I don't think this made it onto the discussion. Please include it, if it fits. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: David C. Patterson [mailto:davidcpatterson@msn.com] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:06 PM To: 'montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com' Subject: Compression post conversation w/ Bob Eeg, and oarlocks Okay. Last note for awhile on the compression post problem I have. Bob Eeg generously spoke with me about the compression post. I'll try to pass on some of what he said: 1) No need to bed the base of the lower post with 5200. Rather, he encouraged making a "dough nut" around the base with cloth and resin after sanding my liner to help it stick. The main idea being not to let the base of the post slide out of place. 2) They raise the berth liner a bit with a jack and let it back down on the post to hold it, and I think he said to add a screw or bolt through to the post cap. 3) Bolt down the lower cap of the upper compression post, and arrange another dough nut, of wood, around the top of the post, maybe even letting the post into the wood block under the mast base, inside the cabin. He said 5200 could be used at the top. I assume a jack could be carefully used in that process too. The main thing he conveyed, as did Bill I believe, is that the posts need to be kept from sliding out of place so they can do their job of taking the vertical load. He uses aluminum posts (I think he said) on the new M boats cut from stock used on Cat 24's, that he gets from Garhauer. I didn't ask if they were tubular, or spar stock. He also talked with me about putting oarlocks on my M17 with the aluminum toerail, since there can be no genoa track along the edge of the deck with those toerails. He suggested mocking up wood blocks for position and height, then having aluminum blocks manufactured as with Strawanza, then bolting them on through the deck for use. Bob, if you read this I hope I have passed this along accurately. And thanks again for your time. David Patterson