Ken,
I have 1974 M17 #14 which has a fin keel with a rather long, wide, square
sectioned bulb that might be thought of as a wing. It draws 39" and when
Griselda belonged to my brother, we could outrun any of the keel/cb M17s on
Lake travis. Griselda is now mine after sitting neglected in my brothers yard
for 15 years. She is on her trailer in my yard getting a complete refit and I
hope to have her back in the water soon.
I had a bit of a delay in the work on her due to Hurricane Ike passing directly
over us with 75 mph winds. I tied her down to house trailer anchor augers and
she rode it out fine with only a shredded sunbrella cover to show for the
storm. I am glad she was not in the water because I had 5 foot breaking waves
over the dock and boathouse. When we get electric power back to run the sander
and spray gun and I have repaired some damage to the house and dock, work will
continue.
Ron
M17 #14 (fin keel)
Griselda
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> [email protected]> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:13:53 -0700>
> Subject: Re: M_Boats: M17 wing keel -- sacrilege?> > I remember looking at
> winged-keel version that Montgomery was building in > the 70's I think.
> Anyone out there got one?> Ken from California> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dick Straubel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To:
> <[email protected]>> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008
> 5:23 AM> Subject: M_Boats: M17 wing keel -- sacrilege?> > > Hesitate to even
> mention this to the Montgomery faithful -- don't want to > trigger a wave of
> purist outrage -- but has anyone considered a wing keel on > a Montgomery 17?
> Have mine in salt water which can cause problems with the > CB trunk. Maybe a
> stainless plate about the same weight as the CB could be > bolted up against
> the bottom of the keel. Could extend out to the sides as > does a wing keel.
> Would achieve same weight, same shallow draft, and solve > some CB problems.
> Probably not the same windward performance, but might be a > reasonable trade
> off.> > Dick Straubel> > > > > >
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