October 2004 - montgomery_boats - mailman.xmission.com

Re: M_Boats: Mainsail Batens M-17
by BILLAMICASR＠aol.com 14 Oct '04

14 Oct '04

Connie, I looked at them, priced them out at close to $70.00. Works out to a little over twice the price of non-tapered. Making my own sounds like a project to be done with spare time. Working too many hours means I get to trade some of that money for hours... for battens. Later, Bill And thanks for the suggestions to all.

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Re: M_Boats: Mainsail Batens M-17
by chbenneck＠juno.com 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Hi Bill, I most probably bought my tapered replacement battens at WEST's local store. They had to be cut to length to fit properly (cut the thick end, not the thin tapered end!) Connie

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RE: M_Boats: Hurricane Charley Survivor
by David Thomason 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

No, doubt. That type of resourcefulness can only be learned by experience, and they still almost lost it. Humility is a good thing.

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Re: M_Boats: Mainsail Batens M-17
by BILLAMICASR＠aol.com 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Hi Connie, Do you recall where your battens came from? The assortment from West Marine leaves me shy a few. Bill

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Re: M_Boats: John Harris - TV Star
by JazzYachts＠aol.com 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

In a message dated 10/12/04 9:47:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, stever(a)mail.saabnet.com writes: > Former M-15 owner John Harris is featured on the "Build a Boat" series > which airs on the DIY channel. Mm, nice of ye. Those were filmed in 2001 but languished "in the can" for three years until HGTV (owner of DIY) pieced them together. The half-hour shows were a run-up to a much more ambitious 60-minute DVD, available from Chesapeake Light Craft. I left CLC in February after ten years, hoping to do more sailing. However, the refit of my Folkboat, "Chimpanzee 2," has been delayed by a string of post-CLC freelance yacht design projects. A few hours ago I launched a prototype 15-foot launch to my design, driven by a 9 horsepower electric outboard. I built it in a great hurry....in my living room! (You have to see the pictures to believe it.) The deadline for that project is what robbed me of participation in the HessFest! That and not enough wind to slog down there in the nearly-engineless Folkboat. Still lurking, John C. Harris

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Lyle Hess Fest part 2 from Bob Eeg
by Holly 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Part 2. This is Bob Eeg.....this is a copy of Kates Email. On the BCC listserver. I can say this was a fabulous event; the Montgomery sailboats that sailed in on Saturday were the highlight of the party. ! It was really great to meet some old friends and see people that I've been emailing over the years. I handed out some neat M_boat T shirts; Took a bunch of photos; had the best weekend in a long while. More to follow..... Here's Kate: Aloha! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! It was a wonderful gathering of wonderful people and great Lyle Hess boats! I'm so happy that everyone showed up. Seeing all the Montgomerys, the NorSeas, and BCCs there was so very cool. It really was a tribute to a great man who loved sailing and people. Lyle is remembered for his generosity of spirit that touched the lives of many people and through his boats, he surely has touched ours. Bernie did give a great speech about the bonds that bring all of us together and shared love and appreciation we have for the sea, for adventure, and for great, great boats. Rod took lots of great shots as our photographer! Hope to see those soon. Bob Eeg made it from California to great his fleet of Montgomerys and NorSeas. Thank you Bob! So many people invested the time and effort to show up and make it happen. Thank you ALL! I'll have to post the list of people who made it from far and wide. It was really, really great. Lots of sharing ideas and showing off inventions. Vera's was delightful! And, Vera is going strong. Everyone said "Let's do it again!" Maybe a Spring date to get you all going early. Or make plans to sail to Bermuda with "Aloha" BCC95. We'd love to see Lyle's designs gracing St Georges Harbour next June 25th ish! Start planning on sailing! Kate & Bernie Kate Christensen & Bernie Jakits RogueWave Yacht Sales & Services, LLC. 1806 Dreams Landing Way Annapolis, MD 21401 USA 410 571-2955 Office 410 703-5008 Cell Phone (Kate) 443 742-1792 Cell Phone (Bernie) 801 681-9741 Fax kate(a)roguewaveyachtsales.com bernie(a)roguewaveyachtsales.com www.roguewaveyachtsales.com BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER OWNERS ASSOCIATION Mail List Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcc BCC Owners Home: http://www.geocities.com/bccowners Post message: mailto:bcc@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: mailto:bcc-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: mailto:bcc-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: mailto:bcc-owner@yahoogroups.com Boat Builder

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John Harris - TV Star
by Steve R. 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

Former M-15 owner John Harris is featured on the "Build a Boat" series which airs on the DIY channel. B-A-B comes on at 2:30 am Eastern this week, so set your VCR. I thought John gave an excellent explanation of the boat building process in keeping with the high reputation of CLC. The first program built a stitch and glue skiff and a kayak is featured on the Tue/Wed overnight program. Links to the DIY website: http://www.diynet.com/diy/shows_dbab/episode/0,2046,DIY_18176_33494,00.html http://www.diynet.com/diy/shows_dbab/episode/0,2046,DIY_18176_33496,00.html If that comes unglued, go to diynet.com and search for boat. If you are still here John: How do you make the scarfed joints for the plywood? I expected then to be tapered, but they seem to be "stair-stepped" by plys. Do you stack cutters in a shaper to get that? steve Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexington, KY

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Your M15
by Kenneth Bupp 13 Oct '04

13 Oct '04

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Lyle Hess Fest part 3, Bob's perspective
by Holly 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

This was a great weekend. It really doesn't get much better than seeing old friends that you built a boat for in 1984, 20 years ago, and they tell you stories about some fantastic offshore voyages! First of all, the location was surreal. It was at Vera's White sands Marina (do a google search). Vera is in her 90s, when you meet her, its like being on the set of 'Sunset Blvd' and Vera is Norma Desmond. She is a kind, gentle lady. Here is a link: http://www.citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=6635 I arrived Friday night, had a great dinner at Pusser's in Annapolis. Saturday drove down 1.5 hours to Solomons, where Vera's place is. Being early I got to meet Some BCC (Bristol Channel Cutter) People and their Boats. Met Rod and his wife on ADUNA, very nice people. There was a BCC 26 (yes, a 26) build by Russell boats in South Carolina. They only built about 6 of these before going broke. A couple lived full time on this boat. Big for a 26 footer, but noticeably smaller than the BCC 28. (2 feet makes a big difference). 5 Nor'Sea owners arrived; boat owners of Nor'Seas that I had built. They all had stories of adventures and voyages to share; they had photo albums, and kept buying me beer. (s). These boats were from 1984, 1986, 1989, 1993 and 1995. Not counting the Kristina, a 1978 boat or Queen of Hearts another 1978 boat. There were 8 Nor'Sea owners. The dock was soon occupied with BCC 28 boats. Kate arrived on Aloha, other people who I had only known on the BCC list server arrived. These BCCs are beautiful and salty looking. ! The newest owner of a BCC named Mark who bought a 2004 BCC28 for almost $280,000 and actually sailed it from California Thru Panama, the Carribean and home to the Chesapeake Bay. What a nice guy! Here is his story; a good read and fabulous adventure: http://www.sail-salute.org/ Soon other Nor'Seas arrived. Then one by one, the Montgomery sailboat people started to arrive. Clarence Andrews on a boat I built in 2001 (?) sailed in with his beautiful wife. Gary and Al sailed in. Tod Mills arrived, Howard sailed in, John Edwards was next, someone on a older M23 arrived (forgot the name), Abby arrived by car, a M_15 arrived with Doug Kelch. More people who I hadn't met showed up. Steve Cherry, who just joined this list came by. (nice guy, hope he finds a good used boat). It was good to see Clarence; last I saw him was at Oshkosh Wisconson during the EAA Flyin a few years ago. (Clarence is a pilot as well) I had some friends, Wayne and Kristina Carpenter, who had sailed their Nor'Sea 27 Kristina on a 15,000 mile voyage; then wrote a book called "The Voyage of Kristina" Wayne and I had worked together at several boatshows in the 1980s. He would sit below on our boats (we usually had an Aft cabin and and Aft cockpit boat on display). While people were going below Wayne would sell them his book. He sold thousands of these books. I had called Wayne and invited him and Kristina to attend; they accepted and had a chance to visit their old Nor'Sea. What fun.! By this time Wayne's daughters had grown and he was a Grandpa. The only problem was he didn't have any copies of his book to give to his grandkids. One person I know found one on EBAY for $50. I had several un-opened, brand new copies that I brought out for him as a gift. He now has 3 new copies to sign and give to his grandkids.......(Ya, he bought me a glass of wine) All the boats were tied up on an old dock, on Saturday. We all climbed on these lovely Lyle Hess boats, talked about different ideas, traded stories; had lots of fun. As the evening arrived we all walked up to Vera's place. I handed out free T-Shirts to the M_boat people. It was happy hour and Rogue Wave yacht sales was paying.....*smile* We talked about Lyle Hess; Told stories about him, talked good things about Jerry Montgomery as well. Jerry's old boats still looked great. Thats what happens when you build in quality. We toasted Jerry. About 70 to 100 people had a Buffet Dinner. Good food, good drink and lots of laughter and stories. The next morning Abby cleaned out every donut at some donut shop and we all met on the dock for continued visits and chatting. Took some photos of the M boat people with their new T-shirts. Nice. Tod spent some time rowing one of our 6-8 dinks that Clarence tows behind Carpe Ventum. (his M_17) I really enjoyed seeing some storage ideas; Clarence has a type of Sea Swing stove that mounts on either side of the cockpit bulkhead for cooking. I thought that was neat. A big deal was meeting Tod Mills. He had joked (I thought it was a joke anyway) about buying me a beer in a Frosted Mug when we met. Guess what? He pulled a Frosted Mug out of his boat, poured the beer and it tasted GREAT. (It was Hot and somewhat muggy, the weather not the beer) Thanks Tod...! (I have a photo of all of us sitting in his M-17 to prove it; email me and I will send it...!) That was one of the best beers I had in a long time. I want to thank Kate and Bernie from RogueWaveYachtSales.com for hosting this event. Last year (april) we had the same type of event at the Oakland Yacht Club, during Pacific Sail Expo; Kate flew out for this event and I had told her I would fly out to the east coast for her event. It was worth it. We will have a Lyle Hess Fest this next April on the West coast; please come. It will be at the Oakland yacht club. I will keep everyone informed. Nor'Seas, Montgomery's and BCCs. All good people. This was a quick trip for me. Out on Friday, back on Sunday. Fast but fun. I usually bring Sharon with me to these events; we have 2 foster kids (age 2 and 5) and with my 15 and 7 year old daughters (Holly and Natalie) as well, we really couldn't get organized enough to get away. But we will this April. See you there.! Fair winds Bob Eeg (949) 489-8227 www.montgomeryboats.com www.norseayachts.com Boat Builder

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Lyle Hess Fest part 3, Bob's perspective
by Rick Langer 12 Oct '04

12 Oct '04

Bob, that was a great report. I'm sad that I missed it and knowing that you traveled 3000 miles shows me that this is much more than just a business for you. Someday I'd like to support you commintment by buying a new M-boat, but in the meantime I'll buy you a beer at the next Hess Fest on the right coast. However, I can't promise a frosted mug. Thank you, Rick Langer M15 #337 Hudson River

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