It's tippy up front for sure, If you want to use the storm jib, you probably aren't going to want to stay up front forvery long maybe some quick carabiners might be nicer instead of fussy little hanks, so you just get whatyou want as quickly as possible....it's not a beauty contest at that point.....If you had it prepared ahead oftime (carbiners on uphaul and downhaul and jib lines, maybe you could make it as painless as possible.... (of course assuming you don't want to just drop everything and motor like hell home :-) From: msminchome via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> To: Peter Kick <peterkick@aol.com>; For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2019 7:19 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Storm jib Reef the main, dump the jib and if you really need to point higher, start the engine and motor sail. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Peter Kick via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Date: 1/27/19 10:06 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Rusty Knorr <rustyinafrica@yahoo.com>, For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Storm jib Rusty IMHO; hang the jib at 15-20 knots when you reef the main. Or, forget about the jib entirely. You’re not going to claw off a lee in that boat, so you’re looking to go abeam to wind and sea at best and get clear of it all— which can be done on the mainsail. Hopefully you’ve got the sea room to find protection before everything comes to grief. 40 knots in an M15 would be my version of a living hell— Respect, Peter SV Bird Girl Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 27, 2019, at 1:34 AM, Rusty Knorr via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Hi all,
On my last M-15 as well as my recent purchase I have a storm jib. My question is...when you decide you need it, how the heck do you get to it?! The M-15s are precarious enough in calm weather, going forward to bend on a storm jib when it’s blowing like crazy seems not only risky, but downright dangerous. So what do you do when you leave the dock in 5 knots and your genoa, and get stuck in unpredicted 40 knot gusts where you really need that storm jib up to balance the boat?
Thoughts?
Rusty M-15 “Vanilla” Duckpunt “The Donkey”