M17 #375's (april 1983 build) main sheet traveler is in the center of the cockpit.     dave scobie M17 #375 - sweet pea (http://www.m17-375.webs.com) M15 #288 - SCRED (for sale, http://www.freewebs.com/m15-named-sced   --- On Mon, 5/11/09, IdaSailor Marine <sailboats@idasailor.com> wrote: Tom, Tony, All apparently there is quite a difference in mainsheet location on the older vs. newer M17 models.  We've built dozens without an issue until I saw the messages on this list indicating. Tom, you don't need to saw anything off your tiller, simply give me a call and we'll build a new tiller to your desired length, in order to clear the mainsheet. Just measure from the butt end of the tiller you have on your new rudder to the length you would prefer and we'll send you the size you require. I would encourage owners to contact us with tiller length issues, rather than cutting off a tiller, we can easily build what you need, once we're aware that there is a length problem, give us a chance to make your life easier and exhibit good service to you. Not sure what year Montgomery moved the mainsheet aft, I will be talking with Bob E. sometime this week about a couple rudders for new builds and I'll ask him if he has info about that. Rest assured that we want to provide a drop-in, sail-away assembly and getting the tiller length right is part of that equation. I appreciate the feedback of our customers and info from this group to help us deliver better service to Montgomery owners. Any ideas, conjecture or theories about the mainsheet placement on various model year boats are welcome. Our rudder worksheet <http://www.idasailor.com/worksheets/transom_worksheet.html> asks for tiller length and we generally ask new customers to fill this worksheet out when booking a new order so that we can build the rudder assembly to fit a boat exactly. We'll make sure that we reiterate the tiller length requirement more stridently when booking future M17 Unifoil rudder orders. Thanks for all the help, -Joel Joel Santarone General Manager IdaSailor Marine Inc. www.idasailor.com 866-400-2204 toll free 208-375-2204 shop sailboats@idasailor.com