Thomas, I found this in my personal archives about lifting the M17. It's from Jerry M., so you can't get a much better answer than that. Larry Y. --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: jerry montgomery <jmbn@innercite.com> To: montgomery_boats@lists.xmission.com Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 19:26:22 +0000 Subject: Re: M_Boats: lifting ring Message-ID: <3AD6015F.27DE@innercite.com> References: <F86fvcySa4k3z6QEy0D00000e5d@hotmail.com> We used to lift the 17's (to keel them and put them on the trailer) by the extruded toe rails with no problem. Inspect the boat carefully and if everything is tight, lift from 4 points, using plenty of scope on the sling. Jerry Jerry Lehner wrote:

Does anyone know if it's okay to lift a 17 using the metal toerail for

the

attachment points? Jerry _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com