Monty Pals: Wonderful sail yesterday at Tomales. Blowing about 15 knots. I had a single reef in the main, and maybe could have used another, but the boat just handles great. On occasion got her healed 30 degrees, and she stiffened right up. Making speed of 5.0-5.1 knots most of the time. Fun. I'm learning this boat gradually. But, I had to swap out my Fulton trailer jack that froze with another Fulton jack that came with the boat. It works poorly also. I have had similar bad experience with these jacks with my other boats. Problem is, I dunk the whole thing in the salt water when launching. No way around that. So, I am going to replace the current jack with another one. Thoughts here? Who has something that can survive, or at least is easy to service? I do need the wheel to roll the thing around, so the vertical ones without a wheel won't work for me. Daniel M15 #208 "Kestrel"
Dan: I used to go sailing with my best buddy and when we got the boat out of salt water we looked for the closest fresh water lake and dunked the boat/trailer and let it sit for a minute. NO RUST or corrosion. simple solution. google and see if you can find fresh water launch near your salt water hangouts. Lou --- On Mon, 6/27/11, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote: From: Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> Subject: M_Boats: Trailer Jacks To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 11:51 AM Monty Pals: Wonderful sail yesterday at Tomales. Blowing about 15 knots. I had a single reef in the main, and maybe could have used another, but the boat just handles great. On occasion got her healed 30 degrees, and she stiffened right up. Making speed of 5.0-5.1 knots most of the time. Fun. I'm learning this boat gradually. But, I had to swap out my Fulton trailer jack that froze with another Fulton jack that came with the boat. It works poorly also. I have had similar bad experience with these jacks with my other boats. Problem is, I dunk the whole thing in the salt water when launching. No way around that. So, I am going to replace the current jack with another one. Thoughts here? Who has something that can survive, or at least is easy to service? I do need the wheel to roll the thing around, so the vertical ones without a wheel won't work for me. Daniel M15 #208 "Kestrel" _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats When posting, remember that there is no privacy on the Internet!
I seem to be spending far more time dry docked with my M-15 but here is my suggestion on the jack. I paid extra to get a jack that was galvanized and has a zerc grease fitting near the top. Get a small grease gun, pump in some grease, done. ----Larry with an old 1981 hull that will never be perfect. It's always something. -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Rich Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 9:51 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: Trailer Jacks Monty Pals: Wonderful sail yesterday at Tomales. Blowing about 15 knots. I had a single reef in the main, and maybe could have used another, but the boat just handles great. On occasion got her healed 30 degrees, and she stiffened right up. Making speed of 5.0-5.1 knots most of the time. Fun. I'm learning this boat gradually. But, I had to swap out my Fulton trailer jack that froze with another Fulton jack that came with the boat. It works poorly also. I have had similar bad experience with these jacks with my other boats. Problem is, I dunk the whole thing in the salt water when launching. No way around that. So, I am going to replace the current jack with another one. Thoughts here? Who has something that can survive, or at least is easy to service? I do need the wheel to roll the thing around, so the vertical ones without a wheel won't work for me. Daniel M15 #208 "Kestrel" _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats When posting, remember that there is no privacy on the Internet!
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Louis Remmers