Norm: Welcome to the Montgomery enthusiasts! I think you will find that stepping the mast is little more than walking it up into place and securing the forestay (keep the two shrouds attached most of the time, and be sure they are attached before raising the mast). You can use the jib halyard to keep the mast up temporarily until you get the forestay attached. --Gary Hyde N24 'Sailabration' M15 #235 'Vanilla' On Nov 01, 2004, at 10:05 AM, nbundek wrote:

I just bought a 1981 Montgomery 15' hull number 172. I took it out of Channel Islands Harbor, CA harbor between Anacapa Island and the harbor this past Saturday and had a wonderful time. My boat is now in a Ventura Harbor dry slip. This will be my non trailerable water entry.

I have always been a power boater. Six months ago. I bought a sailing Hobie Outback which piqued my interest in real sailing. The Hobie experience changed my mind about sailing. Now, I want to take my Hobie behind me to the channel Islands for some exploring.

After reading every post, article and user group web sites, I settled on the Montgomery 15. I wanted a small first time boat, trailerable by a regular car, with some space inside and a head. This was the perfect boat as you already know. It seems to be sea worthy but needs some cosmetic work which I am looking forward to. I only need to figure out a way to raise the mast by myself and set up the sails for single sailing. Any suggestions?

Now I have to learn by doing since I've read just about every thing available.

If there are any Montgomery's in the Ventura area, please contact me to sail around the area.

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