When ours came down it was it ripped the step right off and created a hole in the top of the boat. I felt bad because I was the one who adjusted the turn buckles after stepping the mast that day. My buddy first thought his boat was broken beyond repair, but we fixed it all up and it looks just fine. He has the kind of turn buckles that you can't tell how much thread you have in it. So we now carefully count the number of turns on each side and wire them together. lesson learned. Regards, Ron M17 675 ________________________________ From: George Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com> To: 'For and about Montgomery Sailboats' <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 7:52 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Mast failure OUCH IS RIGHT I can relate had the port turnbuckle come loose and mast came down with boat in slip on 2nd day in water:-( Mast was not damaged so was able to raise mast and have now taped turnbuckles to prevent nuts backing out. Now check every time prior to and after sailing:-) George Merry Helen II M15 #602 'We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust our Sails' -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Tony Cox Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:26 PM To: Ronald McNeil; For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Mast failure Roger that Ron, not a fun day. Thanks Tony Cox M-17 294 On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Ronald McNeil <ronaldwmcneil@yahoo.com>wrote:
Och! That happened to us on my buddy's Windrose 18 last year. In our case both turnbuckles on the port side came undone one right after the other. Not a fun day.
Regards, Ron McNeil M17 675
________________________________ From: Tony Cox <cox.tjg@gmail.com> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 5:51 PM Subject: M_Boats: Mast failure
Unfortunately had mast failure today on my M-17. Portside lowerstay snapped at the speader, then it all came down. Need a new mast and should replace the standing rigging. Jerry, you out there? Where do you suggest I go?
Tony Cox M-17 #294