Glad to hear you had such a good day, the Monty's sail like a witch, especially when the wind is up . I bought mine from a man in Corpus, though I've never sailed there. Tell me about your kick up rudder. I'm in the process of designing one and intrested in what's been done before and how well it works. Did you build it yourself? Did you modify the original rudder or start new? I've been thinking about that and can't decide which is best.
Wayne M17 #204 "Intrepid" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilbert Landin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Wayne Yeargain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 11:14 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Spring Has Sprung > Hey Wayne, > I sail Corpus Christi bay. Had a my first real sail yesterday ,since I > bought her 3 months ago. I was dreading strong winds again. But Good Friday > was definatly good friday. Winds started 5-10 when I launched at the marina > at 0830, took me a bit to get the motor started, I thought it was going good > until the motor stopped. Luckily a few well placed taps with my lucky pliers > and I guess I knocked something loose. Anyway after fighting the spinnaker > hook on the jib halyard, I got the 150% genoa and the main up. I had to > anchor to get all the adjustments done, once I was happy with the sail shape > I was underway. I motor sailed out of the marina and as soon as I went > through the "gap" the sails filled and the boat lurched forward, I was using > the modified kick-up rudder and was very pleasently surprised that it was > only taken a minimal amount of pressure to keep her on course. I sailed a > couple of hours, got home and went out again. It was glorious the wind > kicked up to 10-15 and I was averaging 4 knots, I started playing with the > mast rake like I read in previous posts, but the best performance was > definitly in the weight distribution. I had a friend with me the second time > out and she was very surprised at how well the MOnty sailed. I was so verrry > happpyy. > > > gilbert M17 #76 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wayne Yeargain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 8:50 AM > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Spring Has Sprung > > > > Hi Gilbert > > What part of south Texas are you in, I live near Houston and sail > Galveston > > and Matagorda Bays. > > Maybe we could hook up for a sail. > > > > Wayne M17 #204 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "gilbert landin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 8:51 PM > > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Spring Has Sprung > > > > > > > good luck Todd, I think thats a resolution foreveryone of us. > > > My "tiny dancer" is sitting on her trailer at the marina, she has been > > there > > > all month. The weather has been typical for March here in south Texas > nice > > > and warm and blowing 20-30 knots on the weekend and 15-20 during the > week, > > > very frustrating indeed. > > > > > > gilbert > > > m-17 #47 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
