One favorite concept of mine is a portapot that slides out from under the cockpit. In the M17, I think it would work well except for the c/b. If only there were another way to run the c/b line so that its tube didn't fill that area. It might be nice if the tube doubled as the mast support under the v-berth (and a stub higher if needed for w/l reasons). Of course, the geometry is off for that but perhaps there is some inventive solution. Then, the battery could be on centerline just fwd of the compression post and there could be more accessible storage compartments built into the aft end of the v-berth. The previous post mentioning the benefits of a cat ketch rig sure seems to have merit too... Charlie Jones, on the TSBB board, has built at least a couple of Graham B_____'s cat ketches and they do seem to do well. I've never sailed that rig. Tod Mills M17 #408, 1987 galley model BuscaBrisas
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats- bounces+htmills=zoominternet.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats- bounces+htmills=zoominternet.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of jerry Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 12:17 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: research
Thanks again for your comments; they are still coming in and keep it up! I'm leaving this afternoon for an annual canoe camping/fishing in a wilderness are in the Sierras, and when I get back I'll review them and come up with some kind of concensus and post it. Looks like we are prejudiced in the way of wrinkles, as I suspected.
For my next column for SCA I'm working on an artical on small boat interiors, which ties in with all this.
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