Scott, Thank you for your reply to my inquirey, I will call Bob Monday and see if he will sell me the stern rail and mast crutch directly but I may find that I can have Svendsen's Metal Works in Alameda build both of them and save the shipping. I live over by Santa Rosa CA. and get into Alamenda quite frequently. Are we neighbors of sorts? and you said we, is there a lot of M-15 and M-17 owners here in the Bay area? Thanks again for all your help. Hope to meet you one of these days. Sincerely, David Barnes (M-15 owner, boat has no name, will have one soon)
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: M_Boats: M-15, Help locating correct replacement parts by new >owner >Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 20:59:56 EDT > > >In a message dated 6/29/02 5:05:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > ><< Help!! I just bought a nice M-15 but the Mast crutch that mounts on the >transom while trailering and the porta-potti could not be found by the >seller. I would like to find original or correct after market replacements. >Also looking for any light air headsail and/or spinnaker for the M-15. Used >is OK but not worn out. If you have, or know of any leads, I would greatly >appreciate your help in this matter. Oh! and does anyone know a source for >the original M-15 stern rail? Thanks, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >Hi David, >Here is some info that may prove helpful: > >Mast Crutch: >The factory supplied crutch was a stainless tube with two stainless pintles >welded on (plug into gudgeons on transom) and with a V-shaped stainless >piece >welded on top and covered with heater hose to reduce abrasion. You might >want >to check with Bob Eeg (current builder of the M-boats) to see what he is >supplying now. > >Porta-Potti: >Thetford 135 will fit later model M15's without modification. Older models >might require some modification of the head (see my earlier posting re >same). > >Light air sails: >Owners on this list have tried a variety of light air strategies (large >Genoas, drifters, assymetrical/cruising chutes, poled spinnakers). My >experience (on the M15) has been limited to a smallish >assymetrical/'gennaker' type cruising chute. It worked OK, but I found its >utility to be somewhat limited on anything below a broad reach as the main >would blanket it. On a dead downwind run, it could be poled out for wing >and >wing with decent results, but we usually ended up dropping the main and >sailing under the chute alone. This begged the question as to which was >more >efficient--main and working jib, or chute alone. I am inclined to try a >bigger chute and see what happens. I think a poled spinnaker would be >great >fun as well as more efficient (due to the ability to square off), but I >decided to forego this in the interest of simplicity. > >I would be very careful about using any kind of masthead chute on the M15. >The fractional backstay-less rig does not, to me, seem up to the task >without >some kind of running backstays, and even then, I would be very cautious. > >M15 Stern Rail: >To my knowledge, there was no stern rail offered as original equipment on >the >Jerry Montgomery built M15's. That said, a number of us have added them. >A >few years ago, a group of us had Svendsen's Metal Works in Alameda, CA make >them using a friend's custom version as a pattern. I believe that Bob Eeg >has supplied them on the new M15's. You might want to check with him. > >Good luck! >Scott Grometer >M15 #478 'bebe' > > >_______________________________________________ >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
