Yes, Jerry, it was no doubt long past due. The old sail served well, though, holding it's shape all these years. I did have the eyelets replaced and the stress points reinforced a few years ago, and the stitching is still good, but the fabric has gotten weak and flimsy and likely to fail before much longer.
Would you care to make any recommendations on what to order in a new mainsail? Sail fabric and weight, battens, roach, reefs, loose-footed?, slugs or boltrope?, etc. Thanks, Larry On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:17:02 -0800 "jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Reggie made some great sails, but i'm skeptical about any sails > lasting 30 > years! I start looking at them critically after a year. > > Reggie and his two brothers taught me a lot about sailing. > Incidentally, > Reggie is still in business making sails, I believe, and is > somewhere around > Morro Bay, CA. I intend to go look him up sometime. > > Jerry > jerrymontgomery.org > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry E Yake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:50 PM > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Sail Source Needed > > > > I'm still using my old Reggie Armstrong main, Howard, and it's > almost 30 > > years old. It's at SailCare right now getting rejuvenated, but the > old > > sail still works great. Seems to be as fast as the other M17's I > sail > > with and the shape looks good. I suspect the original owner of the > boat > > didn't put much wear on it. > > > > I've thought about getting a new main just because of the age of > the > > sail, but I'm not convinced I would get an improvement in > performance, > > especially after your experience. > > > > Larry > > > > On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:53:20 -0600 Howard Audsley > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This may sound like heresy to some who have been around a while, > but > > > I'd > > > like to have an exact replica of the old Reggie Armstrong Sails > that > > > came > > > with the boat when it was new. Main and working jib. I managed > to > > > get the > > > boat up to 6 knots on a beat once with those old blown out > sails. It > > > did > > > fine for the first 3 or 4 years I had the boat until the > mainsail > > > ripped. I > > > was told they were not even fit to be drop cloths, but I still > have > > > them. > > > > > > I replaced the main with a flatter cut, full batten sail, with > more > > > roach > > > and a high aspect 110% jib than runs all the way to the masthead. > I > > > don't > > > think I get as much speed out of the new sails and the boat > heels > > > more. > > > > > > But lacking some miracle comeback from Old Reggie, my genny > came > > > from EP and > > > it's a good sail. As Bob says, they make sails for him and know > what > > > they > > > are doing. They get my vote too. > > > > > > If you are in an area with the potential for high wind, get two > > > reefs. > > > Deeply reefed, she can stand a lot. > > > > > > Howard > > > > > > On 11/17/05 8:04 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I recently ordered and bought a 150 genoa from Elliot > Peterson, to > > > fit my new > > > > MCI roller furling. Somewhat pricey but it turned out great. > I'm > > > totally > > > > satisfied. Soon I will replace the main and have them do it. > > > > > > > > Bill K M-17 Half Monty (#55) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
