Richard, A friend of mine here in Rockport, Tx. is putting together an M17. He got it cheap but it is missing several important parts. Your offer of the rudder and tiller is quite timely. I would be glad to forward you the cash to pack and ship your old rudder. Tom B On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Richard Everett <1.064um@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi again everyone. We have made our way through Georgia and after looking at some rather crowded options for RV parks on the gulf in Florida, we decided to rent a 2bd house in Carrabelle for a month! The house is only a couple of blocks from Moorings of Carrabelle marina on the mouth of the Carrabelle river as it dumps out into the gulf. I think we will put our M17 in there so we can sail and fish around Dog Island/St. George Island whenever we want. I have been eyeing the discussion of keeping a M17 in salt water so maybe we will haul it out every week to spray it off.
Anyway, if any of you are in that area for the month of October/early November and want to pair up for sailing, it would be a blast.
Also, we have on order a folding rudder from Ruddercraft and so our wooden original rudder (2005 M17) and tiller will be available for free. It is in good condition (can take pics) but we just don't have room in our RV to haul it around once we get the folding rudder. If you want it shipped, you have to pay for packing and all shipping charges.
The last lake we sailed on (Lake Blackshear in Georgia) was quite shallow at the shore and we had to totally remove the wooden rudder in order to beach our boat every time. That was the final straw to push me to get a folding rudder.
Rick and Debora M17 #635 Eidolon