Gordon I just finished the Genoa rigging process on my M-15. I received a lot of help and suggestions from all of the wonderful skippers on this list.
I think long and hard about every hole I drill in the Pelican. I also am a "fitting snob" and want all the fittings to be scaled properly and make sense. After considering many Genoa track installations costing more that the sail itself here is what I did. 1. Without any track or block installed I flew the Geny in light air and just held the sheet with my hand. 2. By holding the sheet I determined the best location for a fairlead. 3. I mounted a fairlead and cam cleat on each side. It works very well. I don't have any adjustment but most of the skippers I talked to had positioned the car and never moved it The best part is that it didn't cost much and it looks to be the right scale for the little boat and small forces. If any of you skippers are interested I can post some pics Capt'n James A. Sadler skipper sailing yacht Pelican M-15 (205) On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Gordon Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been planning to mount genoa tracks on my '83 M-17, and since > someone recently posted on this topic recently I thought I'd ask the > question I've been wondering about: My teak toerails are bolted > through the deck-hull joint at at random intervals, anywhere from > about five inches through eight inches apart. There's no even > spacing. Considering that the Schaeffer T-track is bolted through at > four-inch spacing, should I even try to line up some of the holes? > Complicating this is that you have to drill and bolt the first two > holes and then bend the track as you go -- so you really can't know > how anything is going to line up until you get there. I'd hate to > start and then have to drill new holes too close to the old ones. > > Has anyone performed a retrofit like this before? If so, any > suggestions on how to proceed? > > Thanks much, > > Gordon > M-17 #377 "Sapphire" > Milwaukee > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
