Hi Steve ans Carla Welcome. I'm a new M-15 Owner too (#620 "Sweet Dream"). I hope you enjoy your new boat like I am enjoying mine. Did you get the new Bimini top and boarding ladder? The M-15 is very easy to rig, tow,launch, and single-hand which makes it easy to get into the water. There's a whole "trailersailor" mindset around sailing and experiencing many new areas so Sweet Dream will live on her trailer. (She does go 70 MPH close-hauled!) Here's what I've done to date to get the "Sweet Dream" ready to sail. A 2 HP Honda 4-stroke with a mount lock to keep it from walking off at the ramp. A spare tire on the trailer and a trailer strap. A Thetford 135 portapotti. I put indoor-outdoor carpet in the storage lockers to keep stuff from rattling around. I added an extra cleat to secure the centerboard lanyard (I don't trust camcleats) I added a 24" long tiller extension and a homemasde tiller tamer. I added reefing lines to the main. I ran a bungie along the boom through several eyes with hooks on the opposite side to help furl the mainsail and added another slot stop. I leave the main stowed on the boom which helps setting up. I added telltails to the shrouds. I use a short line at the bow cleat to attach the jib halyard to when raising the mast. I cleat off the jib halyard and go forward to attach the forestay. I leave the side stays attached. This make raising the mast quick and simple. I've still got a lot to do: bow chocks, running lights, VHF, Compass, bilge Pump, extra floatation, a storm jib and a drifter and I'm working on storage. I've learned with the new Pacific trailer that if you back down til the fenders are about 1" below the water that the boat just floats on and off easy as pie. Let us know how you're doing and send some pictures. Fair winds Don and Nancy Ludlow -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-request@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-request@mailman.xmission.com] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 5:09 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 6, Issue 8 Send montgomery_boats mailing list submissions to montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to montgomery_boats-request@mailman.xmission.com You can reach the person managing the list at montgomery_boats-owner@mailman.xmission.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of montgomery_boats digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Anchor Storage (Ludlow, Don) 2. Re: RE: Photos of the Key West Trip (Doug Kelch) 3. RE: Anchor Storage (Bill Riker) 4. New M15 "Cadenza" (Stephen Martin) 5. Re: New M15 "Cadenza" (chbenneck@juno.com) 6. Re: New M15 "Cadenza" (Maria Jorge) 7. Re: North Channel, Lake Huron (Stanley Winarski) 8. Some M17 Questions (Smith, Tom) 9. Re: Some M17 Questions (n9ca) 10. Re: Some M17 Questions (Richard Cottrell) Hi Folks: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:56:00 -0500 From: "Ludlow, Don" <LudlowD@BEK.com> Subject: M_Boats: Anchor Storage To: "'montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com'" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <6BA6B6935520D31195940000C91B62C5020DE678@mobnt1.bek.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Folks I'm stll rigging my M-15 "Sweet Dream" and have loads of questions. some of this has probably been covered before but here goes: 1. Anchor storage: I've got a 9# Danforth forward under the v bunk and a 4.4 Claw in the port locker. Problem is, easing into an anchorage, there isn't a lot of time to get the anchors out and having them in the cockpit, they are unfoot. I've thought of hanging the Danforth from the bow pulpit and tiing a knapsack to the boarding ladder with the lunch hook. Is there a better way. 2. Battery location: where is the best place: 3. Mast head light. Is one of the three way tri-colors the best. 4. Rod holder. I've worked up a bracket that clamps to the motor mount bu there must be a better way Thats all for now. Thanks in advance. Don Ludlow ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:40:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Kelch <doug_kelch@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: RE: Photos of the Key West Trip To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <20030815214056.25072.qmail@web13508.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Glad you like the photos. It site I used is public and free so ifyou would like to post some photos of Your boat I would like to see them. Unfortunately I did not make it to the Dry Tortugas. Maybe next time but I really enjoyed the mangrove islands and snorkeling reefs west of Key West. Thanks Doug Kelch "Seas the Day" --- "Ludlow, Don" <LudlowD@BEK.com> wrote:

Doug: Very cool photos. One shot was printed in the last issue of SCA. Did you make it all the way to the Dry Tortugas? Don Ludlow

__________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 09:43:38 -0400 From: "Bill Riker" <wriker@mindspring.com> Subject: RE: M_Boats: Anchor Storage To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <001b01c363fc$6766bac0$0480bc3f@oemcomputer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Don, I keep my 4.4 claw in a shallow cockpit locker with a few feet of chain and 150' of 1/4" rode. And there is room for a 1-gal fuel container. Bill Riker M-15 #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Ludlow, Don Sent: August 15, 2003 3:56 PM To: 'montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com' Subject: M_Boats: Anchor Storage Hi Folks I'm stll rigging my M-15 "Sweet Dream" and have loads of questions. some of this has probably been covered before but here goes: 1. Anchor storage: I've got a 9# Danforth forward under the v bunk and a 4.4 Claw in the port locker. Problem is, easing into an anchorage, there isn't a lot of time to get the anchors out and having them in the cockpit, they are unfoot. I've thought of hanging the Danforth from the bow pulpit and tiing a knapsack to the boarding ladder with the lunch hook. Is there a better way. 2. Battery location: where is the best place: 3. Mast head light. Is one of the three way tri-colors the best. 4. Rod holder. I've worked up a bracket that clamps to the motor mount bu there must be a better way Thats all for now. Thanks in advance. Don Ludlow _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:58:00 +0000 From: "Stephen Martin" <cadenzaboat@hotmail.com> Subject: M_Boats: New M15 "Cadenza" To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Message-ID: <Law9-F69kpTSFEY7iBP0005fd13@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/private/montgomery_boats/attachm ents/20030816/0fdbd730/attachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:31:20 -0400 From: chbenneck@juno.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: New M15 "Cadenza" To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Message-ID: <20030817.123121.1968.2.chbenneck@juno.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Carla and Steve, Welcome to the Montgomery clan. May you have many joyous sails with your M15. The M15 will open a whole new world for you. Mine goes 70 MPH to windward up the Interstate: operating costs go to 0 when you aren't using it; all the ship ornamentation that owners apply, suddenly are small dollar items, and not megabuck expenditures; and you can be sailing 300 miles away in a matter of a few driving hours, not a week of slogging to windward to get there. Enjoy! Connie M15 #400 LEPPO ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 14:40:44 -0400 From: "Maria Jorge" <mcjorge@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: M_Boats: New M15 "Cadenza" To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <005101c364ef$118b2980$fafb3fd0@default> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Steve and Carla: Congratulations on your new boat. I also downsized from a bigger boat. I've been working on my M-17 and hope to get her in the water by Columbus Day. I am in Miami so perhaps we can get together some time. Let me know if I can help in any way. Maria Jorge ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Martin To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 4:58 PM Subject: M_Boats: New M15 "Cadenza" Just wanted to say hi and introduce ourselves to the members of the list. We're Steve and Carla Martin and our new M15 "Cadenza", hull number 619, has just arrived here in Vero Beach, FL. It has been great reading the list while waiting for our boat to arrive. I've learned a lot from the list and the website but will probably have a few more questions now that the boat is actually here. We've lived and cruised aboard larger boats for the last four years, but are now looking forward to the fun and mobility of a small trailerable sailboat. Steve and Carla Martin M15 "Cadenza" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats