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Re: M_Boats: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 147, Issue 10
by Antonio Martinez 21 May '15

21 May '15

> On 5/20/2015 12:16 PM, Tyler Backman wrote: > > Hi Tyler, > > On our M-15 I used the aft end of the cockpit as our galley. > > The trapezoidal plywood filler piece over the portapotti was the work > surface, and the cockpit seat surfaces provided good counter space. > > To keep it locked in place when someone throwing a big wake came > roaring by, I added some cleats P&S on the bottom. Then the work > surface couldn't slide around, you only had to grab the kettle or the > pot that was on the stove and rescue it. > > We cooked using a single burner propane restaurant table-top stove. I > bought ours for about $29.-. It had electronic ignition; and when you > shut the burner off, the propane bottle was disconnected from the stove. > > Of course cooking in the cockpit brings up the next problem that > requires a solution. What if it rains? ...or the sun is too hot? > > Our solution was a home made Bimini top that covered the cockpit and the > open companionway hatch. > > The Bimini, when not in use, was rolled up and stowed in the port sail > locker. > > Our Toolbox Galley - everything we needed to cook and dine on the M-15 > was inside a 19" long toolbox that stowed neatly under the cockpit sole > in the cabin - supplied the pots and pans; tea kettle; kitchen utensils; > salad mixing bowl; plates; cups; wine glasses; and silverware for > comfortable (luxurious) living on a 15-footer. See M-Boat Archives for > photos of the Toolbox galley construction and contents stowage. > Building one is a nice winter occupation. You have a three dimensional > puzzle to solve., as well as finding suitably sized items to fit the > volume of the toolbox. > > The beauty of it is that you will find most of what you need at your > local GOODWILL, or similar store. (Remember to take a small tape > measure along on your search excursions - an item 1/2" too big won't work!) > > My wife Katrina, who came from Germany, gave the M-15 berth her highest > possible complement. She called it a "wunderbare suendenwiese" (a > wonderful meadow for sinning / frolicking) > > Connie > ex M-15 #400 LEPPO > > Connie > "wunderbare suendenwiese" I can't tell you how loud I laughed and what a big smile this brought to my face! You gotta love the Monty attitude. Is that a 'montitude'? thanks for posting vid and sharing details! Cheers, a M15 La Totuma Shenandoah Valley, VA

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Re: M_Boats: wunderbare suendenwiese
by Dave Scobie 21 May '15

21 May '15

EXCELLENT idea Tyler ... a gave me a good laugh during lunch :-) -- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Tyler Backman <casioqv(a)usermail.com> wrote: > Someone needs to name their M15 that. > > Tyler > > > On May 21, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Antonio Martinez < > middleriverstudio(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > "wunderbare suendenwiese" > > > > I can't tell you how loud I laughed and what a big smile this brought to > my > > face! You gotta love the Monty attitude. Is that a 'montitude'? > > thanks for posting vid and sharing details! > > Cheers, > > a > > M15 La Totuma > > Shenandoah Valley, VA > > >

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Montgomery 15 Sea of Cortez Video - Set Up
by David Grah 20 May '15

20 May '15

I think we were on the boat about 6 days on this trip and have been out that long a few times now. Essentially our setup is a cross between backpacking and car camping. We had a cooler which kept things cool for about the first day. All the other food had to be able to get warm. We slept in the cabin with everything moved to the cockpit at night. During our one really rainy day everything got pretty wet and never really dried out properly after. Although we slept inside I sometimes sleep in the cockpit and leave more things inside. Because of all the rain there were a lot of flies that could get pretty irritating. They just buzzed and landed and didn't bite. One night we had bad no-see-ums that came right through our bug netting we had over the hatch and bit us a lot. That was pretty miserable. Another new issue I faced was lack of circulation in the cabin while sleeping. My feet hated that! We cooked on a butane one burner stove, carried 5 gallons of water in a jug stowed in the front of the cabin, and went to shore when nature called, properly selecting the location and burying the evidence. I tried to find the particular model solar panel we have but couldn't find the order. It came from Amazon and I purchased it mostly because it was about the right size for the hatch and was cheap. I got a cheap one for proof of concept and intend to replace the one I have with a better one when I get around to it. Not that there has been any problem with the cheap one I have. Works great. My son and I plan to be out on the boat for up to 10 days in July on the Great Slave Lake. Luckily the water should be cold enough a few feet below the surface to cool things down (like beer) before consuming. Otherwise, the approach will be about the same. David GrahBishop CaliforniaMontgomery 15 - Sky Message: 10 Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 18:59:06 -0700 From: John Schinnerer <john(a)eco-living.net> To: tommyval(a)aol.com, For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Montgomery 15 Sea of Cortez Video Message-ID: <555BEA6A.90609(a)eco-living.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed How many days were you out and about, self-support? Can you give us an outline of how you set yourselves up for that length of time for two people on a quite small boat? Food, water, toilet, etc.? thanks, John S.

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strawanza
by Conbert Benneck 19 May '15

19 May '15

Has anyone heard anything about Willi's progress? Connie

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Sorry to bring it up again TOWING
by Karen & Smiley 16 May '15

16 May '15

Just about decided to buy a Outback 2015 2.5i (small 4 cyc.) engine option to two my Monty 15. Anybody here tow with a comparable 185 hp and about 175 lb-ft of torque 4 cyc engine or better yet this same vehicle. Your observations are most appreciated. Smiley M15 #616. THANKS Karen & Smiley Magoo252(a)comcast.net <mailto:Magoo252@comcast.net>

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Fwd: [NHH members] Fwd: A Nice "Little Breeze" - M-15 for sale in Hawai'i
by John Schinnerer 15 May '15

15 May '15

Hi all, FYI, M-15 "Little Breeze" is for sale, see below. It's on Hawai'i Island. The seller, Mauricio, is a member of Na Hoa Holomoku (the sailing club in Hilo). His e-mail is below in the forwarded message. So, you'd either have to move to Hawai'i to sail her...or, ship her back. Or sail her back I suppose. Or, you could buy her and then donate her to the sailing club... :-) cheers, John S. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [NHH members] Fwd: A Nice "Little Breeze" Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 14:51:05 -1000 CC: Mau Barbis <mauriciobarbis(a)hotmail.com> Aloha Members, This message from Mauricio Barbis..... Aloha Ron, Attached are the pictures of the "Little Breeze". She is a famous Montgomery 15 sailboat that a man named Mike Mann sailed from Newport Beach to Oahu (see link at http://www.msog.org/yarns/hawaii15.cfm) We pull her all around Big Island to go sailing where good sailing conditions are enjoyable. She doesn't need permanent/temporary mooring, insurance fees, or Official Boating Safety Education Course. No need to worries with hurricanes or tsunamis as well. Little Breeze includes: Registered trailer in top condition. Honda 5 hp 4 stroke like new. All sails are in good shape (mains, genoas, jibs, spinnaker, etc). Navigation lights. Anchor with chain and rope. Fenders Compass. Life jackets. Total prize is $ 7,500.00 Call Mauricio at (808) 747-7060 --

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Fender scuff marks
by George Iemmolo 08 May '15

08 May '15

Wrinkle Boat Mates I am in the process of cleaning and buffing my hull. Hop to splash next Friday slips are in. Last year I had a large white fender attached to the slip alongside the boat for extra protection. It sustained quite a large amount of material from the finder to the hull the cove strip (Forest Green}. My normal cleaning compound using a orbital buffer did not remove it. I have been working by hand on an area 12"x6" for an hour using a substitute for Turpentine less toxic and have made some progress but am looking for a better solution as at this rate I have at least 8-10 hrs. of work in front of me not to mention the fatigue factor on these 83 yr. old muscles. I seem to recall reading somewhere in the past about someone recommending a household product that was a great fiberglass restorer that might work. . Any suggestions are appreciated? George Merry Helen II 93 M15 #602I

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Virginia M15 FS
by Antonio Martinez 05 May '15

05 May '15

http://roanoke.craigslist.org/boa/4992097235.html NO connection to seller or boat at all. Stumbled upon it while window shopping. -- *Middle River Studio*

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North Carolina Sailing - Mast Raising Safety Line
by Michael Murphy 04 May '15

04 May '15

Only having time for a short day trip this week I launched on the Neuse River near New Bern. Within five miles of New Bern there are six ramps suitable for Montgomery 15’s; some more suitable than others. While most public ramps are first class they are designed by power boaters. The chief indication of this is that trees are not always cleared from the launch site. Since my last visit to the Bridgeton ramp the branches had encroached about five feet over the ramp. By backing part-way down it is possible to avoid the branches but you have to raise the mast on a slope. In the past I had used the jib halyard as a safety line while raising the mast. An extra line was run from the cockpit to the bow and then back to the mast via the jib halyard. When raising on a flat surface this line carried about 30% of the weight of the mast until it was approaching the vertical. I recently acquired a 2 ½” block for $10 and now run the line from the cockpit to this block which is attached high on the trailer crutch. This significantly lowers the angle of the safety line and increases the amount of force that can be applied to the mast while raising it. When the mast is fully up the safety line runs at a very shallow angle to the mast. This has the added benefit of allowing me to pull the mast forward from the cockpit and cleating it off. This makes it much easier to attach the clevis pin for the forestay and get the forestay tight. A note on the upper Neuse estuary: shortly above New Bern the Neuse turns into a relatively shallow, slow-moving, brackish estuary which is affected by wind-driven currents, as well as by salt water "wedges" moving upstream from the Pamlico Sound. While the lunar tide is only a few inches these “wind tides” or seiches, can raise the water two to three feet in a few hours, and in a few instances cause the river to flow upstream. So, we while we can ignore the lunar tide charts here, it's good to track the prevailing wind in the Pamlico Sound about 40 miles downstream. North and East winds pile the water up in the Sound causing the river to rise; South and West winds drive the water down near the river's mouth causing the river estuary to drain more.

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Re: M_Boats: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 147, Issue 1
by Antonio Martinez 04 May '15

04 May '15

Yep, it does seem like too much motor... Really I'm just trying to find fellow Monty'ists (Montii?) in the Mid-Atlantic! lol. On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 2:00 PM, < montgomery_boats-request(a)mailman.xmission.com> wrote: > Send montgomery_boats mailing list submissions to > montgomery_boats(a)mailman.xmission.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > montgomery_boats-request(a)mailman.xmission.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > montgomery_boats-owner(a)mailman.xmission.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of montgomery_boats digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. M15 FS in Virginia (Antonio Martinez) > 2. Virginia M15 FS (Antonio Martinez) > 3. Re: Virginia M15 FS (Dave Scobie) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 17:33:01 -0400 > From: Antonio Martinez <middleriverstudio(a)gmail.com> > To: montgomery_boats(a)mailman.xmission.com > Subject: M_Boats: M15 FS in Virginia > Message-ID: > < > CAN+qDtxTWpaGHd0eG0Y46YSjcnM4JTwrSQYueVW2mOiy7cHodg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > NO connection to seller or boat at all. Just stumbled upon it while > windowshopping... > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 17:34:25 -0400 > From: Antonio Martinez <middleriverstudio(a)gmail.com> > To: montgomery_boats(a)mailman.xmission.com > Subject: M_Boats: Virginia M15 FS > Message-ID: > < > CAN+qDtyOy3GkgqCJoTEmsxGvNxqg-5NvSukHgioQn9NnKTzDmQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > http://roanoke.craigslist.org/boa/4992097235.html > > NO connection to seller or boat at all. Stumbled upon it while window > shopping. > > -- > > *Middle River Studio* > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 15:38:14 -0600 > From: Dave Scobie <scoobscobie(a)gmail.com> > To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats > <montgomery_boats(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Virginia M15 FS > Message-ID: > <CAGjBOA4MikRTRZiiS= > P2un9S-ug-avCQ5TdkyQYE_i1QXvRh-A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > May be a good deal ... But that 6hp outboard is way way way more motor than > needed plus being way way way to heavy. Honda 2.3 is best choice for the > M15. > > :: Dave Scobie > :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA > :: Former M15 owner > On May 3, 2015 3:34 PM, "Antonio Martinez" <middleriverstudio(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > http://roanoke.craigslist.org/boa/4992097235.html > > > > NO connection to seller or boat at all. Stumbled upon it while window > > shopping. > > > > -- > > > > *Middle River Studio* > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > montgomery_boats mailing list > montgomery_boats(a)mailman.xmission.com > https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet! > > > ------------------------------ > > End of montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 147, Issue 1 > ************************************************ > -- *Antonio Martinez* *Middle River Studio* 540-248-3310 (h) 540-414-4782 (c)

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