January 2011 - montgomery_boats - mailman.xmission.com

SailHavasu TV goes live!
by M23 "Daunltess" 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Hey Guys! Only three days of registration left for the Havasu Pocket Cruisers Convention. We sure are excited about it this year. So much so, in fact, that even if you can’t make it this year, we want you to see what we have going on so that you’ll consider joining us next year! So here’s the deal....One of the new things we have got going is SailHavasu TV. Every morning during the event, we’ll upload a 5 minute or less recap of the previous days happenings. This is a big project and being undertaken by a gentleman named Keith Bennett, a Potter sailor out of Colorado. Keith has become one of my right hand men, if you would. He’s is one of a number of participants that hve jumped in feet first to make this year’s event the best so far! So, Keith has the 1st installment of Sailhavasu TV up , just to introduce himself. We’ll work out a few bugs by doing a few episodes between now and the start of the convention on Feb 14th. Stop by and check it out! http://www.sailhavasu.com/SailHavasu_TV.html

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Sage Marine, builder of the SAGE 17, discussion forum has opened
by W David Scobie 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Sage Marine, the builder of the new Jerry Montgomery design SAGE 17, has opened a discussion forum about this new new pocket cruiser. The forum may be entered through the Sage Marine homepage - http://www.sagemarine.us/ The Sage 17's design has been outlined in many of Jerry's SCA articles over the past year. The forum is the location to ask questions about the boat, her continued development, and Sage Marine. -- Dave Scobie Sage Marine Webmaster and Promotions - http://www.sagemarine.us Owner of M17 #375 - SWEET PEA visit SWEET PEA's www-site - http://www.m17-375.webs.com

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Decisions, decisions, or The further adventures of 373
by jnschum 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

There are air chisel extensions that might allow you to get deeper into the cavity. If you can't find something that works off the shelf you can always fabricate something up. Perhaps cut a regular chisel in half and rejoin with a long piece of pipe welded in the center. Joe

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Decisions, decisions, or The further adventures of 373
by Earl Landers 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Eldor M17 Motu iti, The problem is that the steel punchings, which are about 1/16" in diameter, are rusted/glassed into a singular mass. Once I break them up with my air chisel, they are easy to remove with a shop vacuum. I have gone as deep as the shaft of the chisel allows, the body of the air tool is too wide to get into the cavity of the trunk. As I was writing that, it occurs to me that I'll have the same problem if I cut holes in the sides of the trunk. Earl

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Decisions, decisions, or The further adventures of 373
by Earl Landers 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Readers, My centerboard is no longer stuck. In fact it is no longer attached to the boat. I cut an access hole about 3" below the pendant port and used a long punch to get the board moving. After the first three inches, the board falls freely. You can see and feel ballooning in the starboard side of the trunk just above floor level as the board moves past that area. There was an existing FG patch to the keel trunk right at floor level so I cut that out. There was no apparent reason for it to be there. I need to stop here and explain that a previous owner had removed the cabin floor, giving access to the ballast. I have removed the steel punchings on the starboard side of the trunk down to about five inches. There was some swelling putting pressure on the trunk, but clearance in the upper portion of the trunk has gotten quite a bit better. I think at this point I could re-assemble everything and the CB would function correctly. At this point, I need to decide whether to just re-assemble everything, or to continue and remove all the steel ballast once and forever. One reason I am being Indecisive is that I know I can't get all the steel out from the top, so that means cutting more holes in the boat L I am leaning toward removing it all, once and done. What would you do? Earl PS, I assume that this list doesn't support attached pictures, is that true?

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Mission Bay again
by Tom Jenkins 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Thanks to Daniel, Ron, and Ronnie for your helpful comments; sounds like a fun place to try. Tom Jenkins

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Happy 2011 to Montgomery Owners!
by Bill Wickett 01 Jan '11

01 Jan '11

Hope you all have a great 2011, on the water and on shore. Is anyone sailing today, tonight, or tomorrow? Enjoy and let us know. Bill Makin' Time M17

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Havasu Pocket Cruisers Registration Deadline Nears!
by M23 "Daunltess" 01 Jan '11

01 Jan '11

Due to the size that the HPCC event has grown to, we will close registration 30 days out from the start of the event on Jan 15th, 2011 to allow us to 100% concentrate on preparation for the arrival of all of our "family" on Feb 14th, 2011. This will give us time to print the pre-ordered T-shirts, sweatshirts, get embroidery done, print name tags, bow numbers, etc.etc.etc. If you think that you woud like to attend I encourage you to click on the link below and sign up. There is NO registration fee. We would love to have you join us. We've had a peak preregistration of 146 boats, but after a few cancellations we are right at 140 now. You can find out more information on this event at http://www.sailhavasu.com To register, please click this link: http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=900234 We have some outstanding seminars, fun social events, and great friends to sail with. Come on in from the cold and join us. We are just a bunch of average folks just like you. Check out who's attending in the "Meet the Sailors" page, what boats they are bringing, where they are coming from, what seminars are planned, etc etc etc. This is going to be a year to remember and we'd love to have you join us. We'll make room, but we have to know soon!!! Hope to see you here! Sean M23 “Daunltess” M17FD “Sneakers”

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