I've been working on this project for awhile and I thought I'd showoff with a few pictures. Basically it is a folding dinghy that folds down to 46" long and about 8" thick that fits across the transom of the M15. Takes about 5 minutes to assemble and faster to take down, but I'm working to try and improve that. It's still a work in progress, but I've taken it out a few times.
Very cool! How are the joints sealed? Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 9:48 PM, Lawrence Winiarski via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote: I've been working on this project for awhile and I thought I'd showoff with a few pictures. Basically it is a folding dinghy that folds down to 46" long and about 8" thick that fits across the transom of the M15. Takes about 5 minutes to assemble and faster to take down, but I'm working to try and improve that. It's still a work in progress, but I've taken it out a few times.
The joints are just waterproof fabric, glued to the wood. On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 07:02:30 PM PDT, Don Bryson <dbryson59@yahoo.com> wrote: Very cool! How are the joints sealed? Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 9:48 PM, Lawrence Winiarski via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote: I've been working on this project for awhile and I thought I'd showoff with a few pictures. Basically it is a folding dinghy that folds down to 46" long and about 8" thick that fits across the transom of the M15. Takes about 5 minutes to assemble and faster to take down, but I'm working to try and improve that. It's still a work in progress, but I've taken it out a few times.
Very nice! On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 6:48 PM Lawrence Winiarski via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
I've been working on this project for awhile and I thought I'd showoff with a few pictures. Basically it is a folding dinghy that folds down to 46" long and about 8" thick that fits across the transom of the M15. Takes about 5 minutes to assemble and faster to take down, but I'm working to try and improve that.
It's still a work in progress, but I've taken it out a few times.
Cool... You're ahead of me on a somewhat similar project, I'm going to build an Origami: https://www.woodenwidget.com/origami.htm ...the shorter 6 ft. version, though I might add a little length to it, half a foot or so. Have all the wood, and the plans, need to get the fabric, and, project is stalled out due to other priorities for a while. Speaking of boats...pulling M17 "Pajarita" out of Siltcoos lake tomorrow for the winter, had a pretty good bunch of sailing later summer and fall! cheers, John On 11/2/22 18:47, Lawrence Winiarski via montgomery_boats wrote:
I've been working on this project for awhile and I thought I'd showoff with a few pictures. Basically it is a folding dinghy that folds down to 46" long and about 8" thick that fits across the transom of the M15. Takes about 5 minutes to assemble and faster to take down, but I'm working to try and improve that.
It's still a work in progress, but I've taken it out a few times.
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Really cool to see this discussion on here! I have long been wanting to custom scale a woodenwidget design to stow inside of an M15, but haven't done it yet. Seems like a really great project. Recently I have taken up paddle boarding, and am considering using an inflatable SUP as a dinghy for my M15 for a while. I have been able to transport myself plus a passenger in calm conditions. Sincerely, Tyler '81 M15 #157 S/V Defiant ----- Original Message ----- From: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Cc: "john" <john@eco-living.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 7:58:30 PM Subject: M_Boats: Re: My folding dinghy for the M15 Cool... You're ahead of me on a somewhat similar project, I'm going to build an Origami: https://www.woodenwidget.com/origami.htm ...the shorter 6 ft. version, though I might add a little length to it, half a foot or so. Have all the wood, and the plans, need to get the fabric, and, project is stalled out due to other priorities for a while. Speaking of boats...pulling M17 "Pajarita" out of Siltcoos lake tomorrow for the winter, had a pretty good bunch of sailing later summer and fall! cheers, John On 11/2/22 18:47, Lawrence Winiarski via montgomery_boats wrote:
I've been working on this project for awhile and I thought I'd showoff with a few pictures. Basically it is a folding dinghy that folds down to 46" long and about 8" thick that fits across the transom of the M15. Takes about 5 minutes to assemble and faster to take down, but I'm working to try and improve that.
It's still a work in progress, but I've taken it out a few times.
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
Yeah, I really designed mine to custom fit in the cockpit of the m15 (across the seats, but behind the lockers. That limited me in size to about 46" x 18" so it wouldn't get in the way and I could still open the lockers. So I had to make it fold a little more complicated than the woodenwidget. I think it's about 88" long unfolded and about 40" wide at the midsection. It's pretty compact, folded as you can see in the first picture. On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 08:24:21 PM PDT, casioqv@usermail.com <casioqv@usermail.com> wrote: Really cool to see this discussion on here! I have long been wanting to custom scale a woodenwidget design to stow inside of an M15, but haven't done it yet. Seems like a really great project. Recently I have taken up paddle boarding, and am considering using an inflatable SUP as a dinghy for my M15 for a while. I have been able to transport myself plus a passenger in calm conditions. Sincerely, Tyler '81 M15 #157 S/V Defiant ----- Original Message ----- From: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Cc: "john" <john@eco-living.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 7:58:30 PM Subject: M_Boats: Re: My folding dinghy for the M15 Cool... You're ahead of me on a somewhat similar project, I'm going to build an Origami: https://www.woodenwidget.com/origami.htm ...the shorter 6 ft. version, though I might add a little length to it, half a foot or so. Have all the wood, and the plans, need to get the fabric, and, project is stalled out due to other priorities for a while. Speaking of boats...pulling M17 "Pajarita" out of Siltcoos lake tomorrow for the winter, had a pretty good bunch of sailing later summer and fall! cheers, John On 11/2/22 18:47, Lawrence Winiarski via montgomery_boats wrote:
I've been working on this project for awhile and I thought I'd showoff with a few pictures. Basically it is a folding dinghy that folds down to 46" long and about 8" thick that fits across the transom of the M15. Takes about 5 minutes to assemble and faster to take down, but I'm working to try and improve that.
It's still a work in progress, but I've taken it out a few times.
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
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