Nice job on the Monty Bob. What finish material did you use on your keel/hull? Did you have to polish it out later? Thanks, Larry hull # 189 (in need of lots of cosmetic help. I am doing many of the same things here in Sacramento) -----Original Message----- From: Bob Olson [mailto:bobo4u@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 7:20 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: OK, I think I'm ready to sail this thing... So, after two months of fixing and adding stuff to my new (old) Monty 15, I think I'm finally ready to put it in some water. For the curious (and picture hungry), here's a brief list of stuff that I did; -- Rebuilt delaminated centerboard -- Re-faired the keel -- fixed rotten core under mast step and bow cleat -- Fixed adjustable motor mount and added access port -- Built new hatchboards (thanks Rachel for your Starboard suggestion) -- Added Jib downhaul -- Did major clean up and ding repair -- refinished all the teak 'Course, I was in school full time, so it took awhile. ;-) Here's a link to a few shots. http://www.users.qwest.net/~bobo4u/monty_pix.html Wish I had had these available when I was trying to figure some of this stuff out. So, feel free to borrow. Anybody want to go sailing? I'm getting ((((((nervous)))))), but excited. --Bob Olson M-15 #219 "Sequel" P.S. I haven't been able to access the Funtigo site for months. Anybody having the same problem? Yes, I'm on a Mac. And yes, I've tried multiple browsers. The interesting thing is, I cna't even access Funtigo's home page. I think they need to change a couple of letters in their name! _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats