Hi Blake, Did you have any person-to-person contact with Dwyer? If so, how was the service? I ask because my only phone call to Dwyer (a simple mast gate inquiry) went went comically awry. Maybe I caught their customer service guy right after he sent an alimony check or something.
Jim M-17 "Spirit" On Jun 7, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Blake Reimer wrote: > Now that I am back in my summer sailing mode, I started reading the > MontyBlog again.... > I just ordered new shrouds, tangs, sailstop and boom vang from > Dwyer Aluminum Mast Co (find it on the web) for my Monty15, > The whole tab including UPS ground was about $160, an excellent > bargain in my books and a considerable discount from the list > prices on their site (I think they said 40%). It took them about 9 > days to make up the shrouds and send them - not blindingly fast, > but not bad. I think most M-15's come with a lot of Dwyer parts to > begin with.... > Also, if you are willing to poke around on ebay, I managed to get a > new Harken mainsheet assembly for less than half of West Marine's > price. It got here brand new, as advertised, in original packaging > in four days. I will still support West Marine and the other local > chandlers here in Santa Cruz (in fact, I am on my way to WM today), > but I still look for a bargain when I have the time.... > Blake Reimer > M-15 IOTA > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
