Randy: My storebought fenders rest in the locker under the bunk for those raft-up occasions. My working fenders are made from red "noodles", those foam tubes used by swimmers. I found one 4" OD with a 1/2" hole in the middle, cut into 18" long pieces, and ran some 1/4" poly rope through the holes. I used some 3/4" plastic washers at each end with a retaining knot at each end. Made up four of them and they fit in the cockpit lockers with the mooring lines. The red color matches my M-15 stripe. I attach them to some SS eyes screwed to the outside of my teak toerail at 3 ft intervals amidships. They work very well. My tiller tamer is a homemade plastic jam cleat on the underside of the tiller connected to a Bungie cord strung across the stern from SS eyes. One end goes through a hole in a short teak block, around the eye, and back to another hole in the block. This acts a a tension device. When I heave to, to raise or lower the sails, I stow, or unstow the fenders. Fair winds Don Ludlow M-15 Sweet Dream
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 8:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 7, Issue 9 Send montgomery_boats mailing list submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of montgomery_boats digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: How to handle fenders when single-handed sailing? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2. Re: 17 center board (ron and cathryn goodspeed) 3. Re: Blocks (ron and cathryn goodspeed) 4. Re: Do we need a compass anymore? (n9ca) 5. M15's on Lake Coeur d' Alene, ID (GaryM.Hyde) 6. How to handle fenders when single-handed sailing? (Honshells) 7. Re: Do we need a compass anymore? (GaryM.Hyde) 8. RE: Honda 2HP - montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 7, Issue 7 (Ludlow, Don) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 13:28:43 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: M_Boats: How to handle fenders when single-handed sailing? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Randy, When I go out sailing, as soon as I'm out in clear water, I put the boat on autopilot (my bungee cord to tiller system), and remove the fenders. My fenders - depending on length of sail, and number of people on board - have two stowage positions. If my wife is along, or the grandchildren, fenders go into the port sail locker, to clean up the cockpit floor area. If I'm sailing by myself for just an hour or two (and it's pleasant sailing - no rail under, etc.) I just leave them on the cockpit floor, at the aft end of the cockpit. There they are out of the way; but can be reached easily when I head back in to my slip at the marina. Connie ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 13:59:39 -0700 From: ron and cathryn goodspeed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: M_Boats: 17 center board To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Hello Dik, We took our M17 and hung it from the rafters in the shop using nylon web holddowns and some old wheels nested and tackwelded together. Blocked up the trailer about 15 inches using a floor jack, hooked into the aluminum toe rail, dropped and remove the trailer, slide the stands under the keel and nail/bolt some "wishbone struts" from the chainplates to the rafters so she wil not tip. Bottom PREP is the worst part, I think professional soda blasting might be the best way to go- the rolling is easy. There must be some clever boater our there who could write instructions for an NC mill to machine a bronze CB out of flat stock using the latest NACA foils. I single handed out of Richmond a ways the other day, first attempt at single handing in fact, it went well taking one turn around the opposite winch then behind [the large end] of the jamb cleat then across the cock pit to the unused cleat on the high side- I need more practice at switching te sheets and tiller behind my back! Just two more trips to the Bay before pullout- boohoo. Ron and Cathryn Goodspeed M17 "hula pie" #025 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 14:24:28 -0700 From: ron and cathryn goodspeed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Blocks To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Hello Dale, Pickup some Davis "Air-Flow" telltales for the jib- they include a guide to the location of the snatch blocks along the aluminum toe rails for the best sail shape. We find the Davis "Shroud Telltales" excellent also. The really trick solution would track with cars, sheaves and cams on P&S, mounted inboard. Does any one use a barberhaul for tighter jib sheet angles? Ron and Cathryn Goodspeed 1974 M17 "hula pie" #025 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:46:20 -0400 From: "n9ca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Do we need a compass anymore? To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MessageGPS affected by weather? LORAN, for sure, but GPS? I use GPS in Carpe Ventum (M-17 # 604) , and also in my Formula One racer, and have been fortunate enough not to have had weather affect it. Maybe it's because I only fly when the sun is shining;), ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve McClellan To: 'For and about Montgomery Sailboats' Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 1:01 PM Subject: RE: M_Boats: Do we need a compass anymore? I totally agree with Stephen about the GPS vs. Compass, and use a GPS constantly on my M15 -- the only thing I'd like to say is this: I know that there ARE certain weather conditions when a GPS does not work -- and they happen typically to be exactly the conditions when you may not be able to navigate by sight. So don't throw the compass away unless you only go out for short trips in clear weather. O ~~~~~~~~~_/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve McClellan M15 #152 Chicago, IL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/private/montgomery_boats/attachm ents/20030907/aec68250/attachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 14:22:17 -0700 From: Gary M. Hyde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: M_Boats: M15's on Lake Coeur d' Alene, ID To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed In addition to my boat ('Vanilla'), currently on my dock near Conkling Park near the south end of the lake, I spotted another M15 moored in the marina. Its name is 'Shrunken Treasure'. Anyone know who it belongs to? I couldn't find it in the registry. --Gary Hyde M15 #235 'Vanilla' ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 22:55:25 -0400 From: "Honshells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: M_Boats: How to handle fenders when single-handed sailing? To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Randy, I have aluminum toerails on my M17, and I clip fenders to them with carabiners, clips which seem to be ubiquitous and available anywhere (including West Marine) these days. The carabiners make the fenders very easy to deploy and retrieve. --Craig, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Randy Graves To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 11:02 AM Subject: How to handle fenders when single-handed sailing? Friends, Does anyone have any good ideas of how to handle the fenders when single-handed sailing? For ease and convenience I have been leaving them attached while under sail. I would like to come up with a handy way to deploy and retrieve without letting the boat get away from me in the process, or having them roll around in the cockpit all day. Any ideas? Thank you, Randy Graves -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/private/montgomery_boats/attachm ents/20030907/dc6f31fc/attachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 21:05:46 -0700 From: Gary M. Hyde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Do we need a compass anymore? To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Steve: Good point! I use my GPS on my M15 all the time, have it mounted just inside the cabin so I can see it from the cockpit, and have it plugged in to my 12 volt system most of the time (though it interferes with the the FM radio sometimes). I have a Magellan Blazer 12, which cost about $100 the last time it was available. I have a nice combination mount and hand-bearing compass too, but I rarely use it. --Gary Hyde M15 #235 'Vanilla' On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 06:00 AM, Stephen Martin wrote: > I suppose this will be considered nautical heresy, but here goes: > > When my wife and I first started cruising about 5 years ago we were > careful to calibrate (swing) the compas and make a deviation chart, > etc.� Mounted next to the compass was our GPS unit.� After all that we > had read about the importance of the compass it suprised us that in 4 > years of cruising I don't think we ever looked at the compass once.� > We eventually quit taking the cover off.� On the other hand, the GPS > was used constantly. > > Instead of heading, the GPS gives you your track, which is what you > really want to know.� Of course, some of the other benefits are that > it gives you true speed (no need for a knot meter, which only gives > you relative speed), position, tells you if you're on course, and > tells you if your anchor is dragging. > > I suppose one could argue that the compass is low tech, doesn't > require batteries, and is more reliable.� But I remember making the > same argument for holding onto my slide rule. > I still keep it stowed away somewhere in case the batteries die on my > calculator. > > On our new M15, insead of a compass,�I'm considering either just > carrying a handheld GPS or possibly mounting one on the bulkhead.� Of > course, I will still keep a small handheld compass stowed away for the > day when the batteries die or the satellites fail.� Maybe I will keep > it with my slide rule. > > Steve Martin,� M15 "Cadenza" > > <image.tiff> > > Get 10MB of e-mail storage! 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I took off the gas cap, letting it dangle to the side on the retaining chain and reached for the gas can when the gas cap dropped into the water. The retaining chain came loose. I quickly poured in a pint of gas, wrapped a plastic baggy around the top of the tank and fired her up just before drifting into some pilings. Has anyone else had their Honda gas cap fall off? Don Ludlow M-15 # 620 Sweet Dream -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 9:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 7, Issue 7 Send montgomery_boats mailing list submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of montgomery_boats digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: cloudy compass (John Fleming) 2. Wet core (Honshells) 3. Re: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 7, Issue 3 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 4. Re: cloudy compass (Jerry Montgomery) 5. M23 (Honshells) 6. Honda Maintenance Issue (Steve & Diana Parsons) 7. Do we need a compass anymore? (Stephen Martin) 8. Older M17 Mast (Honshells) 9. Re: Honda Maintenance Issue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 20:19:26 -0700 From: John Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: M_Boats: cloudy compass To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Tom, Don't despair. There is a product that does the job. It's not cheap, but it works. I believe it can be bought through West Marine. If not West Marine, then I must have got it from Sporty's, an aviation/pilot supply catalog. I used it to restore my Saturn bulkhead compass which was badly scratched, making it almost unusable. After I followed their directions, it brought the compass back to complete clarity. The product is called Nuvo-Shine Plastic Polishing Kit. The cost stamped on on the side of the box is $30. Here are the other particulars: www: nuvo-shine.com Address: Squadra Nuvolari, LLC 255 G Street Suite 250 San Diego, CA 92101 619/544-9450 If the compass lens is not too badly scratched or faded, you can try three of Meguiar's products, which you may find at auto parts stores, or once again at West Marine. They are: Mirror Glaze 18 Clear Plastic Detailer, 17 Clear Plastic Cleaner, 10 Clear Plastic Polish. I tried these first, and they were unable to work out the deep scratches on my compass lens, so I had to buy the Nuvo-Shine product. Hope this helps. John Fleming '82 M-17: "Star Cross'd" Smith, Tom wrote: > I have a bulkhead mounted compass that's apparently never had a cover > on it and it hazy. Is there a plastic polishing compound or method > anyone can recommend that might help? > > Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle Sandpoint, Idaho M15-345, Chukar > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 01:01:07 -0400 From: "Honshells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: M_Boats: Wet core To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If I understand the literature correctly, if you use the epoxy-fill approach you used for your other fittings, that should solve the problem, whether the core is completely dry in that spot or not. I've read of people drilling a series of small holes, then setting up a suction system to leach out moisture, but it doesn't sound like your situation is serious enough for such a drastic cure. Your 21-days in the sun treatment seems as if it would completely dry the area in question, anyway. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 8:47 PM Subject: M_Boats: Wet core I have an area on the cabin top of my M15 about the size of a silver dollar that has a wet core. There was a fitting screwed on to the cabin top, and I removed it and drilled out the hole, and wet wood came out. I drilled about a half-inch hole, and picked out all that I could get to. Anoyther hole above and one below were dry. I have left these holes open for about three weeks now, in the hot sun (about 95 degrees). Is this enough to sufficiently dry it out? Any ideas on what I might do? I have removed all of the fittings, drilled out the holes and filled with epoxy, then redrilled and replaced each fitting. I only found the one spot that was wet. Thanks, Jon ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 15:35:05 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: M_Boats: Re: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 7, Issue 3 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Mark, You may want to talk with Bob Eeg, as the 23 I have purchased from him does have a bronze center board. We are scheduled to put the mast up and check the center board this coming Monday then put it in the water on Tuesday. Fred Shelley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/private/montgomery_boats/attachm ents/20030906/6b24d46e/attachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 16:18:46 -0700 From: "Jerry Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: M_Boats: cloudy compass To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Tom- Pour some beer on it, then rub it down good with an automotive rubbing compound. Pour some more beer on it to clean it up, and you're in business! Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Smith, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 4:54 PM Subject: RE: M_Boats: cloudy compass > I have a bulkhead mounted compass that's apparently never had a cover on it and it hazy. Is there a plastic polishing compound or method anyone can recommend that might help? > > Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle > Sandpoint, Idaho > M15-345, Chukar > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 20:26:16 -0400 From: "Honshells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: M_Boats: M23 To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Fred, I'm assuming you're talking about the new M23 Offshore Cutter. I think I speak for everyone when I say, "I'd very much like to see more of and hear more about your boat!!!" I'm also assuming that you've purchased the first Offshore Cutter built. Please post pics when you have them, and let us know how your 23' performs. Thanks! --Craig, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 3:35 PM Subject: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 7, Issue 3 Hi Mark, You may want to talk with Bob Eeg, as the 23 I have purchased from him does have a bronze center board. We are scheduled to put the mast up and check the center board this coming Monday then put it in the water on Tuesday. Fred Shelley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Has anyone lowered their luff throat closer to the resting position of the boom, but kept it above the boom? Thanks! --Craig, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:59 PM Subject: Below the Boom? Older M17 Mast Craig, I think it works well and as mentioned, the only improvement I can think of that I'd like is a pin through the track instead of the thumbscrewed sail stop. If I were starting with a new mast and boom I'd give it some more thought, though. One other thing I should mention is that there is a short piece of line that runs from an eye on the gooseneck fitting down to a pin at the foot of the mast. That is what allows the luff of the sail to be tensioned. Busca had lazyjacks when I first got her...I tried them once and promptly removed them as being more headache than help....it's such a small boat. Tod -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Honshells Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 9:24 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Below the Boom? Older M17 Mast That's very interesting, Tod. I never considered "below the boom" . . . Is the "up from below" approach a hassle? Do you use lazy-jacks? Thanks for your input! --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:15 PM Subject: Older M17 Mast Hi, Craig BuscaBrisas' mast "throat" was moved by her former owner. It is now *below* the normal operating position of the boom. The sail is equipped with slugs. One feeds the slugs in, then the boom, and then add a stop below the boom but above the "throat". Works pretty well although some sort of pin would work better than a sail stop I think. (the sail stop has loosened up once or twice; I have to check it every few days to be sure it isn't loosening up. I believe he made the modification with a bit of pounding and prying... Tod -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Honshells Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 9:08 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Older M17 Mast Does anyone else have trouble with the height of the luff-groove "throat" on the older M17's (I have an '84) mast? I don't know the dimensions, but my throat is substantially higher than the position of the boom (once installed). Perhaps this serves a purpose, but I'm no engineer, so I have no idea what that purpose is. The height of the "throat" makes it very difficult for me to feed my mainsail (I'm only 5' tall). I would like the throat located lower, perhaps only a few inches above the resting position of the boom. I could feed the mainsail, which now has slugs (I had them added last year), then use a sail-stop to prevent the slugs from sliding free when the sail is dropped. If I had the main ready to go on the boom, perhaps secured with lazy-jacks, with the luff (slugs) fed into the mast, it would ease single-handing 100%. What I'm wondering: Would it be possible for an aluminum shop to close the old, high, throat and bend a new one in a lower, more convenient spot? ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 10:15:12 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: M_Boats: Honda Maintenance Issue To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Steve, There are several posts about Hondas oil level increasing on the iboats.com web site. Most are from a faulty fuel pump and one was from a stuck open thermostat. Bill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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