Shadd: I am the former owner of an M17. Fantastic boat. Best one I've ever owned. My wife and I sold it to Tom Howe, on this list, so that we could partner up with another couple who had a larger sailboat on a slip at a local lake. I have had some success with straightening a mast with a bend in it. We stored our M17 on its trailer under a tarp that was draped over the mast. The mast was suspended on the bow pulpit and the mast crutch at the stern. This set up offered good protection, however one winter morning I discovered that there was 8" of snow weighing down the tarp and mast. I brushed off the snow and did not give it any further thought. The following spring, after a couple of sails, I realized that the mast had a 1.5 to 2 inch bend to port. There was no evidence of any creasing. I lived with it for a couple of months as I tried to figure out what to do. I decided that I would wait for a hot day and then lay it on my driveway to warm it up real good. With the air temp at 95 and the concrete considerably warmer the mast became hot to the touch. I arranged my two cars, one in front of the other, with the top of the mast blocked up under one frame and the bottom of mast blocked up under the other frame. I used some old carpet to protect the finish of the mast and cars. At the mid-point of the mast I held up a 1x4" piece of solid oak that was about 18" long while I gently pumped up a hydraulic jack to secure the oak in place. I raised the mast until it was level. Next I tightly tied a string between the cars at the height of the now level mast. My plan was to jack up the mast until I could induce enought pressure to reverse the bend caused by the snow. I was pretty concerned that I was about to ruin the mast, but I decided that it was unacceptable to have such a severe bend, and that if I ruined it I would replace it with a new one. I jacked up the mast two inches above the reference string and came back 30 minutes later. I released the jack and the mast sagged below the string, but not as far as it did prior to the pressure. I jacked up the mast three inches and came back in 30 minutes.... I repeated this process until I had jacked up the mast eight inches. This last amount was the most nerve racking, but I was finally successful in reversing the bend. The mast performed flawlessly after this repair. If your mast has a crease in it rather than a bend you must replace it for safety reasons. Best of luck, Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shadd Piehl" <spiehl@aakers.com> To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:32 AM Subject: RE: M_Boats: Good Old Boat
I am wondering if you can advise? I have a M15 that got a bent mast while transporting...What can be done? Waht have others done? Do you have any experience in this?
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Richard Lane Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 1:11 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Good Old Boat
I believe it was Jerry's foreman who sailed "Freebird" a reduced cockpit volume M17> Dick
Honshells wrote:
The Montgomery 17' gets an honorable mention from Ted Brewer in the latest issue of "Good Old Boat". The segment is on page 47 from a comparison of trailersailers that follows an article on the Victoria 18'. Brewer compares the Victoria 18', the Cape Dory Typhoon and the Com-Pac 16CB. Ted writes, "It's obvious that the performance champion of the group is the Montgomery 17' with her long waterline, generous sail area, and modest ballast adding to the form stability of her beamy keel/centerboard hull." The segment has mistakes: It lists the M17's displacement at 1,500 lb. and its ballast at 500 lb. Well, basically, the M17 stats in the chart on page 47 vary several times from those on Nor'Sea's website. Also, the drawing of the "M17" used by "Good Old Boat" is actually the M23. Anyway, Brewer says none of the boats compared should venture out of sight of land and I know some would disagree with that, also.
I recently re-read the M17 review in "Small Craft Advisor" and it repeats the Nor'Sea website claim that the M17 has sailed from California to Hawaii: But we established recently that this is a myth, didn't we?
Was it Jerry M. who "sailed from Cape Hatteras to San Diego via the Panama Canal"? If not, then who?
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