I think we have the same boxes for under the q-berths Joe. We also keep the WM companionway and hatch bugscreens in boxes in there and some other soft items to conform to the space as it wedges up the side of the hull. I still have my former hard plastic toolbox for most tools. It has a great gasket seal on it and has been great on 3 boats now. It slids under the cockpit below the companionway. One thing I did learn from the seller of the M-17 is to use a soft sided tool bag for rigging and take down tools. It is easy to take along the deck and contains the ball bungees, velcro straps and zip ties for containing the standing rigging. Also the mast tie down straps for forward winchpost and rudder crutches. I keep a socket and a small adjustable sized for the mast step bolt, and another small adjustable already closed up to fit the flat above the forestay turnbuckle. The end of the other adj. wrench put through the turn buckle tightens or loosens as required. A pair of side cutters to snip zip ties when setting up. The previous owner used 18" lengths of foam pipe insulation over each set of side shroud turn buckles, held on with zip ties. Keeps the turnbuckles from rattling against the side of the cabin. Also zipped up the safety chain at the bow to keep the chain from rattling and scratching the stem. I just work from bow to stern on the deck of the boat, grabbing what I need from the soft bag beside me, and thinking about what I am doing so I don't have to retrace my steps (too many times!!). The time to rig or take down and pack up is getting shorter now after 3 weekends of it. So I guess I can still learn okay. We had a great 2 days sailing on Sat and Sun on west end of Lake Ontario. The weather buoy showed Sun with 15knots of sustained with max gust up to 19knots. It was fun. The M17 feels so good and stable and stiff. Going to windward was great. There was a bit of a fetch, so at the end of the day, we were bucking up and down when head to wind lowering the sails. The prop was coming out on every 2nd or third wave. We have hank on headsails so Julie was having a good time up there. Next job is to rig a jib downhaul coming aft. Bill Wickett M17 #622 On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Joe Murphy <seagray@embarqmail.com> wrote:
I was lucky enough to find a couple of Tupperware rectangular boxes that were a little smaller than a shoe box. They fit perfectly in either the starboard or port side cabin locker under the quarter berths. These boxes are water tight and after 7 years on a boat I have 0 rust on any of the tools. This past spring I took all the tools out and spread them out and sprayed them with WD-40, wiped them down and put them back in the box. I reduced the number of tools I needed going from a NS 27 to my current M17. I tried to do the same thing that Connie recommended. I went all over the boat fitting the right tool for evey fastener I could find. It was a nice way to go through a six-pack. I used another Tupperware box to put all my FirstAid stuff in. No more soggy bandaids. That's my 2 cents. Joe
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Smith" <openboatt@gmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 4:27 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: More newbie questions...Cruising storage solutions?
My 2 cents is use a bag rather than a hard box for tools. Outfits
like Home Depot and Lowe's sell them pretty cheap. They are easy to stow and don't slide around like hard sided boxes. I keep a couple of those little plastic boxes with little compartments for stuff like cotter keys and rings and clevis pins and stuff. t
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