Look at Defender, West Marine, or Boaters World. They all carry battery powered, portable running lights. Michael M-17 Pepperjack #808 -------------- Original message from montgomery_boats-request@mailman.xmission.com: --------------
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1. Re: M15 running lights (Randy Watkins) 2. Re: Arizona's season is finally starting!!! (Matthew Marx) 3. Re: Arizona's season is finally starting!!! (Matthew Marx) 4. Re: Repair needed for M-17 (Andrei Caldararu) 5. Re: Repair needed for M-17 (Chad Parrish) 6. Re: Repair needed for M-17 (Andrei Caldararu) 7. Re: Repair needed for M-17 (Chad Parrish)
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Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:37:05 -0600 From: Randy Watkins Subject: Re: M_Boats: M15 running lights To: Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hello fellow sailors,
I have a M15 and want to use running lights for night sails.
Any suggestions, I think I'll stick to battery powered lights at this time.
Thanks,
Randy W. M15 "Becca Anne" Texas
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Message: 2 Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:28:22 -0700 From: Matthew Marx Subject: Re: M_Boats: Arizona's season is finally starting!!! To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats
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Hi Sean,
Would love to make a trip to Havasu this winter, but I don't think I'll be able to do the cool one in February. I have a work-related conference the 1st week of the month in New Orleans, then my mother-in-law wants us to join her at Mammoth over the kids' holiday week (I think that's the third week). I talked to Noah, and he'd rather sail than ski, and I can't agree with him more. I'm not a skier, and spent long enough in the snow for one lifetime growing up in Ohio. We don't generally plan so far ahead, but Noah and I will look for some other time to come over.
If you ever want a speedy response from me, use my work email: matthew.a.marx@pfizer.com. That's the one I'm sitting in front of every day; the home email only gets checked once a week or so.
Still need to send you pix of Jim - will do.
Matt
On Sep 24, 2008, at 6:40 AM, Nebwest2@aol.com wrote:
As of October 1 we'll be putting Dauntless in her winter slip here in Lake Havasu. We've had a great summer of sailing with over on the CA coast, but that's only a couple days each month for us. Now we can finally make sailing an almost daily affair. Last year we had quite a few folks come join us for some Winter sailing in Feb when they really needed a fix. I hope that I'll be able to entice some of you guys to come again this year. San Diego guys are you reading this??!!
I'll post more on the dates if the event as we get closer and it's not restricted to only Montys. Last year we had around 20 boats and crews participate, almost all from out of town. Here's a link to a photo-journal of the event. Check it out and think about coming over and dong some winter sailing in the dessert this year! We had a great time. Hope to see you here. More to come....
_http://havasumontgomerys.piczo.com/?g=35678009&cr=1_ (http://havasumontgomerys.piczo.com/?g=35678009&cr=1)
Sean M23 "Dauntless" _www.havasumontgomerys.piczo.com_ (http://www.havasumontgomerys.piczo.com )
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Message: 3 Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:29:41 -0700 From: Matthew Marx Subject: Re: M_Boats: Arizona's season is finally starting!!! To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats
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Sorry folks, didn't meant to trouble you all with that response!
Happy sailing, Matt
On Sep 24, 2008, at 6:40 AM, Nebwest2@aol.com wrote:
As of October 1 we'll be putting Dauntless in her winter slip here in Lake Havasu. We've had a great summer of sailing with over on the CA coast, but that's only a couple days each month for us. Now we can finally make sailing an almost daily affair. Last year we had quite a few folks come join us for some Winter sailing in Feb when they really needed a fix. I hope that I'll be able to entice some of you guys to come again this year. San Diego guys are you reading this??!!
I'll post more on the dates if the event as we get closer and it's not restricted to only Montys. Last year we had around 20 boats and crews participate, almost all from out of town. Here's a link to a photo-journal of the event. Check it out and think about coming over and dong some winter sailing in the dessert this year! We had a great time. Hope to see you here. More to come....
_http://havasumontgomerys.piczo.com/?g=35678009&cr=1_ (http://havasumontgomerys.piczo.com/?g=35678009&cr=1)
Sean M23 "Dauntless" _www.havasumontgomerys.piczo.com_ (http://www.havasumontgomerys.piczo.com )
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Message: 4 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:45:33 -0500 From: Andrei Caldararu Subject: Re: M_Boats: Repair needed for M-17 To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats
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Dear Howard,
I'll try to go and take a photo of the damaged area tomorrow, and post it on the web.
Thanks,
Andrei.
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Message: 5 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:48:27 -0500 From: Chad Parrish Subject: Re: M_Boats: Repair needed for M-17 To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats
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Hello Andrei,
I would make sure this gets fixed right, I have a 1977 M17. Shortly after I bought it and took her sailing last year I noticed we were getting water between the hull and hull liner. I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out where I had a leak, it turns out the center board had been dropped one too many times and had deformed the stop pin which compromised the seal and was causing water to enter the keel and ultimately between the hull and hull liner. I had a local yard cut the side of the keel off to let everything dry out and when they did this they found a 6 inch long crack in the fiberglass under the stop pin that was also leaking. This crack we figured was caused by dropping the keel too hard against the stop pin and wouldn't have been something I saw just looking from the outside since the crack was up in the keel trunk. They took care of fixing the problem and also re- finished my centerboard for around $900 which I didn't think was too bad. I hope this information helps.
Regards,
Chad
On Sep 27, 2008, at 11:52 PM, Andrei Caldararu wrote:
Hello Monty sailors,
after sailing my M-17 today, when I tried to raise the centerboard a couple of times I lost hold of it and it dropped with a big "plunk". I didn't have the knot in the centerboard line which some people mentioned here, since I guess the previous owner never had it (stupid of me, obviously).
Anyway, when I pulled the boat out of the water afterwards I noticed that a piece of fiberglass about 1in x 1/2in which is the very rear bottom corner of the keel was almost completely broken off. I was able to take it off the boat, by just pulling lightly on it. It is the area behind and below the metal pin that I think is the stop for the centerboard. I assume that when the cb banged down on it a couple of times, the fiberglass around it cracked and broke. The actual metal pin stop is still in place, but the bottom half of it is now naked metal, and it feels rather wobbly.
How do I fix this? I have little to no experience with fiberglass and gelcoat, although I might be able to find either a shop who knows (but would charge me an arm and a leg), or learn somehow how to do it myself. Is this a delicate job that needs someone with experience, or can the job be described in an e-mail?
My first thought was to take some 5 minute epoxy and glue the piece I have back on, but I guess there's more professional ways of doing this.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Andrei.
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Message: 6 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:57:45 -0500 From: Andrei Caldararu Subject: Re: M_Boats: Repair needed for M-17 To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats
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Hi Chad,
how did you figure out that you had water coming in between the hull and the hull liner?
Thanks,
Andrei.
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Message: 7 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:03:52 -0500 From: Chad Parrish Subject: Re: M_Boats: Repair needed for M-17 To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats
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The previous owner had drilled 2 holes near the base of the keel trunk in the cabin, he had stated to me that when sailing he tends to get a little water between the hull and hull liner. The holes were there so he could pump it out so it didn't freeze over the winter. I have always felt that rule #1 in boating was to keep the water out so we went about trying to get that problem taken care of right away.
--Chad
On Sep 29, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Andrei Caldararu wrote:
Hi Chad,
how did you figure out that you had water coming in between the hull and the hull liner?
Thanks,
Andrei.
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