April 2008 - montgomery_boats - mailman.xmission.com

Re: M_Boats: Raven
by Larry E Yake 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Better start saving gas money, too! On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 23:47:52 EDT Nebwest2(a)aol.com writes: > You go Larry!!!! Two weeks in '09??? I'm in! If I have to spend a > week on > the road, might as well spend two solid weeks enjoying the trip!!!! > I wish it > were this year.......14 months to go! > > Saving my vacation time already! > > Sean > M23 Dauntless > > > > **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel > Guides. > > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv000300000000 16) > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > >

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Raven
by Nebwest2＠aol.com 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

You go Larry!!!! Two weeks in '09??? I'm in! If I have to spend a week on the road, might as well spend two solid weeks enjoying the trip!!!! I wish it were this year.......14 months to go! Saving my vacation time already! Sean M23 Dauntless **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)

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Re: M_Boats: New M23
by Rmceagrella＠aol.com 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Its so great to see another M23 saved...well done John and Julie. I too have gone through "the process". My M23 is just now near completion and I just wanted to say great job to anyone willing to do what you have done. You breeze over the many things you have done, but I doubt most people have any idea how many hours that translates into. Those of us who do take our hats off to you. Oh and by the way Bill, its been a while since I have seen your photo site.....AWSOME. I'll try to shoot a couple pix to you, Sean and who ever might be interested of the completed Raven. You don't have to put them on the site but thought you might like to see them. Lastly all of us need to remember that Bill does this site for no compensation so we must toss a few chips his way as it does cost his time and $$$. Rick and Melanie Agrella M23 Raven #017 Spokane, WA **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)

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New M23
by Nebwest2＠aol.com 05 Apr '08

05 Apr '08

Wow! Dreamtime looks great! John and Julie, you've done a fantastic job on her! I hope that when we make the trip to your neck of the woods in June or July of '09 for the "Yakester's" Montgomery San Juan Rendezvous you'll be there too! Rick and Melanie, Send out those pics of Raven. Can't wait to see the latest ones. She is a real head turner. It's hard to believe that she's the same boat I looked at in San Fran just a few years ago. Man!, in '09 we could have a real M23 showing up there in the San Juans. I know that Bill and Georgia Ray in Colorado are talking about brining there 23 "Deception", I'm sure well see the Dvorscack's beautiful "Faith" again, Rick and Melanie of "Raven" should be there, Chris and Jeff Packer should be ready to go with "Clarity" , hopefully John and Julie will bring "Dreamtime" up, 'Jo and I will trek on up with "Dauntless", and I even think I heard Bones mention that he might be thinking about being there as well. How cool would that be?! Bill, thanks, as always for the AWESOME photosite. AND to any others out there that enjoy it as much as I do, I would also encourage you to click on the donation link to the msogphotosite and help support it with a contribution. _http://www.msogphotosite.com/donation.html_ (http://www.msogphotosite.com/donation.html) It takes a ton of work and more than a few $$ to keep up that site and Bill has been providing it for all us to use and enjoy for many years now. If you have seen it lately you know that Bill has just spent a lot of time updating the look of the pages and adding new material. Besides being entertainment for all us Monty lovers, it is an invaluable resource for those of us that tackle our own projects and benefit from seeing how others have resolved problems we are facing. I try to make a donation once a year to help support the site and challenge everyone else that does the same to help support it also with anything you can. Fairwinds from AZ!! Sean and Jo M23 Dauntless _www.havasumontgomerys.piczo.com_ (http://www.havasumontgomerys.piczo.com) **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)

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Re: M_Boats: Sailing with a Centerboard up?
by LUDLOWD2＠aol.com 05 Apr '08

05 Apr '08

You can do it, it just won't point as high and will have more leeway. The stub keel is like the old compac 16 and they didn't have a centerboard. Don in Mobile ************** Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)

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Spreaders(again) and jibsheet questions
by Rodney Holland 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

I’m still concerned that my spreaders seem to be at too much of an angle, “up and aft”. I suspect the angle up is 45 degrees, and I’ve never noticed any on boats that aren’t perpendicular, so something seems amiss, yet the spreader boots are tight to the degree that I can’t see how and shifting could have happened, and it appears that if they were perpendicular to the mast that the stays wouldn’t be long enough to reach the chain plates. I made a reasonable attempt below at a drawing as if you are looking toward from bow as if the boat is coming directly at you. I bought this boat from a broker in Alabama who took it on a trade, so he has no clue, plus I’ve got it back in TX now anyway. I’m afraid to sail it like it is, because I’m no engineer, but I can see that a “wider distribution of the load might make it stronger, which I suppose is the whole purpose for spreaders anyway. Also have a question of how long the jib sheets I’m going to have to buy need to be. I have a working jib, and a 150% as well. I plan to initially just buy one set, and maybe at a later point get some for the smaller headsail. Any ideas on length? I’m thinking about 22 ft each. Am I close? /I\ / I \ I \I/ I spreaders approx. 45degrees instead of 90? I I I I I I

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New M23
by Bill Lamica 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Hi All, When I first saw the photos of M23 "Dreamtime" I thought I was looking at the best original 23 I had ever seen. Part of that was true. She's in great condition, but it is from the efforts put into her, and a restoration that brought her back to a very Bristol original condition. Montgomery Eye candy.... http://www.msogphotosite.com/m23dreamtime.html Enjoy, Bill

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M7-11
by Bill Lamica 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

New 7-11 album on the Photo Site: "In all of the years we have owned our Montgomery 7-11, she has sailed the waters of the high mountain lakes of Utah and California, the San Francisco Bay area and she's been to Micronesia twice. When I tell that story to folks I notice their eyes light up; thinking they must be talking to an old salt - if I've been to Pohmpei and Belau twice in this little boat. Then reality hits when I explain the Montgomery made it there in a container." Fred Stout http://www.msogphotosite.com/711ponape.html

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boat tent
by Bill Lamica 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Remember John Butler's M15 Boat tent? A topic last month - he pro missed to send photos so we all could see what he and his friend Matt created. http://www.msogphotosite.com/boat%20tent.html Make sure to read the Webmaster Notes at the bottom of the page. Bet ya didn't know he was that John Butler! "Celebrity sailors own Mongomery and Hinkley more than any other brand" I just made that up... :-} Bill

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Honda 2hp Long or Short Shaft
by Moti Krauthamer 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Hello, I know this topic has been discussed before but does anyone have experience with a Honda 2hp short shaft on an M15 with a fixed mount? I am looking for a Honda 2hp and the only one I could find used in my area was a short shaft. I will be sailing in fresh and saltwater. I am concerned the short shaft will come out of the water on the rough days on Puget Sound. (By the way if anyone has a Honda 2HP they want to sell, please let me know now) Thanks, Moti "The Wake"

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