Hello David,
Congrats on your boat purchase. We have #176 also a
1981 vintage. In regards to your standing rigging, we had Jerry M. build
a new set up and I have the original set for a spare. I figured it's
inexpensive insurance for that part of the boat. You can contact him at
his shop for pricing, etc. if interested.
btw: I couldn't open up your web site, could be this machine.
Have fun with your M15.
Regards,
Randy W.
M15 "Becca Anne"
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Hello all,
Thanks in large part to all of you who posted pictures of your M15s,
and with a little luck, as of yesterday I'm the owner of a nicely
maintained 1981 M15 (Hull #163). I've only been out on the water in her
once, but I think it's the start of something good.
Now for the hard part, becoming a better sailor and making the boat fit
me. Becoming a better sailor will come with time and experience, but in
order to get the boat "just so" I am asking for some more help from you
fine folks. I've created a quick and dirty web site:
www.opendoor.com/dwood/m15
and placed a bunch of pictures of the boat there. If any of you have
absolutely nothing better to do, I'd appreciate those who have an
opinion about M15s surfing over to my site and looking at the pictures.
You can click on the thumbnails to enlarge them. Then just keep
clicking "Next."
There are a number of things that the previous two owners have modified
on the boat, and some of them I know I will change. But others I'm not
yet sure about. The standing rigging is the original 23-year old
hardware, and I'm not sure how seaworthy it is. The mainsheet cleat has
been moved aft and the tiller shortened, so the helmsman is forced to
sit next to the transom--something I gather negatively affects the trim
of the boat. The last owner built some funky shelves, a pail portapotty
setup, and a battery box in the cockpit, all of which I'm going to
remove and/or modify.
But for now I'm just going to sail her. This winter I'll pull her into
the garage and fix most of the things that need fixing and get rid of
the things I don't like and replace them with things that I do. Until
then I'm going to confine my sailing to the nearby lakes of southern
Oregon. But long term I hope to take her out into the Pacific, and by
then I hope to have made her into a more seaworthy vessel. Right now
I'm not too sure about a few things like the standing rigging, not to
mention my own sailing skills. So the rest of the summer will be one
long shakedown cruise.
Anyway, please have at me if you have the time and inclination. Most
particularly I am interested in what to do with the main sheet setup.
Should I put it back the way it was when Jerry Montgomery delivered
her? Should I go with what's current on new M15s? Or should I install
something altogether different? If you can tell by looking at the
pictures, should I replace the standing rigging before I take on big
wind? And are there any problems that you can see in the pictures that
you think I may need to address right away? Any opinions are
appreciated. And thanks again for all of the good info I got from
lurking here and exploring the archives. And thanks also to Bob Eeg for
letting me visit his shop and showing me how well made these little
boats are. Sorry I didn't buy a new one from you. But maybe a new M17
will be in my future.
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1981 M15 -=- Hull #163
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