August 2008 - montgomery_boats - mailman.xmission.com

Downhauls.
by Ronnie Keeler 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Connie, I am with you and have a downhaul for my jib which runs to the housetop along with all the rest of my lines. I also have had problems with roller furling jibs so, have stayed with hank on sails. Keeping tension on the jib downhaul and one jib sheet will keep the jib under control on the foredeck until it is safe to go forward. Even when trailering, I set everything up at dockside (including feeding the sail slugs) or on the trailer, before setting out to avoid having to leave the safety of the cockpit if things get nasty. I even wear my PFD with a harness built in and have a tether line to put on if it really gets dicey. As I get older I get more risk adverse or maybe I am just getting some common sense. Ron M17 #14, fixed keel "Griselda" _________________________________________________________________ Talk to your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_ya…

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Re: M_Boats: Slugs
by John R. Butler 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

After losing one of the commercial slugs with a nut to hold it in place overboard, I opted for a simpler and cheaper solution: long S/S cotter keys passing through holes drilled through the aft edge of the mast. Easy to put in place, remove, or replace when one goes swimming. No, my e-mail address is not salacious, it just refers to my last sailboat, "The Old Cat." Check her out at <http://www.unicorn- systems.com/theoldcat.htm> ...

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Soggy in Ketchikan
by Danelle Landis 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hi all, I am back checking email again - I got so behind with three sets of out-of-town guests all through July! I'm so glad you guys were checking my website. I do have new photos to put on there - I will get them up tomorrow - I've been avoiding the computer, knowing how much mail I'd have waiting! When my Dad and his wife were visiting for a couple of weeks, we got out sailing several times, and he was delighted with "Ceto"! Being a very seasoned sailor, and skeptical of the worth of a small boat, he was impressed by the M17's abilities. He sailed her into the dock a couple of times, as he detests starting up the outboard, and he just *had* to try it. We tried it with the genoa one evening, then the main the second. He was so sold on a smaller sailboat, I had to give him my book on sailing small cruisers which he couldn't put down. Another thing I've done in the last month of avoiding the computer is that I found a sailmaker here in town, as Bob on the list suggested, and the sailmaker put slugs on my mainsail, and repaired a small burnhole in its luff for only $43.00. I was astounded, as I would have paid twice that to have avoided doing it myself. The sail is SO much easier to handle now!!! The difference has been huge, and with that old soft sail and my rusty abilities, I can't tell any difference in the performance. Just a lot fewer four letter words being tossed into the wind, is all! Our weather has been HORRIBLE for the last three weeks - pouring rain 24/7 - cold and not even decent enough wind to be worth getting the sails drenched. I haven't sailed at all this month. The weather here is often this way though, I just go into denial when it's nice. I'll stay caught up now, and send a note when I get new photos up. Thanks for thinking of me! Danelle Landis "Ceto" M17 #378 Ketchikan, AK http://web.mac.com/anniesark9/Site/Sailing_Ceto.html ----- Original Message ---- From: Howard Audsley <haudsley(a)tranquility.net> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, August 8, 2008 7:18:27 AM Subject: M_Boats: Danielle? Have we heard from Danielle in Alaska lately? I was going to check to see if she had updated her website, but I no longer have it. _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats

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Stuck CB on M17 due to stop pin tang wear
by David C. Patterson 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Here is another possible centerboard problem: getting it stuck in the down position, but not due to swelling of board or case. My M17 (Cloud Girl, #393) was reported when I bought it this March to have had the centerboard refinished, and indeed has a new 3/8" yachtbraid pendant. But after my first solo sail a week ago, the board would not come up. I still managed to get it on the trailer, barely and very tilted, and got it back to the storage yard at the south Denver reservoir where I sail her. Yesterday I had the yard workers lift her, we tapped out the stop pin, and discovered the board was jammed against it because the tang was worn just enough. Amazingly, it jammed hard enough to support the weight of the boat! A little welding built up the tang sufficiently to stop against the pin again. The pendant was still attached with a somewhat fat but tight bowline. But after the boat was back on the trailer, I discovered the knot was so big that it had broken through some damaged fiberglass at the top of the centerboard case. I had noticed a bulge and thought it to be water damage somehow. Now I will get to repair that area, after I connect the pendant to the board in a better way. Why isn't it spliced on, I wonder? Winter work on the board system coming up. My appreciations to all who have shared about their board work, and left photos on the msog.org site. Just knowing how everything is situated helped me make this problem manageable. As to the solo sail, I need to arrange a jib downhaul for soloing. While she is a very forgiving boat, there are times when going forward to drop the jib seems foolhardy. And how is it that the M17 seem so nimble and so beefy at the same time?

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Re: M_Boats: I continue to marvel...
by Tom Smith 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

At the comfort and usability of the M17 cockpit. Walking the docks at our large, sailboat-only marina last weekend, not one boat, regardless of size I might add, had as comfortable a seating arrangement as the Montgomery 17. Astonishing. tom

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Re: M_Boats: I continue to marvel...
by bownez＠juno.com 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Tom, Good point about the cockpits. The M23 is equally comfortable, with a larger wet locker. We have it so great..... Bones ____________________________________________________________ Need name badges? Click here to find great name badge solutions! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oEwY6otjlx9gQ4EaptoWXWRG…

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M23 Clarity!
by Bruce Ward 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hi Chris and Jeff, I think that I may have been one of the previous owners of the Halman 20 you sailed. I sold it some years ago to a fellow from Bellingham Washington. I now have s/v cerulea - M17 #32 and sail out of north central BC 2 @ Houston. bruce

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by Orlando Velez 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

Today I saw an M15 being trailered south on the New York Turnpike near Pelham Bay. Is the owner on this board? Is the first time I see one around here besides mine. Orlando Velez M15 #266

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'stuck' M-15 centerboard…
by steve pearse 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

Greetings! For the first time, I was unable to coax my centerboard down during a recent gentle sail. I hate the thought of having to have the boat attended to at a 'full-price' marina, so I'm hoping that some Monty sailors will have discovered ways to coax the CB down/ up without having to resort to major surgery. The boat is still relatively new to me, so I learn something new every time out. Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer. Steve on Whidbey 1981 M-15 #163

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Re: M_Boats: M23 Clarity!
by Larry E Yake 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

No firm dates yet, but I'm thinking something around the second and third weeks of June. Still have to check the tide books to make sure the currents are workable, and also make sure there aren't any other major scheduling conflicts. Larry On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:35:27 -0700 "Chris and Jeff Packer" <cjpacker(a)theofficenet.com> writes: > Sounds great Larry! Do you have any dates set yet? Early or late > June? > I've got to say I have sure been enjoying sailing Clarity this > summer. > Still have quite a bit of work to do yet but at least she is sailing > again. > My wife loves it too! > > Jeff > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry E Yake" <leyake(a)juno.com> > To: <montgomery_boats(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:36 PM > Subject: Re: M_Boats: M23 Clarity! > > > > Jeff, > > > > If there's anyway you can, you've got to come! We could have 6 or > 7 > > M23's at next years cruise! You don't want to miss that, do you?! > We'll > > be heading up into the Gulf Islands for the second week. That > would make > > a great kick-off point for your cruise. > > > > Larry > > > > On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:58:18 -0700 "Chris and Jeff Packer" > > <cjpacker(a)theofficenet.com> writes: > >> Sean, > >> If it works out for us to join the San Juan trip in June we > >> certainly will. > >> The only thing that might get in the way is if I decide to do a > >> circumnavigation of Vancouver Island next year. I'm seriously > >> considering > >> it at this point. If I do the Vancouver Island trip, I might be > >> working my > >> way up the inside passage in June. Will keep you posted. > >> > >> Jeff > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <Nebwest2(a)aol.com> > >> To: <montgomery_boats(a)mailman.xmission.com> > >> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 4:58 PM > >> Subject: M_Boats: M23 Clarity! > >> > >> > >> > Jeff, > >> > > >> > Clarity looks great. Can't wait to sail with you guys next June > in > >> the San > >> > Juans. You guys ARE going to be there ....right??!! > >> > > >> > Sean and Jo > >> > M23 "Dauntless" > >> > www.havasumontgomerys.piczo.com > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. > Find > >> your > >> > travel > >> > deal here. > >> > > >> > (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > > >> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > >> > >> > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Click here to find old friends, lovers or family. > > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oCe4JSkKDwbwnFAtFhLOA0 JMw8cCZsOGOc7GHg5KjHWjmSt/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > >

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