Randy, I like the cradle you have for the mast on the bow of the boat. What is that? Does it attach to the bow cleat somehow? Did you fabricate that yourself? Jeff M17 #336
RandyG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steve, Your M-17 sounds like a beautiful boat! Regarding your broken centerboard pendent; I'm "guessing" the centerboard has dropped as far as possible in the centerboard trunk which may be low enough to feed a new line down from the top and re-attach it to the centerboard. While on her mooring, a quick look with a snorkel and mask would tell if this is the case. The centerboard pendent attaches to the aft top-most portion of the centerboard. I've got pictures of when we replaced our centerboard http://tinyurl.com/24mglr . When you replace the centerboard pendent you need to remove the core from the rope for the last several inches, the part of the rope that makes the knot attaching it to the centerboard. With the core removed the knot will be smaller and not bind in the centerboard trunk. When you get the new pendent installed, you will need to put a knot on the cockpit side of the pendent, allowing apx. 12 inch of pendent to centerboard travel: from max-up, to 12 inches of pendent travel. You don't want the centerboard to bottom-out when lowered. Randy M17 #410 ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: M_Boats: (no subject) Hello Montgomery Friends, I bought a brand new Montgomery 17 with four bronze opening portholes from Bob Egg in Ontario California seven years ago in 2000. I trailered her back to Clearlake, in northern California, where I have sailed her ever since. She rides on a buoy in Lakeport at the north end of Library Park and waits patiently there for my return. When I arrive I make sail, slip the buoy, and we're in the wind again. I launch in April and haul her out in November (because of insurance requirements). I work on her during the winter months because "Messing around with boats" is the next best thing to sailing. I spent so much time on my boat during the summer my wife finally gave up and joined me. After a few turns on the helm, especially in a bad blow when the steep chop was running, she became quite the salty dog. I seldom sail alone anymore. My wife tells our speedboat friends, "The joy is in the journey when you're sailing. Couldn't of said it better myself! This year we had a problem the day we launched. We made sail we went to lower the keel - but the rope that raises and lowers the keel broke off somewhere down in the hole! Only then did we realize why we had so much trouble slipping her off the trailer at the launch ramp. The keel must have gotten stuck on the carpet in center of the trailer! Any suggestions as to how to replace the keel rope so we can raise the keel? We'll use all the brains we've got and all the brains we can borrow! Thanks a bunch, Steve & Peggy MacDonald _______________________________________________ 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
