board. It looks like I can do a positive flotation but I will lose almost 1/3 of the interior storage space. That's a lot and I wonder if there is any other way to do it. I have plenty of scrape wood around to change my mind if it does not work out. I 've said I wanted to come back in the next life as a rich stock broker, But I just learnt what the U. S. Senators make, so I'll just change my mind on that too. ;>) Mike

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Drawing of board
by MC Carpenter 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

Mark, is there an error in the drawing of the centerboard, The drawing has "0.75 thick" then it has "taper to 0.825", why would you taper to bigger dimension than the thickness of the board Mike

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Re: M_Boats: ballast
by Rotortom2＠aol.com 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

When we bought our M-17 "Wild Hare" a few years ago, we were off the coast of Ventura in 5' to 8' swells and about 10 Knots of wind and decided to practice "heaving to". We tacked into the wind, left the jib where it was,before tacking, and then expected to round up into the wind, lose way, and because of the backwinded jib, fall off and make way again, at which point the rudder would again become effective and cause the boat to once more round up, etc, etc. The only problem we had was that the boat would not lose way before we went through the wind and then would would be sailing again on the opposite tack. What were we doing wrong? I figured the boat just wanted to keep sailing and did it's own thing. Tom M-17 "Wild Hare"

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Re: M_Boats: ballast
by Saltm17＠aol.com 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

What size jib did you have up? Did you have a full main up? John Edwards Miss T M17 # 372

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Great Lakes Folk Music
by Honshells 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

Anyone familiar with Great Lakes Folk music has probably heard of Lee Murdock . . . I think his stuff has wider appeal to anyone interested in nautical culture, so his weblink is pasted below . . . www.leemurdock.com

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2004 Montgomery 17 ready (and other new boats)
by Bob 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

We have just finished the first 2004 model Montgomery 17 and is available now. (as of today) She is beautiful and ready for sea. This boat has lewmar winches and a stainless steel folding boarding ladder. (Topping lift, full set of sails, stainless bow pulpit, cushions, mast carrier, complete rigging, stainless adjustable outboard motor mount, beautiful teak trim, color graphics and boat name custom installed at no charge.) Photos on request and free delivery with-in 400 miles of Los Angeles. (If you buy lunch) I will help rig the boat and instruct you in the set up procedure. We do have a driver that delivers your boat to your driveway. (for people who live further away, extra charge but you don't have to buy him lunch) :-) E-mail or call for photos (JPEG), if your interested. No waiting. (beat the spring delivery building frenzy which starts soon) Happy Thanksgiving to all....! Fair winds Bob Eeg (949) 489-8227 PS....also have a 2004 M_15, done next week. (with boarding ladder) Absolutely beautiful..! PS....also have a new Montgomery 6-8 dinghy. (rowing model and finished) PS....were just finishing a Montgomery 7-11 dinghy with sail-rig (really an 8 footer) It will look like this, but brand new: http://www.msog.org/models/mdinks/mdinks.cfm (we still haven't picked the trailer yet but if someone is interested in this boat, we will shop around for a new one. This is a neat little sailing dinghy that is lots of fun...!) Call for info...

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Re: M_Boats: 2004 Montgomery 17 ready (and other new boats)
by fml162＠aol.com 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

Bob, I know that Karol and I will be there next week, but I would like to see your pictures now if possible. Happy Turkey Day. Skip Langley

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Re: M_Boats: older M17 history archives
by MC Carpenter 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

Mark, Is that line across the board the previous water line, its the line just below the pivot point at the bottom of the picture. Mike

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Re: Tom, I think you may have a virus. Check your machine
by Keith Diehl 24 Nov '03

24 Nov '03

To all: I don't see any evidence that the mail attributted to Tom was actually sent by the list. I've been made aware of several offending email messages, but they don't appear in the list archives, so they weren't processed by the list. If anyone receives another and can forward it to me with full header info (not just clicking "forward" -- in Outlook Express, choose PROPERTIES - DETAILS - MESSAGE SOURCE and copy all of the stuff into the body of an email) I'll see if I can puzzle out any info.

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Re: M_Boats: Montgomery sighting
by GR Hill 24 Nov '03

24 Nov '03

Hi Sandra: I'm the proud owner of the Monty 17 you saw recently. I was taking advantage of the warm day to work on the rigging. You can contact me at grhill968(a)hotmail.com. Fair winds, Rich Hill >From: Seawitch <seawitchlj(a)yahoo.com> >Reply-To: seawitchlj(a)yahoo.com, For and about Montgomery >Sailboats<montgomery_boats(a)mailman.xmission.com> >To: montgomery_boats(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: M_Boats: Montgomery sighting >Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:30:21 -0800 (PST) > >Seen in the Bountiful, UT area recently was a lovely Monty named >"Breakaway". It was being trailered behind a Toyota Tundra pick up. >Since I frequently travel to the SLC, Bountiful area, I would love to >hear from the owner. I also trailer my M15 behind a Toyota Tundra. >Information or an eMail would be welcomed. > >===== >Time for a cool change! > Sandra(Seawitch #617) > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now >http://companion.yahoo.com/ > >_______________________________________________ >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _________________________________________________________________ Say goodbye to busy signals and slow downloads with a high-speed Internet connection! Prices start at less than $1 a day average. https://broadband.msn.com (Prices may vary by service area.)

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