Jerry, Thanks for the tip. I have the CDI furler. Any suggestions on how to deploy the storm jib??? Thks, Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: jerry montgomery To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:32 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M17 Storm Sails Joe- the storm jib is on the sailplan, which Harry and judy have. It's pretty small but works great. You can sail upwind with the storm jib and a single-reefed main in a 25 knot wind and point hi and go like crazy. jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Murphy" <seagray@embarqmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:58 PM Subject: M_Boats: M17 Storm Sails Does anyone have a storm sail? If so, where did you get it and how much did you pay for it? How do you fly it? Do you have a separate track? Boy, that sounds pretty nosey of me. Thanks Joe SeaFrog ----- Original Message ----- From: W David Scobie To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 4:23 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M15 Foresail Size?? the jib currently made by Elliot/Pattison Sailmakers for the M15 is 128%. get a jib the size that E/P is now making. for your quoted wind speeds, as you stated, a second reef point is nice insurance. in my opinion (IMO) you should tuck in a second reef when the wind goes about 17/18 knots on the M15. once the wind gets above the low-ish 20s you need a smaller jib. :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com :: Sage Marine - www.sagemarine.com --- On Thu, 3/29/12, Jeffrey Johnston <frjeff@gmail.com> wrote: > > If I'm to order new main and jib for > my Monty 15 (which I'm likely to do > soon): > > What size range (100%, 110%, 120%, etc) jib makes the most > sense. I believe > the boat came standard with a 100%. I can only afford one > jib at present. > > My sailing will be primarily near shore Great Lakes (Lake > Huron, Tawas Bay, > North Channel, Georgian Bay) and smaller inland lakes. I'm > guessing my > winds typically to be 5-18 MPH. My main will have two > reefs. > > Thanks for any and all advice. > > > *Jeff+* > Molōn labe! > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 6334 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message