Daniel, I have noticed that on the steeper ramps when you initially snug up the bow it is slightly lower than the tow position. When you pull the boat out the stern drops, the bow lifts and the bow is about 2 - 3 inchs farther aft than the bow chock. If you only pull out far enough for the stern to drop you can stop the car and snug up the bow easily while there is still some hull lift from the water. This saves money on banana's as well as wear an tear on the trailer and hull. Thanks Doug ________________________________ From: Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 7:53:01 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Advice regarding some damage to bow Thanks for the advice. I will look into it. I sail alone often, so I need to have some aids to help me. My other boat weighs much less, so much easier to man handle. Daniel On Apr 4, 2011, at 5:35 AM, wcampion@aol.com wrote:
Daniel,
Sorry to hear about the damage to your Monty. To assist me with pulling my Monty onto the bunks, I purchased a set (8 pieces 8" long) of bunk glides from Bass Pro shop. They are made out of some special Teflon material so that you can push the boat onto the bunks easily. I've never had an issue getting my boat back onto the bunks again.
Good luck with the repair.
Skip
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sun, Apr 3, 2011 11:22 pm Subject: M_Boats: Advice regarding some damage to bow
Montypals: OK, many of you have seen my video about my maiden voyage in M15 #208. Thanks or all the nice comments. Now, when I got her back on the trailer, I didn't get her all the way forward ike I should have, She was about 2-3 inches short of the bumper. So, when riving home over potholed Sonoma county roads, she jostled around and caused a
it of damage to the bow. The spot is above the pad eye where the hook goes to old her to the trailer. It is about 1 inch by say 1/2 inch of damage. The elcoat is sort of bashed off to expose some underlying fiberglass. There is no
ole or crack. Structurally it is fine. So, what would be a simple way to repair
his? I don't need it to be too cosmetically perfect. The boat is from 1982! poxy? Marinetex? Thoughts here? Daniel ______________________________________________ ttp://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats When posting, remember that there is no privacy on the Internet!
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