Help!!! I am in the process of buying all the stuff necessay to fit a CDI furler to my M-17 "Little Breeze" (hull #265, Aug. 1977). At present, the boat is on the hard with the mast down. Measuring all the existing forestay fittings (swaged stay and tensioner) I came up with a pin to pin (masthead to deck plate) length of 22ft-9-3/8in. Originally, and as used for the last few years, the boat came with an adjustable forstay tensioner instead of a turnbuckle. How does that measurement compare to other M-17's and have they changed over the years......"Little Breeze" is a sweet 30 year old. Am I missing anything here and/or has anyone had problems with this conversion? Hangten---Arnold Sharpe
I got the CDI furler when I got Seafrog, my M17. Just follow the instructions that you need to read about a dozen times. At least I had to. The CDI is a flexible furler and it doesn't use the halyard to maintain the top end. When I got mine in the mail, it had about four extra feet of flexible foil. Measure, measure, measure. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arnold Sharpe" <afsharpe@mac.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 6:48 PM Subject: M_Boats: headstay
Help!!! I am in the process of buying all the stuff necessay to fit a CDI furler to my M-17 "Little Breeze" (hull #265, Aug. 1977). At present, the boat is on the hard with the mast down. Measuring all the existing forestay fittings (swaged stay and tensioner) I came up with a pin to pin (masthead to deck plate) length of 22ft-9-3/8in. Originally, and as used for the last few years, the boat came with an adjustable forstay tensioner instead of a turnbuckle. How does that measurement compare to other M-17's and have they changed over the years......"Little Breeze" is a sweet 30 year old. Am I missing anything here and/or has anyone had problems with this conversion?
Hangten---Arnold Sharpe
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I put a CDI furler on my M17. Like joe says, follow the instuctions. I like this furler a lot. Gary Sent from my iPhone :-) On Apr 28, 2009, at 6:24 PM, Joe Murphy <seagray@embarqmail.com> wrote:
I got the CDI furler when I got Seafrog, my M17. Just follow the instructions that you need to read about a dozen times. At least I had to. The CDI is a flexible furler and it doesn't use the halyard to maintain the top end. When I got mine in the mail, it had about four extra feet of flexible foil. Measure, measure, measure. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arnold Sharpe" <afsharpe@mac.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 6:48 PM Subject: M_Boats: headstay
Help!!! I am in the process of buying all the stuff necessay to fit a CDI furler to my M-17 "Little Breeze" (hull #265, Aug. 1977). At present, the boat is on the hard with the mast down. Measuring all the existing forestay fittings (swaged stay and tensioner) I came up with a pin to pin (masthead to deck plate) length of 22ft-9-3/8in. Originally, and as used for the last few years, the boat came with an adjustable forstay tensioner instead of a turnbuckle. How does that measurement compare to other M-17's and have they changed over the years......"Little Breeze" is a sweet 30 year old. Am I missing anything here and/or has anyone had problems with this conversion?
Hangten---Arnold Sharpe
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Joe Murphy