Christian,
Once you have put a little thought into how you set your boat up for
trailering, there is no reason you shouldn't be able to set her up in 15
or 20 minutes. You will only have 3 mast stays and the only stay you
really need to disconnect for trailering is the forestay. We have a
"Johnson lever" on our forestay and that makes setting up and taking
down without stay adjustments every time, very quick. The side stays
remain attached all the time and are held in place with a single bungie
to the bow pulpit when we trailer. We store our boom with the sail on it
in the cabin. The halyards and topping lift are all tied back to
themselves and tied up snug on their cleats. The trolling motor and
rudder also go in the cabin. We have a short mast carrier that fits in
the rudder gudgeons. I put in a plug at the rear of the cockpit so
hooking up the wiring for the motor is a 10 second job.
The first few times you set up, it will probably take a bit longer. But,
as you do it more and get practice, you will figure out easier ways of
doing things and get the right little lines and bungies made up so
everything just fits nice and goes quick.
I like the loose footed mains'l. I've been thinking about having one
made for our Flicka too. Much simpler.
Rik
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I'm going to buy a new Montgomery 15 next year. I sail a larger boat now
and want to downsize...
I've heard the M15 sets up pretty quickly.
Any thoughts on how long it takes to set up and take down from your
experience would be appreciated.
I guess the new ones have a loose footed main any thoughts on that
change?
I'm looking forward to being an M15 owner and have enjoyed reading all
the posts here.
Thanks for your input.
Christian Fusselman
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