Thank you. I'll give that a try dale -----Original Message----- From: William B. Riker <wriker@mindspring.com> To: 'For and about Montgomery Sailboats' <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 19:57:29 -0400 Subject: RE: M_Boats: Battens Dale, I made a set for a friend's 32' boat one weekend when he had left his at home, 250 miles away. I just measured the batten pockets in the sail, bought some lattice (batten) stock at the lumber yard, cut and sanded to fit. They worked fine. Bill Riker M15 - #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+wriker=mindspring.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+wriker=mindspring.com@mailman.xmission.c om] On Behalf Of NummiJ@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 11:43 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: Battens I need to replace the battens in my M17 main. I got the boat from the insurance company for salvage but she is seaworthy now. I cannot find a sample to get three more battens. What size battens do M17's have in general or point me in the right direction to get the right ones? Dale Superior Sal M17 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.

The elastic is shot. I will have to get the sail to a shop but in the mean time I did what you said, seam to be fine. thanks dale -----Original Message----- From: jerry <jerry@jerrymontgomery.org> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 08:56:01 -0700 Subject: Re: M_Boats: Battens Measure the batten pockets on the sail! Asssuming they have elastic keepers, allow for them. Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <NummiJ@aol.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:42 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Battens

I need to replace the battens in my M17 main. I got the boat from the insurance company for salvage but she is seaworthy now. I cannot find a sample to get three more battens. What size battens do M17's have in general or point me in the right direction to get the right ones? Dale Superior Sal M17

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