Thanks to Giles and Dick for their input on locating a winch handle. I'll try the sources they recommend.
Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 6:47 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: New Old M-17 > The winch and handle were made by Merriman, now defunct. Try Minney's > surplus in S.Cal or Doc Freeman's in Seattle. > Dick > > > Morris, Giles wrote: > > >Is the winch out of production? (Silly question,,, of course they are, > >otherwise you'd just order one). Places carrying used gear like Bacon Sails > >in Annapolis ( http://www.baconsails.com/index.html ) might be able to help. > >There is somewhere else on Back Creek, but I can't remember the name right > >now. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of wayne > >yeargain > >Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:16 AM > >To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats > >Subject: Re: M_Boats: New Old M-17 > > > > > >Speaking of m17 winches, my winch handle was missing when I bought my boat & > >the standard winch handles available at W. M. & BOATS US are too large to > >fit in the socket. > >Does anyone have one for sale or know of a source. > >I'm not getting younger and the keel on my '76 weighs #350 I'm told. > >Pulling that thing up by hand is a chore. > > > >Wayne M17 "Intrepid" > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Smith, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:01 PM > >Subject: RE: M_Boats: New Old M-17 > > > > > >Well, the M centerboards are similar in that they both drop out of a trunk > >located in the ballasted shallow draft keel, but how they lower/stay in the > >lowered position/raise is very different. The M15 is simpler and lighter > >and is lowered/suspended/raised and suspended in the raised position with a > >pendant. A knot in the pendant keeps the cb in the proper, lowered > >position. > > > >The M17 cb is heavy and requires the assistance of a winch (or heck, a good > >wench will do the trick too probably) to lower/raise. The M17 cb is kept in > >its proper, lowered position by a tang that contacts a stopper bolt--the > >pendant is only used to lower it and raise it and secure it in the raised > >position. > > > >There is probably no more discussed topic (aside from towing vehicles and > >outboard motors) in the M archives--search them for more info. > > > >Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle > >Sandpoint, Idaho > >M15-345, Chukar > >M17-064, Unnamed > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Rusty Knorr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 7:23 PM > >To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats > >Subject: Re: M_Boats: New Old M-17 > > > > > >Hey, Howard. > > Does the centerboard/trunk on the M-15 look and work > >the same way? > > Thanks, Rusty > > > > > >--- Howard Audsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Bill: > >> > >>To get an idea of what it all looks like down there, > >>take a look at the > >>centerboard pictures on the MSOG website: > >> > >>http://www.msog.org/models/m17/m-17-cb.cfm > >> > >>I too have often wondered if the sticking board > >>problem on some boats is due > >>to marine growth and not a swelling of the cast iron > >>ballast in the trunk. > >> > >>Howard > >>M17, #278 > >> > >> > >>On 10/22/03 6:37 PM, "Bill Sylvester" > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Larry, > >>> > >>>The old M-17 has been sitting in her slip, unused, > >>> > >>> > >>for over two years. > >> > >> > >>>I am concerned that some marine critters have > >>> > >>> > >>attached themselves to > >> > >> > >>>the inside of the trunk. If they are hard shelled > >>> > >>> > >>they might bind the > >> > >> > >>>board. How much of the trunk is underwater? If > >>> > >>> > >>it is only the first > >> > >> > >>>couple of inches, there might not be enough growth > >>> > >>> > >>to matter. We will > >> > >> > >>>see. > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>>Bill > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >> > >> > >> > >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >The New Yahoo! 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