Tom I added a 3' piece of 3"x2" angle iron to the mast support U beam at the front of the trailer about 2/3 of the way up even with the boat deck when on the trailer. This gets the weight of the motor away from the stern and really helps in the turns otherwise it can act like a crack the whip when we were skating back in the day. If you can get the pictures up on the site o.k. or send them to me of-site at griemmolo2@gmail.com George -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Buzzi Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:04 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: The website eorge, Where did you find the ob motor bracket worked on your rig? On the M17 I owned back in the early eighties I left the ob on the transome all season and hauled the rig all over south east Texas ok. Some other gentleman on this site gave me a good idea of how to get the boat off the trailer without having to tie the back end of it to a tree and pulling the trailer out from under it, all the while propping up the boat as it slid off the back. Not a very controllable situation. He suggested dropping the trailer tongue to the ground and building a cross beam athwart the stern using a stout timber and some concrete blocks, then raising the tongue back up to start to lighten the trailer starting from the aft end. I used a couple of homemade jacks instead of the cross beam. I did use a cross beam and blocks to catch the keel just forward of the centerboard housing after a hydraulic jack picked up the whole boat enough to slide that beam under the keel. That took the load off the trailer so I could roll it forward under control a bit further. I then propped the hull with two more jacks. I used six jacks in all as the trailer movement allowed the placement of them under the hull just beneath the waterline. The final lift involved jacking the keel high enough to allow the trailer fenders to roll under the crossbeam. I then lowered the hydraulic jack back down to where the first four screw jacks had the load and inserted the last two jacks up by the bow. I then ran a 3 chains under the boat and connected them to each pair of screw jacks so they could not kick out at some inopportune moment. I then added a block at the stem and stern along the keel as well as blocking under the nose of the keel housing such that the keel slot was clear for work on dropping the centerboard later. It all went well and was controllable all the way. Thoughts of my boat falling and crushing the garage wall or the fence on the other side disappeared with the morning fogs. I will try to download a picture of the jacks I screwed together. After pricing them at about $400 each I decided I could devise some sort of substitute using 3/4 inch threaded rod and some 2x4's and 3/4 plywood. Turned out total materials amounted to about $180 for six jacks. Fair winds, Tom B Montgomery 17 #258 I sent a couple of pictures with this this afternoon but the site manager said the email was too large so I had to leave off the pictures. I am attempting to find out how to send pics on this site so I can show you what I did, if you still want to know. On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 7:32 PM, George R. Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com>wrote:
Tom
I worked on my trailer while the boat was in the water this season. I added a bracket to mount the OB on during travel and also a keel guide to center the boat during retrieval. I need to do get mine off the trailer sometime this Spring as my CB does not seem to travel Up & Down very well once I get it down I keep it there as I am at a slip for the season. Could use some details on how you keep it jacked up. I am stored in my garage and do have a small space heater that I can get the edge off but I will wait till Spring to do any serious work (Christmas gift to the boat was a Boomkicker on sale for 1/2 price) then I can get it out into the driveway.
George Merry Helen II M15 #602
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Buzzi Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 5:36 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: The website
Thanks George, I thought I had inadvertently steered these emails into the trash bin. Have a pleasant holiday. I just this week got my boat up on some jacks I made and pulled the trailer out from underneath. The board goes up and down wonderfully. The cast iron needs work. Some older layers of stuff have decided to flake off. The trailer is in better shape than I had feared. I will be replacing the axle with one that accepts five lug wheels for better load carry and peace of mind. So my side yard looks like a real "boatyard" with my craft up on the jacks. I am looking forward to getting into the rejuvenation of it. Hope you have a warm place to work on yours. The Texas weather down south here is usually pretty mild throughout the winter. Fair winds, Tom B
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 8:59 AM, George R. Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com>wrote:
Tom
I received yours and also have seen a sharp drop off of e-mails. It just must be the season activities. I believe everyone is still out there just not sailing and some of us are in the Snow Belt and are in storage for the season.
George Merry Helen II M15 #602
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Buzzi Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 11:08 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: The website
Hi, I just realized that it has been over a month since I received any emails from the Montgomery site. Am I still on the mailing list? If not, how do I get back on it so I receive the emails? thanks, Tom B