I'm in the process of bottom painting so I can take some measurements for you. It looks like the widest part is about 3 inches. The trailer that came with her has a slot that looks like it measures about 6 inches wide and runs the length of the keel. I can get better measurements for you and some pictures if that would help you. Joe Seafrog ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danelle Landis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 12:59 PM Subject: M_Boats: slugs and keel measurement
> > > Ha ha - raspberrying will just add to the general dampness around here > anyway. I'll settle for an annoying smug grin. > > I really have more of a cruiser's outlook on sailing - speed doesn't > really enter my mind much. My dad really cracked me up with his cruiser > mentality. We'd be out for and evening sail, and he'd suggest going just > to "that interesting island", and then "wow the wind is so great - how > about the lighthouse island...", then "how far is Sitka from here, > anyway..." ha ha. > > On another topic - we are trying to get a trailer we bought modified for > Ceto, and we would be so grateful if someone could measure the width of > the bottom of the keel for us. (The beam-to-beam width at the thickest > part) Our dock is slated for demolition and rebuilding next month, so > we've got to get to work! > > Thanks! > > Danelle Landis > "Ceto" M17 #378 > Ketchikan, AK > http://web.mac.com/anniesark9/Site/Sailing_Ceto.html > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 6:40:22 AM > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Soggy in Ketchikan > > Save the raspberries. They don't travel far over water and usually get > blown back into the slider's cockpit, because the targeted bolt-roper is > to windward and in a forward position. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ronnie Keeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 8:08 am > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Soggy in Ketchikan > > > > > Danielle, > > Nice to hear you are alive and well ,tough soggy. Now that you have had a > chance to have slugs put on Ceto's main as I suggested (and started a > storm of > controversy on the site), I hope you will join me in a collective rasberry > to > those who are willing to endure feeding a boltrope to gain 1/10th knot of > upwind > speed in light air. When I suggested doing it yourself, I forgot that not > everyone has the tools, time or patience to "do-it-yourself" so, I am glad > Bob > advised finding a sailmaker. Having a reasonably priced sailmaker in the > wings > is invaluable. > > There are many types of sailors and when I was an agile young man with > teenage > daughters to crew for me, I was a "Boy Racer/ boltroper" in the Snipe > class > where every 1/10th knot was important. Now that I am an old, hobbled up > singlehanded cruiser and daysailer, I will sacrifice that marginal bit of > speed > for convenience and safety (I can set and strike my main and jib from the > security of the cockpit). One makes a choice of what kind of sailor one > wants > to be and equips the boat to suit his/her needs. Life is full of choices. > > Happy sailing > > Ron > M17 #14, fixed keel > Griselda> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:31:20 -0700> From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: M_Boats: Soggy in > Ketchikan> > > Hi all,> > I am back checking email again - I got so behind with three > sets of > out-of-town guests all through July! I'm so glad you guys were checking my > website. I do have new photos to put on there - I will get them up > tomorrow - > I've been avoiding the computer, knowing how much mail I'd have waiting!> > > When > my Dad and his wife were visiting for a couple of weeks, we got out > sailing > several times, and he was delighted with "Ceto"! Being a very seasoned > sailor, > and skeptical of the worth of a small boat, he was impressed by the M17's > abilities. He sailed her into the dock a couple of times, as he detests > starting > up the outboard, and he just *had* to try it. We tried it with the genoa > one > evening > , then the main the second. He was so sold on a smaller sailboat, I had > to give him my book on sailing small cruisers which he couldn't put down. > > > > Another thing I've done in the last month of avoiding the computer is that > I > found a sailmaker here in town, as Bob on the list suggested, and the > sailmaker > put slugs on my mainsail, and repaired a small burnhole in its luff for > only > $43.00. I was astounded, as I would have paid twice that to have avoided > doing > it myself. The sail is SO much easier to handle now!!! The difference has > been > huge, and with that old soft sail and my rusty abilities, I can't tell any > difference in the performance. Just a lot fewer four letter words being > tossed > into the wind, is all!> > Our weather has been HORRIBLE for the last three > weeks > - pouring rain 24/7 - cold and not even decent enough wind to be worth > getting > the sails drenched. I haven't sailed at all this month. The weather here > is > often this way though, I just go into denial when it's nice. > > I'll stay > caught up now, and send a note when I get new photos up.> > Thanks for > thinking > of me!> > Danelle Landis> "Ceto" M17 #378> Ketchikan, AK> > http://web.mac.com/anniesark9/Site/Sailing_Ceto.html> >> > ----- Original Message ----> From: Howard Audsley >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats > <[email protected]>> > Sent: Friday, August 8, 2008 7:18:27 AM> Subject: M_Boats: Danielle?> > > > Have > we heard from Danielle in Alaska lately?> > I was going to check to see if > she > had updated her website, but I no > longer have it.> > > > _______________________________________________> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats> > > > > > > _______________________________________________> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _________________________________________________________________ > Be the filmmaker you always wanted to beearn how to burn a DVD with > Windows. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588797/direct/01/ > ___________ > ____________________________________ > 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
