Joe do you now have a Nor'sea?? My wife and I are looking at bigger boats in a few years.? The Nor'sea 27 is on the top of the list.? There is one in town I'm going to check out when the owner comes home from cruising in Mexico. At your service Larry Pegg AC Electric 208 249 0538 -----Original Message----- From: Joe Murphy <seagray@embarqmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sat, 23 May 2009 8:49 am Subject: Re: M_Boats: mast configuration Hey Botropers. Don't you run into similar issues when you reef? That is, when you haul back to full sail, don't you have to coax the sail back into the groove??? Just curious.? Mine main came with slugs. I have two slot stoppers that I work with. One to keep the boom at rest and the other to keep the slugs from accidently falling out. Not a perfect solution and certainly not the ease and convenience of the set up on my NorSea. Although I did like the idea raised by someone earlier that used bungee cord.? Bob E, if you are viewing this, do you think you can provide the name of the mast maker and perhaps I can get them to make a removeable dam.? Have a great weekend.? Joe? Seafrog M17? ----- Original Message ----- From: <GILASAILR@aol.com>? To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com>? Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 12:45 AM? Subject: Re: M_Boats: mast configuration? ?
Bill,?
100% mainsail luff engagement - bolt ropes rule!?
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Another boltroper and d*mn proud of it!?
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In a message dated 5/22/2009 6:55:30 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,?
wriker@mindspring.com writes:?
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I am going to count this whole hassle as another checkmark in the boltrope?
column.?
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Bill Riker?
M15 - #184?
Storm Petrel?
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-----Original Message-----?
From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com?
[mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Tom?
Jenkins?
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 12:28 PM?
To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats?
Subject: Re: M_Boats: mast configuration?
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Dave,?
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I agree 2-3" is a little low if you are rigging and unrigging often. How?
about a short cutout just above where the boom rides, which in my boat is?
about a foot up? With a track stop above the opening, you could drop the?
sail and secure it without it shooting out of the slot, or let it all run?
out for unrigging with some turns of a thumbscrew. As for reefing, my?
cringles reach the boom over the pile of sail, but there is probably lots?
of?
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variability among years and between the 15 and 17.?
There was a great thread about modifications to the mast a number of?
months?
ago, so I will seek them out.?
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Tom Jenkins?
M17 Scintilla?
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----- Original Message ----- From: "W David Scobie" <wdscobie@yahoo.com>?
To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats"?
<montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com>?
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 6:44 PM?
Subject: Re: M_Boats: mast configuration?
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SWEET PEA's (hull #375, 1983 build) mast has the 'opening' set very low?
...?
2-3" from the cabin-top. i find it anoying thus far as i must leave ALL?
slugs in when reefing (so the reef is set a bit 'high' IMO) and i must?
load?
the sail and then the boom ... this is a big PITA. the setup adds about 5?
minutes to the rigging process.?
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SCRED, my M15, has the opening much higher - at least 18" above the?
cabin-top. this allowed for putting the boom in place and then loading the?
main easily and quickly. reefing was also a cleaner operation.?
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it seems at times many boats leave jerry's and bob's shop with 'own custom?
options'.?
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dave scobie?
M17 #375 - sweet pea (http://www.m17-375.webs.com)?
M15 #288 - SCRED (for sale, http://www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred?
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--- On Thu, 5/21/09, Tom Jenkins <tjenk@gte.net> wrote:?
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Hello all,?
I assume the cutout on the M17 mast slot is designed to accomodate a?
boltrope main (by both size and location), but I find that it is not?
perfect?
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for slugs. Among other things, one of my slugs falls right in the cutout?
on?
a double reef. Is there a reason why the cutout could not be, say, 8-12"?
from the mast bottom, assuming most newer boats come with slug-type sails??
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Thanks,?
Tom Jenkins?
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