December 2010 - montgomery_boats - mailman.xmission.com

Christmas Greetings
by Conbert Benneck 28 Dec '10

28 Dec '10

For 2011, may all your destinations be a nice broad reach away. May the Weather Gods be kind to you, giving you blue skies, delightful cumulus clouds, and just enough "salt and pepper" to keep your sailing from becoming boring. May you always have a hands-breadth of water under your keels. Happy sailing gang, and keep the stories and adventures flowing, so that we, who have been forced to swallow the anchor, can partake of them too. Connie & Katrina Benneck ex M-15 #400 LEPPO

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Merry Christmas from Havasu!
by M23 "Daunltess" 24 Dec '10

24 Dec '10

To all our Montgomery family out there. I want to send you this Merry Christmas message today as work will prevent me from getting out to you tomorrow. ‘Jo , Bosun, and I find ourselves winding down another year in our lives with the Christmas Season upon us. We almost even have Christmas weather here in Havasu today, or at least as close as the geography will allow! I hope that everyone has a Wonderful day with their family Christmas Day. For us, I know that ‘Jo and the Bosunator will come hang out with me at the Firehouse Christmas Day , as will the other guy’s families and we will keep our fingers crossed that not one person should find themselves in need of our services. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas Day. We are so excited to see all of you that will be coming to see us soon! Sean, Jo, ...and yes ....Mr. Bosun

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Merry Christmas
by Keith Diehl 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

Thank you for the kind words. Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Joyous Ramadan, Yule, Kwanzaa, HumanLight, and Diwali. Most of all, fair winds and safe sailing in the coming year. Keith Diehl Cottonwood Heights, UT

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Merry Christmas
by eisenee＠aol.com 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Merry Christmas to all Montgomery Sailors everywhere Eldor and Dorothy Eisen M17 Motu iti

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Re: M_Boats: Merry Christmas from Havasu!
by TOMMYVAL＠aol.com 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Thanks Sean, Merry Christmas to your family and our Montgomery family as well. Hope you have a very peaceful few days at the station Gary Valetti

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Re: M_Boats: Merry Christmas from Havasu!
by bownez＠juno.com 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Thank you Sean! See you in Feb. the boney one ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210

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Re: M_Boats: New member
by Earl Landers 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Dave, I too think the damage was caused by hard contact with trailer parts. I wondered if the boat knocked one of the bunks off its support and then was holed by that chunk of steel.

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Re: M_Boats: New member
by Earl Landers 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Dave, Thanks for the offer (fenders), but I have already replaced them.

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New member
by Earl Landers 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Stan, I am located in Bakersfield, CA Dave, I too hope the "stuck" problem is something simple, but I fear it's the worst case scenario, swollen rusted steel ballast squeezing the trunk L The slash in the bottom was located directly under the bulkhead that is the rear support for the V birth and extended from the edge of the keel trunk Outward to about the second strake. We had to remove a 4" by 6" piece of that bulkhead at the floor level to get to the top side of the hole. The previous Repair was a gash in the starboard side of the keel trunk that was about an inch below the top of the trunk and extended for about 8". A previous owner the has removed the floor between the settees and from the V birth back to about the pendant, exposing the ballast. There is also evidence of past repairs near the pendant exit from the trunk, so it's been stuck before, or maybe still. Above the waterline, the hull looks very good for it's age. The ad from '98 is interesting. The CDI furler is still aboard, the teak is nicely finished, the Evinrude has been replace with a 5hp Honda, the new VHF has been replaced again recently, there is only one anchor aboard, but I have not paid it any attention as of yet, the wisker pole is in excellent shape, and the trailer had no wiring nor fenders, but that has been corrected. This boat lived in mast up storage at Marina del Ray. We used Harbor freight magnetic tail lights to get the trailer home, and they lasted less than 10 miles before someone flagged us over to tell us the lights were being dragged down the freewayJ. The PO said that he had a lot of calls from his Craig's List ad, but once he disclosed its condition, no one wanted to see the boat. The needed repairs were a bit intimidating, but the boat was priced as a project boat. As my buddy said, it's only fiberglassJ. I've had it less than a month and it's watertight again and we've had it out for a test sail. Life is good! Here she is sitting beside "Gentle Spirit", my C25 http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs768.snc4/66795_165658266805362 _100000835691253_267147_1965054_n.jpg

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New Member
by Earl Landers 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Hello, My name is Earl Landers and I recently purchased a "project boat" M17 Hull # 373. She is a sad little boat that had a 6" slash through the bottom of the hull and a stuck keel. While fixing the slash, we found evidence of previous repairs to the side of the keel trunk that were poorly done, i. e. unsaturated cloth over flaking bottom paint, little wonder that she leaked. Anyway, that has all been fixed, and if it ever quits raining, we going to find out what 's going on with the keel. I'll keep you posted, Earl

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