I was lucky to purchase a 1985 M15 with Ivory hull with Green trim last week when I was in California. It is in great shape but I am making "improvements" such as removing the bow pulpit which I did not feel I needed. As soon as the weather warms I will fill the holes; it snowed a little today in Bozeman.
In the rudder I noticed a loose pin on the rod connecting the tiller to the rudder blade. To get to the pin I had to dis-assemble the rudder. This took some pounding due to corrosion between the stainless bolts and the aluminum spacers. I plan to refinish the aluminum cheeks as soon as I can find some Zinc Chromate primer in my little town. Think I will put some anti-seizing compound on the bolts when I put it back together, that is if I can remember where all the parts go! I am thinking about cutting out the well in the starboard locker to get access to that space. There were about five loose blocks of Styrofoam in this space, each about the size of a shoe box. Is this extra floatation needed? After some minor rigging changes and painting the trailer and finding some new tires I should be ready to head for the water. We DO have some lakes in Montana but they are frozen part of the year. I have trailed other boats to Puget Sound, Baja, and the Florida Keys. Am not sure what we will do with the M15 but it sure is cute! Thanks to the encouragement of several members of this group. Charless Fowlkes Bozeman, MT _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
