Hi Philip...congrats....you might consider a kick up rudder from RudderCraft. You will probably have to call Joel (the owner) and give him the dimensions between your Gudgeons. Here is the LINK: http://www.idasailor.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=45&products_id=466 Have fun Bob Montgomeryboats.com (949) 489-8227
From: seable@lava.net To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:32:20 -1000 Subject: M_Boats: I'm an M17 Virgin; but I like her already! A LOT!
Howzit?
MMPI 7422HO91 is my new love; but she’s been more neglected than abused.
Not quite a “barn find” she sat in the weeds for a good 6 years, long enough under a mango tree to start a couple of mango trees in the cockpit, rooting under the teak grate! Might she be that notorious vessel who sailed here from there? I haven’t yet heard from another, at least not from Craigslist queries.
I acquired her on a “new” trailer but have paper to trace her back to first sale & shipping from a dealer in Sacramento, CA to Honolulu, HI in ‘92.
May I ask: (as a professional boatbuilder)
Is there more to be gleaned from her tattoo beyond her age?
She’s pretty much undamaged forward of the 3-pintle rudder. Given the inevitability of C/B bumpers in our neighborhood, I’m prompted to modify the mahogany rudder remnant.
Might even be a prize for the best “kick-up” suggestion!
Mahalo Plenty, AloooHa,
Philipp @ SE’ABLE