Thanks Ron. A lot of our sailing will not involve this issue as we'll be able to sail away from the dock. Our quest to sail all of them will begin this week. We are blessed to be living in Northern Michigan. Shorter sailing season than some folks, but no lack of lakes to explore. Tuesday we'll head to Hubbard Lake; just up the road a bit and explore the 9800+ acres of those waters. On the channel motoring runs, I'm thinking that most of the time I could hoist the sails and motor out to the big water. If we get lucky (anything but Easterlies), we should be able to sail out. Fair winds, Jeff On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 8:02 AM, judy casino <jratesq@yahoo.com> wrote:
Jeff,
I'd simply install a topping lift, using a small block installed near the top of the mast on the port side and a cleat down near the base of the mast, also on the port side and a little to the side of the jib halyard. You can make the lift adjustable from the end of the boom also by installing a block and cleat there too. Bob Eeg of Montgomery Sailboats can tell you the size blocks and cleats to buy.
If you don't want to install a lift, you can shackle the main halyard to the end of the boom to raise the boom to horizontal and off the seat while you're motoring to open water and then shackle it to the mainsail just before raising the main.
Best,
Ron Casino M15-Spirit
________________________________ From: Jeffrey Johnston <frjeff@gmail.com> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 3:29 AM Subject: M_Boats: Topping Lift
My Monty 15 is the first sailboat I've had with no topping lift. Our first sail was yesterday (great fun) and I have a question.
We rig in the launch parking lot, launch the boat, motor out the channel to open water, hoist sail and the fun begins. With no topping lift, the boom simply lays down in the cockpit on one of the seats. Although workable, it takes up a fair amount of space and is a bit awkward.
Am I missing something insofar as doing it this way. What do you all do and use to alleviate this? Might the main halyard be used to hold up the boom during this motoring time?
Or, am I just being to bothered by a small detail? * * *Jeff+* Molōn labe!
-- *Jeff+* Molōn labe!