March 2006 - montgomery_boats - mailman.xmission.com

North Channel Cruise
by htmills＠bright.net 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

I'm planning on a two week North Channel Cruise in mid June. I'll probably drive from Ohio to Tobermory, take the Chi-Cheemaun ferry over to South Baymouth (Manitoulin Island), and then drive to Little Current (Manitoulin Island) on Saturday June 5th. I might end up taking the ferry on the morning of the 6th depending on how late I hit the road. At the present time I'm thinking of making a general counter clockwise spin around the North Channel, launching at Spider Bay Marina in Little Current and going north and then west to the Bustard Islands and west and then crossing south to the west end of Manitoulin and returning east again. Of course, all plans are subject to the weather and whims of the person at the helm! Mid June will probably be a bit ahead of the crowd and still kinda nippy. There is some info on the area at: http://www.continuouswave.com/north-channel/ and here: http://www.continuouswave.com/sail-logs/ If anyone else is planning on a trip up there, perhaps we can meet up! Tod

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Centerboard
by Robert Eeg 09 Jul '06

09 Jul '06

Lets not forget that the older pre 1987 M_15s had steel shot for ballast. While most of these boats are fine, a number of them had (over the years) water intrude into the keel and start rusting the steel shot. As the steel rusts, the keel swells up and squeezes the centerboard. All M_15 centerboards pre 1987 also were fiberglass with steel shot inside. These also could swell up over the years and get stuck in the up position. The weight of all these fiberglass/steel shot boards was close to 45 pounds. Never more than about 47 pounds. All the M_boats after 1987, both in the 15 and 17 have lead instead of steel for ballast material inside the keel and inside the 45 pound centerboard. I doubt that Tom has dirt holding the board up. More likely the board, keel trunk or both has swelled up and is now stuck. Same for you Jim. Once you get the board out it has to be made thinner so it won't be sticky. (sand smooth and carefully remove some of the material on the fat part). We use nothing but pure lead. No rust, no swelling. Fair winds Bob (949) 489-8227 Robert Eeg bobeeg(a)earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.

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Re: M_Boats: outboard motors
by bownez＠juno.com 05 Apr '06

05 Apr '06

Gary, Nice to hear from you! Yep, I vote for solar as well. The M23 is in a marina and I have shore power there, so battery charging is as easy as connecting the shore power AC cord. Dick Lane provided a small solar panel with the M23, but I have yet to use it on either boat. Maybe this summer on the M17. Bones

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Forwarded message from Bill
by Nebwest2＠aol.com 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

The following 2 posts were sent to me by Bill re: the photo site. He has been having problems posting and asked me if I would forward them for him. Post 1 Hi Sean, would you kindly send this on to the MSOG Forum... Have had some serious problems as of late with both the Photo Site and the MSOG E-mail Forum. 1. All of the PDF Brochures have been changed (for the better) if you've downloaded any - you'll need to do them over, I learned how to manipulate the Adobe program and actually made the PDF's easier to read and much more uniform and larger. 2. Thanks to Rick Agrella, there is now a color BCC28 Brochure (4page) and a 30 page Information Packet that was sent to him back in 1994. I didn't alter the amount of pages, so the file is very large 15.9 mb. If you would like to D/L it, prepare to wait for a while for it to finish loading before you can look or save it to your system. 3. Also new is an album of Bill and Darcy's M17 Endelig and a two page album of a new M15 "Peanut" owned by Peter Deffenbacher (very nice with her oval ports). So, visit the What's New Page and take a look at the new stuff: http://www.msogphotosite.com/WhasNew.html Post 2 The fate of the Photo Site is up in the air. I've always said I would continue with the site as long as I was learning and it was fun. Well, I'm still learning, but the site has turned into a job rather than a fun diversion. There will be a decision made in the next couple of weeks. I may close the site. If I decide that is the best course, I'll give a little advanced warning so as to allow some photo downloads from those who would like to add photos to their computer. Thanks for using the site in the past, all of the encouragement and most of all... thanks to all who have participated with photos and story. That brings up Post three of Three - When you see that post, it will include the final 2006 decision. Thanks, Bill

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06 Monty midwinters
by Bobbie Mayer 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

I'm about six hours away but my boat is 24 hrs away in Washington. Otherwise it sounds like fun! Bobbie

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Re: M_Boats: '06 AZ Monty Midwinters??
by Larry E Yake 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Yes! Let's do it! I would love to have a midwinter sailing vacation, and I'm sure others would too. The biggest problem we would run into up here would be towing our boats on snowy, icy, roads to get out of here, but it would be worth it. Lake Havasu sounds great. So does Lake Powell. Years ago I kayaked the Grand Canyon down almost to Lake Powell, so it would kind of "complete the loop" to sail up that lake someday. Larry On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:55:22 EST Nebwest2(a)aol.com writes: > Would there be any interest out there in having a mid winter get > together so > all ye snow-bounders could come in from the cold next winter? Just a > thought. > > In goofey AZ we have our best sailing season during the winter > months. Here > in Lake Havasu we have a beautiful hotel right on the water, with > boat docks > for anyone with a room or a small sandy cove where you can beach > your boat in > front of your room. Our lake is about 20 miles long (the sail-able > portion) and > ranges from 2.5 miles wide down to .5 miles. There are a number of > > campground/marinas/restuarants as you head south down the lake as > well as many beautiful > coves with picnic tables, potties, etc.for your camping pleasure. > Nights are > pretty cool (usually in the 40's) and daytime highs in the 50's, > 60's, > sometimes 70's. The water is guaranteed to stay in it's liquid state > for your entire > trip. The town of Lake Havasu is right on the water. A fair number > of Monty's > reside in AZ and hopefully we could entice them all or at least the > majority > to come out and play. Little cruising, little fun racing, little > gawking at > each others boats and lots of BS!!! 3 or 4 days. Visit the "world > famous London > Bridge" (should take about 5 - 10 minutes to get your fill of that) > and the > Parker Dam (Deepest Dam in the world, takes 20 minutes to drive > there, all day > to sail there, and ....5-10 minutes to get your fill of that too! > hahaha) > > Want bigger water and wind? We could try Lake Mead(two lakes further > up the > Colorado River from Havasu). Here you are talking the largest > man-made lake in > the world. Big wind and Big water are possible if not probable in > the winter. > Beatuiful scenery. Lots of primitive area. Southern part of the lake > is only > 30 minutes from Las Vegas. I haven't sailed there but have friends > that have > many times and loved it. Check it out on a map. Some of the arms of > the lake > are HUGE and there are hardly and boats on it in the winter. > > Personnaly, my vote would be for Havasu. Although the lake is not as > big, > there are ammenities right on the water making it very convenient. > Oh yeah, and I > wouldn't have to drive very far! > > Give it a thought. It's a shame for all those Monty's to be laid up > all > winter when they are sitting on there trailers just begging to hit > the road. Then > we can come see you guys in the summer when we can fry an egg on our > hood and > the sailing stinks here. If there was any serious interest I would > be willing > to follow in Larry Yakes foosteps, well.....my steps would be baby > steps > compared to his...and work on setting something up. > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > >

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re: Monty gathering in AZ
by Seawitch 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Yes, I'd be up for it. Have looked up Lake Havasu on the net and have been giving the idea of sailing there some real consideration. I'm sure it isn't much further than the drive to Lake Mohave which I did over Thanksgiving. Time for a cool change! Sandra(Seawitch #617)

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Re: M_Boats: 06 Monty midwinters
by Rotortom2＠aol.com 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

I live in Tucson, and unless work schedules interfere, I will certainly travel to Havasu, or wherever. Tom Woodworth M-17 "Wild Hare" PS: The trip to San Carlos fizzled, couldn't find the proper documents for the boat or trailer, so we went inland to Alamos, Sonora instead.

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Re: M_Boats: 06 Monty midwinters
by Larry E Yake 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

I'd favor after the Holidays when things have settled down a little. Larry On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:32:03 EST Nebwest2(a)aol.com writes: > Sounds like a few folks might be interested! Cool! I'll put some info > on > Havasu together in the next week or two and get it posted on the > havasumontgomerys > website. Maybe we can get some others interested if they see where > they'd be > coming. > > Suggestions for when you guys would want to do this??? Before the > holidays, > after the holidays??? > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > >

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06 Monty midwinters
by Nebwest2＠aol.com 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Sounds like a few folks might be interested! Cool! I'll put some info on Havasu together in the next week or two and get it posted on the havasumontgomerys website. Maybe we can get some others interested if they see where they'd be coming. Suggestions for when you guys would want to do this??? Before the holidays, after the holidays???

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