Follow the glorious Montgomery boats on the tracker: http://tracker.r2ak.com/ A post from team Excellent Adventure, one of the two M17s (and a Ketchikan finisher the past two years, but apparently only doing the first leg this year) indicates some of why boats are all the heck over the place at this time after the first stage start, and their own particular tactics. Borne out by the windicators in the tracker...it's blowing pretty hard out in the strait, more so closer to the finish line. The other M17, team Rush Aweigh, is hanging out just off the spit at Dungeness. One of the kayaks, and the pair of SUPs, are on shore at the spit. Excellent Adventure is presumably using the same oar rig as the first two years. Not sure what Rush Aweigh is doing about that. cheers, John S. On 06/08/2017 05:00 PM, Steve Trapp wrote:
Dave, Was good to meet you and see the Sage Cat at R2AK yesterday. Noticed also there are other M-boats in the R2AK, but I didn't see oar locks on them, hope they get fair winds for the 750 miles to Alaska. Hope they got off O K when the starting gun was fired at 5:00 AM today. Steve M-15 # 335
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Scobie Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 11:15 AM To: bkurlancheek@gmail.com ; For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: trailering M15 while battery is strapped onto boatbottom
Brad:
did you make a supporting mount that the battery boxes, and the containing batteries, are attached? ie, how are the batteries strapped down?
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On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 12:05 PM, brad kurlancheek <bkurlancheek@gmail.com> wrote:
this may be a dumb question, but where else to ask but here...
am contemplating trailering my 2009 M15, with two 12 volt car type batteries (about 20 pounds each), strapped into their compartments, under the cabin storage panel, placed onto the boat bottom
it'll be mostly highway travel, but i don't know how strong the boat bottom is, and my first thought is that to do so is a dumb idea and may cause damage to the boat bottom, and its just better to have the batteries in the towing vehicle
thanks for any thoughts on the matter!
- brad
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