April 2016 - montgomery_boats - mailman.xmission.com

bottom paint redux
by Daniel Rich 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

OK, assuming now I need bottom paint, and I don’t want to do it myself, where in the SF Bay Area would be a good place to do it? I live in Sonoma County, but I could drop the boat off somewhere to do it. Daniel Rich M15 #208 "Kestrel" danielgrich(a)gmail.com

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Msgs
by George Iemmolo 30 Apr '16

30 Apr '16

I know it is sailing weather in many parts of the country and that might be why I have not seen a MSG. on the Wrinkle Boat list for a few weeks or somehow I was dropped? Still working on getting the Jib Furling system assembled and the rest of the boat ready to splash. docks are in so it's up to me now.😎 Hello out there anyone home?😀 George "We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails"

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Tohatsu SailPro 6hp x-long shaft for sale
by John Schinnerer 22 Apr '16

22 Apr '16

Hi all, Got my motor listed on craigslist, if anyone's interested: http://medford.craigslist.org/bpo/5547183676.html Pass it along to any sailing friends who might have a suitable boat. Would be great for an M23 I think. Seems considerable overkill for an M17 in both weight and HP but I wouldn't refuse to sell it for that use ;-). cheers, John S. -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john(a)eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com

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AS bow light bracket for pulpit available from Catalina Direct
by GILASAILR＠aol.com 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

Someone was looking for these awhile back - Just received an email from from Catalina Direct. NFIW - have gotten good service and parts from them in the past. GO. _Adjustable Light Bracket: Catalina 22 through Catalina 36_ (http://catalinadirect.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=23be7ea908a745ae355… 4fb0bc&e=7495126777) Aqua Signal's bracket was $67.00 when discontinued in 2013. Our custom fabricated solution is adjustable to different mounting angles. Only $39.95 (http://catalinadirect.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=23be7ea908a745ae355…)

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Great Slave Lake Sailing Video
by David Grah 10 Apr '16

10 Apr '16

Last year we had a great trip to the Great Slave Lake in Canada with our 1986 Montgomery 15. I just finished a 22 minute video of it and posted it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/uFT6Li2cdzY That video joins three other videos from that trip from sailing Waldo Lake, Ross Lake, and Maligne Lake in July of 2015. I hatched the idea of going to the Great Slave Lake when I realized it was about the same distance away from me as the North Channel on Lake Huron, but seemed more wild. David GrahBishop CaliforniaMontgomery 15 - Sky

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North Carolina Sailing at Newfoundland: heaving-to
by Michael Murphy 09 Apr '16

09 Apr '16

A crossroads community of less than a dozen houses Newfoundland has a surprisingly good ramp. With a front wheel drive vehicle I’m normally wary of dirt ramps but I stopped at the near-by pool hall/bar/Post Office/barbecue place & learned that it was steep and deep. With a tongue extension it was possible to keep the vehicle on flat ground and easily float the M-15. The weather wasn’t the best but if you wait for perfect weather you don’t go sailing much. Finding low winds in the sheltered waters near the ramp I sailed off under full main and jib expecting to reef and perhaps change headsails later. Later was less than 2 miles downriver the Little Alligator widens from a width of 100 yards to 1/3 mile and I put a 1st reef in. Another ½ hour I put in a 2nd reef and was still sailing at 4.5 -5.0 knots. I usually heave-to under a backed jib but in some situations (like narrow rivers) the amount of fore-reaching the boat does is a problem. Since I already had 2 reefs in I decided to see how the boat handled under the main alone. I had successfully hove-to once before with the tiller tied slightly a-lee as some books suggest but couldn’t easily replicate a stable condition. Dropping the jib, raising the CB, and ignoring the tiller, the boat sailed itself across the wind at 0.9 knots which worked better than tying the helm slightly to the lee. In the 16 knot winds I had expected the boat to round up with only the mainsail. However, with a doubled-reefed, tightly sheeted mainsail the center of effort appeared to be right in the middle of the boat. As the hull slipped across the water it created a slick that interrupted on-coming waves. In gusts the increased slippage caused the tiller to be pushed a little to leeward. As long as I kept my weight centered the boat generally, but not always, kept its course. A more consistent heave-to was possible with the tiller completely lashed over. At an acute angle it failed to steer and acted like a drag. The heading improved a little, boat speed dropped., and the course was more stable.

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Re: M_Boats: Howard's Mods
by bownez＠juno.com 08 Apr '16

08 Apr '16

Hi Tom, I too have replaced the rotted, soaked balsa deck in my M17 from below. It was a nasty, difficult job. I used Core-mat instead of end grain balsa for the new material. The leaks are gone. It would be an easy job if you could turn the boat upside down... One big tip, wear your respirator. Mr. Bones ____________________________________________________________ Wall Street Daily Peter Schiff: China Just Armed its Financial Missile http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/570654ec31e2954eb3c07st01vuc

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Re: M_Boats: Howard's Mods
by bownez＠juno.com 08 Apr '16

08 Apr '16

Hello Henry, To address your questions: Did you cut out the bottom panel in one piece or in sections? If sections, how big? Did you use thickened epoxy or the straight stuff? How thick was the Coremat? Did you have to piece it in or were you able to use one or more large panels? Sorry for all the questions, but I want to get as much information as I can before I dig in. I cut out the bottom of the foredeck in one piece, A rather large triangle. I used a rotozip tool. I used the cut out section as a template to construct a large "patch" of Coremat to epoxy into the void of removed balsa. I used thickened epoxy (System Three brand). Using cut to size Coremat, I made a sandwich of layers gluing the sheets together until I achieved the right thickness of the patch. The nice thing about the Coremat material is it cannot hold water, unlike balsa. I then epoxied the patch into the ceiling using braces to hold it in place. Once that set, I filled the edges with thickened epoxy to seal it. The repair area was then painted, holes drilled, and deck hardware remounted with backing plates. I went to a 2 cleat system instead of a single cleat. I also added a cross brace of hardwood in the ceiling running from cleat to cleat amidship. The new cleats are on hardwood risers to clear the toerail. I have pictures somewhere. I'll look for them. We met in Havasu a few years ago. it would be great to get together here in the twin cities so we can discuss M-boats...... Later, Mr. Bones ____________________________________________________________ Wall Street Daily Peter Schiff: China Just Armed its Financial Missile http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5707aee2f11d2ee1402cst01vuc

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Re: M_Boats: Howard's Mods
by bownez＠juno.com 08 Apr '16

08 Apr '16

Tim, Congratulations sir. You may be the only sailor I have heard of to perform the flip feat. It would be great to see a video of that maneuver. Mr. Bones ____________________________________________________________ Wall Street Daily Peter Schiff: China Just Armed its Financial Missile http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5707aa5a6dede2a5a5783st04vuc

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Howard's Mods
by Henry Rodriguez 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

I was wondering if Howard Audsley monitors either this list or the Trailer Sailer site. He described sealing his hull/deck joint with epoxy and painting his aluminum toe rails on Dave Scobies old Sweet Pea site. I want to find out how these have held up over the years since I am looking at doing the same on Monita. Is the paint on the toe rails chipped or peeling? Is the epoxy he injected into the hull/deck joint still leak free or has it cracked? Does he wish he had used something like 5200 instead? I really like some of the repairs/mods he had done to Audasea. I would like to know how these have held up over the years and if he has any new words of caution. Henry -- Sent from Gmail Mobile on Windows 10 phone

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