Jerry, My 2004 M17 has three pintles for the big sliding wood rudder, and my Ida Sailor rudder was designed to fit those three. I don't know if the company made an Ida for the older model (although nothing could be called "old" compared to your ma). On May 1, 2013, at 4:40 PM, jerry montgomery wrote:
Could you have that backwards? We made most of the 17s with three-pintle setups, and I'm not totally sure but I think the Ida rudders have a "normal" two-pintle setup. At any rate I think I've got gudgeons; the kind that are a simple angled stainless sheet metal part that bolts to the transom.
I'm leaving tomorrow morning for my Ma's 97th BD but I'll take my laptop.
jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Buzzi" <thomaspbuzzi@gmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 1:46 PM Subject: M_Boats: Ida rudder
Mr. Montgomery, My Montgomery 17 was manufactured in 1978. I now have a chance to install an Ida sailor rudder on it from a 2005 Montgomery 17. That setup uses three pintles whereas my older stock rudder model uses only two. Can a third be added so this setup will work on my boat or is there some other consideration that needs tending to? You mentioned you have a stock of old parts. Do you have a set of the old grugeon/pintle (s) available? Regards, Tom B
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