March 2006 - montgomery_boats - mailman.xmission.com

Re: M_Boats: where oh where???
by Grove777＠aol.com 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

where oh where are you goaing to locate your boat in the san juans???

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Re: M_Boats: where oh where???
by bownez＠juno.com 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Great plan, I'm doing the same thing with my M17 in Duluth, Mn. Too bad the San Juans isn't a 145 mile drive for me like Duluth! Bones Mpls, Mn Watching it snow like mad outside!

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Re: M_Boats: Portable power packs...
by Grove777＠aol.com 12 Mar '06

12 Mar '06

what kind of power pack did you buy

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Re: M_Boats: Portable power packs...
by LUDLOWD2＠aol.com 12 Mar '06

12 Mar '06

Yes: Runs my bow light and charges my cell phone on long trips. Only has 10 amp hours but I now have two of them for realy long trips. Don

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Re: M_Boats: To new M17 owner in Connecticut
by LUDLOWD2＠aol.com 12 Mar '06

12 Mar '06

Mathew: Welcome aboard! I just put Sweet Dream in a slip in Mobile Bay. After much discussions around the yacht club and on this site and Trailersailors BB, I went with 5 coats of interlux 2000E barrier with a coat of Intrulux ultra while the last coat of 2000E was tacky then one more coat of Ultra. Its a heck of a job on a small lapstrake hull. Took me 5 weekends. Check the Interlux web site for particulars. I'll let everyone know how she faired. This area is barnacle city. You can stick a raw 2 x 4 in the water and find worm holes and barnicles on it in a few weeks, Good Luck Don M15 # 620 Sweet Dream

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Re: M_Boats: outboard motors
by bownez＠juno.com 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

Wesley, A lot of discussion on this subject, also info in the archives. I use a Yamaha 4hp 4 stroke long shaft on my M17, it works fabulous. The only thing it is missing is a charging alternator. Bones M17 #92, M23 #75

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M-17 For Sale in Austin, Texas
by Roger Freedman 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

For Details and Photos, to go: http://www.sailingtexas.com/smontgomery17c.html Thanks Roger Freedman

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Re: M-15 Sun/rain top
by Gary M Hyde 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

Britt: The blue boom tent is a water-proof tent fly from REI that has those small diameter bungee-linked tent poles inserted into sleeves at each side and one thru the middle. It is excellent for rain but very poor as a shade--the sun's heat seems to come right thru it. It can be mounted as shown in the photo, (which is at www.msogphotosite.com/MSOG/b15vanil/b15vanil8.jpg) or it can be turned 90 degrees so that the poles run fore & aft on the boat, which is easier and gives night privacy because it covers the cabin windows. The original tent fly is 80 x 108 inches, and the poles run parallel to the short side. The material is completely water proof and only requires shaking the water off before stowing for the day. I owe Larry Yake for the idea and the design. I'm going to make a similar one for my M17 but use white Tyvek™ as the material, the kind of Tyvek that is use for car covers, not the house wrap version. Tyvek is very reflective and things stay cool under it. I got this Tyvek from Material Concepts at the following web site: http://www.materialconcepts.com/pages/uv-soft-tyvek.asp The specific item was a 60" x 10-yard roll of Tyvek 1460, which cost about $70 but is the smallest amount that they sell, apparently. I will sew sleeves along the sides that run fore & aft and insert small diameter plastic pipe in them, rather than tent poles. Then the boom tent can just be draped over the boom and the pipes will hold the sides down, with the addition of tie-downs at each corner, similar to the blue tent you saw in the photo. On Mar 11, 2006, at 6:51 AM, btp2097(a)aol.com wrote: > Dear Mr. Hyde, > I live in South Carolina, own M-15 hull #346 and have followed the > Montgomery owner's web site for years. It disturbed me at first to > learn you were selling "Vanilla" but was relieved you were up- > grading to the M-17. > The reason for this e-mail is to ask about blue sun/rain top curved > around the boom of Vanilla in a photo with you standing by on the > dock. South Carolina has very hot and sunny weather, especially on > the water and protection is a must for any boater. I want to add a > top to my boat but am torn between a fixed bimini top and a > portable shade much like the aforementioned. I understand from your > photos you have both. > First, I would like to know where you got the portable shade. And > second, which do you like better or recommend. Perhaps pros and > cons of each. > I know you are probably very busy out fitting "Hydaway 2" to the > level of "Vanilla", However if you could spare a little advice to a > novice, I'd love to hear from you. > Thank you, > Britt Poston >

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outboard motors
by Nebwest2＠aol.com 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Wesly, I don't know if this is the "best" option or not but it's certainly one that works well. The friend that bought my old 17 purchased a 4 hp 4 stroke suzuki motor and mounted it on nice lifting motor bracket. The motor runs like a top and is unbelievably quiet. it will push the 17 at hull speed at about hlaf throttle on calm days. What I really liked about it is that we have been out in some pretty rough stuff, over 30knts with some fairly large wind swell and the motor had absolutely no problem pushing the boat along when we were done sailing. It has an internal fuel tank which lasts along time and eliminates the hose coming ito the cockpit and being mounted on the lifting bracket keeps the motor's head out of the back of the cockpit and clear of the rudder. The only downside I see is that the 4hp 4 stroke is signifigantly heavier than say a 2 hp honda (which is also a great motor) but the 17 seems to handle it just fine. If you are really curious how it looks let me know and next time I'm down at the marina I'll snap a few shots for ya of the installation. S

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sticky stuff
by htmills＠bright.net 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Dunno quite what that red stuff is that the companionway trim was bedded with, but it was sticky enough to leave sizeable hunks of wood in places and take hunks of gelcoat in others! Tod M17 #408 BuscaBrisas

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