To all my Monty colleagues "Festina Lente"! Make haste, slowly, the art of sailing. There is also an aesthetic appeal which our Monty's satisfy. Ultra modern sailing machines are interesting engineering exercises but usually they are ugly. Rimas Aukstuolis M-15 Lake Erie On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 12:14 PM <casioqv@usermail.com> wrote:
I agree, I don't think it's necessary to have a full rowing station on an M boat for R2AK. Special sails for extreme light winds, a sculling or SUP oar, and some kind of dinghy that can tow would all be fine IMO. A full batten main with a preventer and a nylon 'windseeker' jib will ghost along an M boat at about rowing speeds even when there seems to be zero wind. There is never really zero wind if the sun is up and there is a shoreline nearby, there is always a thermal heating gradient causing light winds near the shoreline.
I once rowed my M15 several miles with a canoe oar, sitting high up on a pile of PFDs and my feet down in the cockpit locker, and it was fine, I felt I could cover distance that way if absolutely necessary.
Sincerely, Tyler Sage 17 #0 Goshawk
----- Original Message ----- From: tdelacy@wavecable.com To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com>, "scoobscobie" < scoobscobie@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 7:48:41 PM Subject: M_Boats: Re: R2AK
I concur with Dave.
After completing the 70/48 twice in my 17 foot kayak, my bucket list now includes completing stage 1 of the R2AK, Port Townsend to Victoria in my other 17 foot boat.
However, after all the refurbishment effort, I am not putting oars on my M17. If Lynn and Larry Pardey could figure out how to push Seraffyn with a sculling oar, maybe I could figure out how to push my M17 with a similar device. Could always use the dingy to pull the boat into Victoria harbor. The advantage of only doing stage 1, if the weather is terrible, I hang out Siren's pub in Port Townsend drink a beer and go home, if the wind fails and I don't arrive in Victoria on time, nothing lost. When the wind picks up after the allowed time has past, return to Port Townsend and Siren's still seems like a good fall back.
The best part about the adventure races is the comradery (sp?). There are those looking to win and those looking for the adventure. I think it was the Noddy Scamp crew that captured the spirit of the adventure that I want to emulate. Neat people that chatted with everybody dockside when they participated in R2AK's stage 1 a couple of years back.
Tim de Lacy M17 hull #333