Sal, et,al I dearly love the Moore 24 - and remember on the '98 Windjammer (SF to Santa Cruz) off Ano Nuevo, just short of flying, dusk in the west, a big moon rising over the bluffs and a school of dolphin, the leaders leaping across our bow, trying to keep up but not quite succeeding as we were doing 19-21 knots on the GPS! It was surely one of the finest thirty minutes I have ever spent on land or sea - all of us, our hearts in our throats and grinning ear to ear. The spell ended when we punched a roller and took a foot of water over the decks. Yes, great boat, but uncomfortable enough to make an M-15 feel like a king bed at the Ritz-Carlton. I am NOT an expert on sails or sailmakers. With that caveat, I was very pleased with Elliot Pattison sails at www.epsails.com/ . If I am not mistaken, they still provide Bob Eeg with the sails for new M-15s, and maybe the 17. Consequently, they were easy to order with only one or two confirmations. They arrived in about two and a half weeks which was very nice. I ordered a bolt rope luff and loose foot, w/ single reef pt. for the main along with the 'storm jib'. They arrived as ordered with three or four more bronze hanks on the jib than I had on the old Kern sail that IOTA came to me with. The main came with nice batten pockets and battens and three tie down points between the reef eyes at luff and leech. It was a pleasure working with Harry Pattison on the phone. The price was just a little more than what FXsails would charge for equivalent ones and they are made at the loft in San Diego instead of somewhere in Asia, which seems the good thing to do in our current economy. Mine were white, but he also can make them in tanbark for a little extra. I will be on the water the next two weekends and can report on my sailplan then. I'm disappointed Jerry won't be at the Cruiser Challenge but hope a few other Mboats will show. It should be good fun for all that do.
Just another plug for Elliot / Pattison. I had them make a spinniker for my P-19 and a genoa, spinniker, and storm jib for my M-17. Great service and even with a rush order. And I later learned they squeezed my order in even as they were making a full set of sails for Ragtime in preperation for some major races all over the world! My dad has been dealing with them for many years and they are great to work with. One correction, the loft is in Newport Beach Ca not San Diego, and they do make all the sails for Bob for all the M boats. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Reimer" <blkreimer@yahoo.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 8:55 PM Subject: M_Boats: proper sail selection Sal, et,al I dearly love the Moore 24 - and remember on the '98 Windjammer (SF to Santa Cruz) off Ano Nuevo, just short of flying, dusk in the west, a big moon rising over the bluffs and a school of dolphin, the leaders leaping across our bow, trying to keep up but not quite succeeding as we were doing 19-21 knots on the GPS! It was surely one of the finest thirty minutes I have ever spent on land or sea - all of us, our hearts in our throats and grinning ear to ear. The spell ended when we punched a roller and took a foot of water over the decks. Yes, great boat, but uncomfortable enough to make an M-15 feel like a king bed at the Ritz-Carlton. I am NOT an expert on sails or sailmakers. With that caveat, I was very pleased with Elliot Pattison sails at www.epsails.com/ . If I am not mistaken, they still provide Bob Eeg with the sails for new M-15s, and maybe the 17. Consequently, they were easy to order with only one or two confirmations. They arrived in about two and a half weeks which was very nice. I ordered a bolt rope luff and loose foot, w/ single reef pt. for the main along with the 'storm jib'. They arrived as ordered with three or four more bronze hanks on the jib than I had on the old Kern sail that IOTA came to me with. The main came with nice batten pockets and battens and three tie down points between the reef eyes at luff and leech. It was a pleasure working with Harry Pattison on the phone. The price was just a little more than what FXsails would charge for equivalent ones and they are made at the loft in San Diego instead of somewhere in Asia, which seems the good thing to do in our current economy. Mine were white, but he also can make them in tanbark for a little extra. I will be on the water the next two weekends and can report on my sailplan then. I'm disappointed Jerry won't be at the Cruiser Challenge but hope a few other Mboats will show. It should be good fun for all that do. _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.387 / Virus Database: 270.13.13/2236 - Release Date: 07/13/09 17:57:00
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