Clint, Saw your post about your mast and your mention of Priest Lake, ID. Sorry about your mast. If you live in or around the N. Idaho - E. Washington area, there are several of us who own 198x M-15's in the area. You would be welcome to come by and take a look at one of our masts and see how things are setup. Randy Graves M-15 # 407 Post Falls, ID ________________________________ From: montgomery_boats-bounces+randyg=cite.nic.edu@mailman.xmission.com on behalf of Comcast Mail Sent: Wed 11/17/2004 8:50 PM To: 'For and about Montgomery Sailboats' Subject: RE: M_Boats: Replacing an M15 Mast Connie, Thank you very much. This is great information and provides me with a pattern to get started. You mention using my old mast as a pattern, but I really mean I lost it. You should have seen me trying to explain I could lose a 19-foot piece of extruded aluminum. It vanished. It disappeared from the trailer on the way home from Priest Lake, ID and I could never find it. Thank you again for taking the time to answer my email. Clint M15, "Youngblood", #261, 1983 -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+clint.hill=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+clint.hill=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com ] On Behalf Of chbenneck@juno.com Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:44 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: Replacing an M15 Mast Hi Clint, Sorry to hear about your loosing a mast. That can ruin your day! It happened to me two years ago when an overzealous friend driving my car and towing the M15 out of the water after retrieving the boat, decided he was going to take boat and me on the deck, around the corner to his marina where I could lower the mast at leisure. The only problem was a big oak tree branch across the road; and if we had made it to the street - power lines! Maybe the oak branch was a blessing in disguise! Anyway, I too got a new mast from Dyer in North Branford and rebuilt my mast. First thing you need is a Pop Rivet tool for fastening the various cleats and eyes to the mast. To answer your direct question, here are the measurements I took off my original mast and transferred to the new one: ALL DIMENSIONS ARE MEASURED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE MAST. Sail slide feed opening: from 32" to 38" Down haul jam cleat: (STBD) 17" to centerline of cleat Stainless Steel eye (P) 19" to center line of eye P / STBD (2) 3 1/2" cleats - see your current configuration Holes through bottom of mast: 1" up from bottom: 5/16" hole for bolt in mast base fitting Hole through mast: 172.5" - 1/4" hole for bolt that holds shrouds and forestay Fairleads Stainless Steel eye (P) at 42" center - main halyard Front side of mast: 166" center - eye with block - for jib halyard Forestay hole: front side of mast: 168.5" to 169.5" by 3/8" wide (chamfer the edges) Boom stop: rivet in track groove - 20" from bottom of mast. With your old mast as a pattern and these dimensions, you should now be able to rebuilt it. Good luck. Connie M15 #400 LEPPO _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats