Sorry- just got my email going after more than a week. Send me your address and I'll get the 10 sail diagram off. jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Nixon" <thoslloyd@gmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:28 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: junk rig on an M15 Thanks for the reply. Send me the address and the 10 will be on the way. I still want to preserve the trailerability of the M15. The Hasler/McLeod has a section on constructing a tabernacle similar to those used on Chinese river junks, and that's the route (or something similar) that I would go. Sent from my iPad
On Jul 10, 2014, at 6:20 PM, "jerry montgomery" <jerry@jerrymontgomery.org> wrote:
Only problem I can think of is that you would need to make/buy a wood mast and step it on the keel to get rid of the shrouds (I think). The mast would need to go thru the foredeck, probably right in front of the house.
If you'll send me 10. I'll send you a sailplan, or you can do it the hard way and just measure things out carefully. It wouldn't be a trick to keep the CE in the same place. Obviously for SF you'd want to keep the rig pretty small, but junk rigs are apparently so easy to reef you might be able to have both worlds. I really don't claim to know what I'm talking about with junk rigs, but I know the theory.
have fun!
jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Nixon" <thoslloyd@gmail.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:00 PM Subject: M_Boats: junk rig on an M15
Has anyone tried a junk rig on a Montgomery 15? I have boat #191, and I am coming to sailing in my late sixties. Consequently I'd rather stay off the foredeck in difficult weather if I can. (My intended sailing grounds are San Francisco Bay and Tomales Bay.) After reading several books, notably Annie Hill's Voyaging on a Small Income and Hasler and McLeod's Practical Junk Rig, I'm convinced that a junk rig might extend my sailing life. And I think it would go nicely on an M15; but I'm wondering if anyone has experimented with it before and figured out mast placement and mounting etc. Thanks, Tom Nixon M15 #191
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