That's a wicked cool rig; congrats for your achievement. I have never sailed an M15, but my gaff-rigged WW Potter (albeit a Gunter gaff) is too tender to sail with the boom that high, suggesting that the Montgomery is innately more stable. Tom Jenkins M17 Scintilla ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Kelch" <doug_kelch@yahoo.com> To: "Montgomery" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 7:15 AM Subject: M_Boats: gaff rig pictures Sunday was a nice windy day so I asked a friend to take some pictures of my modified rig on the M15. http://montgomeryowners.com/gallery/ The winds were a steady 15kts with gusts to 25 kts. What a hoot :-) I have a lot to learn about tuning the rig but she handled exceptionally well. I was able to carry full sail during the 12 - 15 kts without an serious heeling and the gaff rig shed the intial 20 kt gusts pretty well. As the wind increased the tacking became slower with all of the leverage against the turn with the jib way out there. The wind increased to 18 kts with gusts to 25 kts so I put 1 reef in the main and with 1 gust over 25 and the main fully release the jibs absolutely took control and we took off to leward. The boat was a little sluggish to me going to windward with both jibs up and 1 reef in the main so I rolled up the jib and sailed under the staysail and single reefed main with a substanial increase in speed. Interesting. This is going to be a fun season. :-) Thanks Doug Kelch "Seas the Day" _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet!