I think I may be seeing, after study, how my '84 deck-joint overlaps, despite the aluminum toe-rail ...
----- Original Message ----- From: Rachel To: Craig F. Honshell ; For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 7:45 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Hull-deck joint On Aug 13, 2005, at 6:21 PM, Craig F. Honshell wrote: > > Hey, Rachel ... Thanks for the details ... I thought the boat in > question, however, > was one of those with the new deck: I thought you were comparing the > new deck/teak > with the new deck/aluminum ... Craig, The original poster specified hull #325, so I reasoned that it would be one of the original design (probably 1980). Here's the reason I know that my #334 was the first of the new design. Well, first of all, I knew that 1981 (my year) was when they made the changeover. Then I was looking at a crimson-hulled M-17 on a trailer in Superior, Wisc. (after I had my boat), and when glancing at the hull number I saw that *it too* was #334 (but was an "old-style" hull and deck). When I mentioned that on the board, Jerry said something to the effect of "Oops, we must have forgotten to change number for the first of the new boats." My boat also had something else funny about the hull number, although my memory is foggy - perhaps the "17" was missing - so it wasn't exactly the same serial number as the older #334, although they were both #334. Okay, on to your photo :-) --- Rachel Fatty Knees 7' #302 Former owner, M-17 #334 Former owner, M-15 #517 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
