The pins that hold the shrouds to the cabin.? Some how the keeper was pulled out and the pin came out.? It would not have happened if it was a bolt with a safety wire like I used in the air force.? These connections are not required to come out very often and so I will eliminate those little ring keepers for a more industrial connection.? I found the required hardware on the web and am awaiting a reply.
At your service Larry Pegg 208 249 0538 -----Original Message----- From: Joe Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 7:18 pm Subject: Re: M_Boats: Handicaping I'm confused with this piece. What pins are we talking about that requires being replaced with bolts?? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 11:34 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Handicaping > > I'm changing all my pins to bolts with safety wire. I have been to a local > machine shop to have them made of HS stainless steel.? I don't want this > to happen half way up the sound or in some other Challenging part of the > world. > > > > > > At your service > > Larry Pegg > > 208 249 0538 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Diebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 'For and about Montgomery Sailboats' > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 8:02 am > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Handicaping > > > > > > > > > > > Sounds like fun. The racing part anyway. I had looked into racing our M17 > with the local hot shots....but there is some kind of rule restriction > preventing me. Said something about minimum length. I think perhaps they > thought the 17 did not have a ballast keel. Whatever. I personally think > the > boat was not worth enough to be allowed in. > > I lost a clevis pin strbd shroud on my previous boat. I was close hauled > on > a strbd tack at the time. Result, beautiful Spruce mast in many pieces but > nobody was hurt. I too found the pin....but not the ring.......on the side > deck just forward of a scupper. > I normally check split rings on pins before going out, but not this day. I > had checked the previous day out. The only thought I had as to why a well > set split ring would come out of a clevis pin is kids play around my boat > all the time.....could have been just the right thing to noodle with. > > Funniest part of that story was my passenger that afternoon was a guy that > drove 5 hours up from Vancouver to buy the boat. He paid for it and I had > taken him out to show him 'the ropes'. What a day. The boat did not like > him. > Over the winter I made a new mast, re-did the rig and ended up selling her > to a nice lady from California.....who drove all the way up here to pick > her > up. The boat liked her. > > Tim in Kelowna .....where all the mad 2000hp super boat owners finally all > went home. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: M_Boats: Handicaping > > > Does anyone know the Portsmouth yardstick handicap numbers for an M-17.? I > looked it up on the web but no info on how to do it.? Just the formulas > with > very little explanation. > > We had a great time racing. My wife says she feels twenty again. We got > better and better as the weekend went along and the last race we were > respectable.? Had a little adventure Sunday morning as the starboard outer > shroud pin came out as we were setting the jib.? Wife brought us into the > wind , I dropped all the sails she got the outboard down and started.? And > as luck would have it I found the pin against the toe rail.? I got a new > safety ring and repined the shroud and we were "just a bit" late starting > the first race.? The last race of the weekend we were in great shape and > misjudged the last buoy and touched it so had to make a penalty 360 and > finished well back.? Everyone said we were doing great for our first race > with so little previous sailing experience.? So put the boat on the > trailer > had a burger and beer at the Pub and home tired with big smiles all > around. > > > > > > > At your service > > Larry Pegg > Pilgrim M-17 #55 > > 208 249 0538 > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1661 - Release Date: 9/9/2008 > 4:58 AM > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
