Doug, It looks fantastic! You can tell from the pictures that the lower CE reduces heeling and that puts the effort into forward progress. The boom is really high - a good thing on light days. I'd be inclined to lower the main a bit, if possible, when it's really blowing. I do that now as I have a few inches of play. Bill Riker M15 - #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Doug Kelch Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 8:16 AM To: Montgomery Subject: M_Boats: gaff rig pictures Sunday was a nice windy day so I asked a friend to take some pictures of my modified rig on the M15. http://montgomeryowners.com/gallery/ The winds were a steady 15kts with gusts to 25 kts. What a hoot :-) I have a lot to learn about tuning the rig but she handled exceptionally well. I was able to carry full sail during the 12 - 15 kts without an serious heeling and the gaff rig shed the intial 20 kt gusts pretty well. As the wind increased the tacking became slower with all of the leverage against the turn with the jib way out there. The wind increased to 18 kts with gusts to 25 kts so I put 1 reef in the main and with 1 gust over 25 and the main fully release the jibs absolutely took control and we took off to leward. The boat was a little sluggish to me going to windward with both jibs up and 1 reef in the main so I rolled up the jib and sailed under the staysail and single reefed main with a substanial increase in speed. Interesting. This is going to be a fun season. :-) Thanks Doug Kelch "Seas the Day" _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet!