Nothing really to be afraid of. When I drill a hole in the coach roof I start with a 3/8" hole. Then I put a roofing nail in my drill and rout out the wood. What I'm trying to acheive is a 3/8" hole in the top and bottom fiberglass with about a 7/8" of the wood all routed out. I put some tape underneath and pour in two part Westsystem epoxy. When it hardens drill a hole the size of the bolt; lather it up with BoatCaulk, NOT 5200!! Sounds like overkill but to me it's worth it. You can get sample sizes of the 2 part WestSystem. One sample size was enough for me to fill the holes for the turning block and the Spinlock camcleat. Joe M17 Seafrog #651 ----- Original Message ----- From: Mitch Carnes To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 10:55 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Running halyards to cockpit I see a block attached to the mast base in this picture..... I like that idea! Can you expound on how you did that? I find drilling holes in boats fraught with peril. After all, "what is a hole in a boat? A place where water gets in!" Besides, I can barely bring myself to consider punching a hole in Bob's fine artwork. I plan on avoiding it where ever possible, --- On Mon, 3/22/10, Joe Murphy <seagray@embarqmail.com> wrote: From: Joe Murphy <seagray@embarqmail.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Running halyards to cockpit To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 12:24 AM Putting on the 3 coats of expoxy barrier paint was fun .....right along afterwards with the three coats of ablative bottom paint........damn wrinkles!!!! I get to do it again next week. Yahoo!! Joe Seafrog ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob From California To: Monty Listserver Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 7:42 PM Subject: M_Boats: Running halyards to cockpit Everyone....Joe sent me some photos of his set up and I posted them on Trailersailor.com. Thanks Joe....!! Here take a look. And one of Joe doing the barrier coat on the bottom of SEAFROG..! http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/montgomery/index.cgi/read/1183 Fair winds. Bob Eeg. (949) 489-8227
From: seagray@embarqmail.com To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:33:28 -0400 Subject: Re: M_Boats: Running halyards to cockpit
I've run my halyard back to the cockpit. I used a single block mounted to the coach roof and turned it back to a spinlock jamb. It works real well. I've been very happy with it. I have a CDI furler so I don't use the jib halyard. If I can figure out how to send pictures, I will. I mounted all my reefing hardware and lines on the boom which has been very simple and easy to use. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: Mitch Carnes To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 10:35 AM Subject: M_Boats: Running halyards to cockpit
Has anyone run their halyards aft on their M17? I'd intended to use a pair of double pulley deck organizers to make the turn aft but am finding they fit awkwardly between the hand rails and hatch slides on the cabin roof. I'm thinking I have room for only a single cheek block on each side of the cabin roof. I had hoped to run halyards and reefing lines to the cockpit. I'm now thinking maybe I'll only run the Halyards back, and put the reefing line on the boom. Any input? I also think if I do boom mounted reefing line I might use a hook on a line turning through a cheek block to a cleat on the boom. Mitch M17 656 Grace. _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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