You can tow with a dinghy ... one of this year's participants is doing that with his 25+ foot boat! The M17, Sage 17 and M15 are race proven - an M17 finished each if the past three years and a Sage 17 (me) and M15 did leg one the first running in 2015. The 17s that went to Alaska used oars on outriggers with a sliding seat. Look for Team Excellent Adventure for photos of the system Bill created and used for '15, '16 and leg one '17; and a similar varient used by the Canadian guys (forgetting their team name) in '17. The only weak link in the M17 was the Ruddercraft rudder ... broke TWICE in '15! An HDPE rudder is weak and prone to snapping under load (many Potter 19s have broken their RC rudders - HDPE is also prone to warping - all I've seen are warped). The solid mahogany (slide up/down style) have performed flawlessly in 2016 and 2017. Sweet Pea needs new sails - they are bags. Her sailing performance is less than steller as a result and driving me nuts! :: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com On Wed, Jun 20, 2018, 4:54 PM John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Hmmm...loan me your boat next year? ;-) ;-)
I have contemplated R2AK for a few years down the line. Just as an adventure, my M-17 is not gonna be an early finisher. Gotta get my boat more dialed in and more experience with it and do some learning-cruising up in that area first. And probably find some other adventurer who's up for crewing.
I will be experimenting with sculling propulsion at some point this season, bought a Scullmatix(R) from Duckworks. More on that when it happens.
Also...is there any rule in R2AK against towing one's boat using one's dinghy?
cheers, John
On 06/20/2018 04:09 PM, jerry@jerrymontgomery.org wrote:
I'd love to do it in my Sage, John, but I'm just too damned old. I'll be 78 by the time the race is over!
-----Original Message----- From: John Schinnerer Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 3:50 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: R2AK?
It's in progress - here's the tracker: http://tracker.r2ak.com/
Here's the main site: https://r2ak.com/
Don't see any Montys (or is it Monties? :-) in the full race this year. There is a Balboa 20 though (same hull as Ensenada 20 I owned for a few years). None in Proving Ground either. Resting up for next year are we? ;-)
cheers, John
On 06/20/2018 03:33 PM, Steve Trapp wrote:
Does anyone know what is happening with R2AK? Steve M-15 # 335
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