Dave, Do you happen to have contact info for Harry? Regards, Mike Barnett http://claritysailingadventures.wordpress.com On Friday, March 23, 2018, 2:34:13 PM EDT, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote: Get your sails from Harry at E/P sailmakers. He knows the boat, he has sailed the boat and will cut you a sail that works for the boat! :: Dave Scobie On Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 12:18 PM Mike Barnett via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote: My fiance and I recently acquired a 1976 M-17 - she's rough, and her sails are old (jibs are the original Reggie Armstrongs, the main is a non M-17 mutt that happens to fit), but she came to us, on a trailer, for a 3 figure price, so we'd have been nuts to say no! I'm pretty sure I'm going to order a double reef main from Precision, though I haven't decided yet on white vs colored sailcloth. We'll be doing quite a bit of cosmetic work on her to bring her up to a reasonable look for a lady of her age, but she seems solid, except for a glaring crack in the deck from the mast step to the forward hatch. It was a mystery to me until I realized the previous owner had either raised or lowered the mast with the stays at full tension. The bottom aft end of the mast isn't radiused (yet), so instead of simply pivoting aft, it jacked up about 1.5" and put enough pressure on the deck to flex and crack it. I'll be checking the compression post for damage when I take the mast step off to repair the deck. The M-17 was the first keelboat I ever sailed on, way back when on Lake Waconia, MN, and she always impressed me, though I've been as much a multihull sailor as a keelboater. I'm looking forward to going places with our little waterborne craft, now named Destiny (no trace of a previous name on her), and I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions as time goes on. Actually, I'll start now - has anyone used a double headstay for wing on wing jibs, and if so, how did you set it up? Mike Barnetthttp://claritysailingadventures@wordpress.com