Thanks for the tip. Guns too....hmm Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: jerry montgomery To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 9:20 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: A couple questions yes! On boats and old guns, pins go in and out on the right side, for the same reasons. No peening alowed. jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Murphy" <seagray@embarqmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 5:41 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: A couple questions Does the same hold true for the 17?? ----- Original Message ----- From: jerry montgomery To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 7:51 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: A couple questions just the opposite! jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Tyner" <tynerjr@md.metrocast.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 4:19 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: A couple questions > Is that drive out from starboard to port, then drive in from port to > starboard, Jerry? > > On 6/16/2012 6:50 PM, jerry montgomery wrote: >> Maybe someone can pipe in with a picture, but the bungee is necessary to >> hold the board down and also up. I think it's 5/16 but it might be >> 3/8. I hope you varnished the inside of the holes in the rudder and >> tiller when you varnished them! >> >> We put the foam in to give the boat flotation, but lots of people took >> it oput for the storage. Like most boats, the 15 really likes to carry >> weight there. >> >> Lots of info out there on replacing the pennant, but it's 5/16, with the >> core pulled out of the bottom 6 inches to allow for a small knot that >> will fit inside the hole in the board; you'll see when you drop the >> board. Remember to drive the pin in and out on the stbd side so you >> don't force the peened end thru! And glue it in with boatlife. >> jerry >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Weidenbach" <weid0069@umn.edu> >> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" >> <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> >> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 1:58 PM >> Subject: M_Boats: A couple questions >> >> >> Hello all, >> >> I bought my M15 in December of 2010 and was unable to use it all last >> year because I broke my left humerus in half and was out of commission >> for the short summers in Minnesota. I have been making the wood look >> nice on the boat and I am getting closer to approaching my first sail >> with my boat! >> >> With that being said I have a couple questions about the boat I'd really >> appreciate some help with it possible! >> >> I took the rudder apart and I am revarnishing it...stupid me I did not >> take photos of the set up to get it back together. I have all the >> hardware and probably can figure it out but I recall some bungee cords >> that were wrapped in a certain way. Are those necessary and if so does >> anyone have a picture or two they can send me to help guide me through >> the process? >> >> Second, in the locker closest to the bow it is full of styrofoam. Is >> that on every monty or did the guy before me just fill that area up with >> styrofoam? >> >> I am going to have to replace the center board rope, has anyone done >> this? Is it an easy job? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Ted >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. >> SPAMfighter has removed 6685 of my spam emails to date. >> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len >> >> Do you have a slow PC? Try Free scan >> http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen >> >> >> >> > > >