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Re: M_Boats: BC gulf islands - Cortes
by Dave Scobie 19 Aug '18

19 Aug '18

John and others: I'm planning to cross into Canada at Bedwell Hbr tomorrow (8/20) and then to Port Browning (8/21) for grocery shopping. I'll then gunkhole around CN till at least Labor Day weekend. I'll then head back to the San Juan Islands for the rest of September. SWALLOW has a distictive house topped teal green and I'll be towing the M6'8". :: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: M6'8" #650 :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 7:42 PM John Schinnerer <john(a)eco-living.net> wrote: > > I am actually leaving for Cortes tomorrow. But with my kayak, this trip. > > So if anyone here happens to be cruising in the vicinity...a friend and > I will be circumnavigating Cortes the 22nd-26th, then my girlfriend and > I will be day paddling around different parts of Cortes thru Friday 31st. > Will be camped at Smelt Bay provincial park, after the circumnavigation. > > My kayak tends to stand out, it's a Pygmy Kayaks "Coho" model, glass > over okume plywood, clear finish. And my pal Keith has a Hobie Adventure > Island sail/pedal/paddle tri, in red. > > Don't think I will make it up to the gulf islands with Pajarita this > September. The local sailing season was shot by dry winter, low water at > Howard Prairie, and early onset of nasty forest fire smoke in the area. I > aim to get a shakedown cruise (for new furler & jib) at Fern Ridge by > mid-September and hopefully get to Waldo lake as well, and maybe Diamond > lake. Sad, but that's probably about it, unless I take it to the coast a > bit later in the fall. > > cheers, > John S. >

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Broughtons Archipelago trip report
by Larry Yake 19 Aug '18

19 Aug '18

Hi all, I just got back from a three week cruise through the Broughtons Archipelago. If you're not familiar with the area, it's an amazing group of islands and inlets located between the northern end of Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. There were four of us on the trip, two M17's, a San Juan 21, and a Compac Eclipse. This is a group of friends that I've cruised with many times before through the San Juans, the Gulf Islands, the Sunshine Coast with Princess Louisa Inlet, and Desolation Sound. The Broughtons is a beautiful area to cruise and certainly worth the trip up there. We had pretty little anchorages every night, whale sightings (both Humpbacks and Orcas), at least 10 bears, bald eagles, king fishers, and Pacific White Sided dolphins that played and swam along with us. The salmon were starting to run and the fishermen were bringing in some very nice springers (king salmon). Every day was a new area to explore and all the people we encountered were very friendly and impressed that we were cruising up there in such small boats. Fortunately we had very nice weather - cool foggy mornings, sunny afternoons, and incredible stars at night until the fog moved back in. There are some things that make a cruise up there in small boats challenging. There are some crossings where bad weather or strong winds against the currents could make conditions very tough - crossing Johnstone Strait, Knight Inlet, Kingcome Inlet, and others which have to approached with caution at the right time. Fortunately, we hit them all in very nice weather and calm conditions. That nice weather, however, let to other problems. The islands depend on very frequent rains to replenish their water supplies. By the end of our three week cruise they were experiencing a water shortage. The few marinas that are there were out of water. No showers, no laundry, not even toilets. The water normally available up there is not potable in most places anyway, so we were prepared with adequate supplies, but we were counting on being able to get a hot shower and do laundry every week or so. So... we did laundry in a bucket, had our shorts hanging all over the rigging, and put our sun showers to good use. Another issue to deal with up there is that there is not a single place to get rid of your garbage. Be prepared to haul all your garbage with you the whole time. Most of the other cruisers up there are in large power yachts. We usually only saw them when we stopped at a marina, where they packed in pretty tight. The little anchorages we usually had to ourselves. Fish farms are numerous up there, and in some areas clear cut logging has left ugly scars on the hillsides, but away from those areas it is one of the most beautiful areas I've cruised in. Larry Yake M17 CornDog

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new ladder & drilling holes in transom
by doug 19 Aug '18

19 Aug '18

I am about ready to drill some holes in my transom of my M-15. Yes, it scares me but it has to be done. I am adding a flip up ladder from West Marine to the transom. In order to beef up the transom I have had made for me two backing plates. One goes on the back of the transom and the other goes on the inside of the transom. Each has holes drilled in them to line up with the corresponding holes in the other plate. I will also be glueing the 12 gauge plates to the boat as well as having the 3” bolts attaching both plates to one another. Before I drill these holes, six of them, for support and to hold the plates to the transom from both sides, I thought it might be prudent to run this by whoever happens to see this post. I have never drilled holes in any sailboat I have owned and that is a lot of them. I am being careful to line up the holes on both plates so I don’t miss the holes on either. They have to line up perfectly to run the bolts through. This will happen after they are both glued to the transom with 5200. There is no turning back once that starts. So if you have any ideas for me, I am open to this and excited to get this project done. My M-15 looks great even though its a 1980 version. I want to keep it that way. Thanks

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Re: M_Boats: Broughtons Archipelago trip report
by bownez＠juno.com 19 Aug '18

19 Aug '18

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What are the specs of the mast for a 1974 Montgomery 17? Thanks
by Leonardo J. Velázquez 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

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ditch race
by jerry＠jerrymontgomery.org 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

Tyler- Wasn’t the ditch race last weekend? How did you do? You hinted that there might be some 17’s in the race; did this work out? Tell us about it!

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attaching transom ladder
by doug 07 Aug '18

07 Aug '18

Just got a transom ladder for my M-15. Obviously the transom needs some help to support the weight on the ladder without it ripping the transom off the boat. So how is this done. It seems impossible to get inside the transom from inside the boat to add some sort of weight distribution plate on the inside. And what about the outside. Does anyone add a weight distributing piece of wood, brass, bronze, metal, carbon fiber on the outside to support the ladder weight when used? Just wondering how to proceed.

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attaching transom ladder
by David Grah 07 Aug '18

07 Aug '18

Here's a write up I did about installing a ladder on my Montgomery 15: http://davidgrah.net/Ladder.pdf Message: 3 Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 21:05:28 -0700 From: doug <doug9326(a)gmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: M_Boats: attaching transom ladder Message-ID: <0AD1FEEB-A879-4574-B2DA-FCC6284DD933(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Just got a transom ladder for my M-15. Obviously the transom needs some help to support the weight on the ladder without it ripping the transom off the boat. So how is this done. It seems impossible to get inside the transom from inside the boat to add some sort of weight distribution plate on the inside. And what about the outside. Does anyone add a weight distributing piece of wood, brass, bronze, metal, carbon fiber on the outside to support the ladder weight when used? Just wondering how to proceed. ------------------------------

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M15 and M17 Spinnaker handicap
by casioqv＠usermail.com 07 Aug '18

07 Aug '18

Does anyone know if there is an established Portsmouth Yardstick handicap for the M15 (and/or 17) flying a spinnaker? In the Delta Dinghy Ditch race this weekend, there should be a few M boats including mine, and the race coordinator pointed out that in the past they had been (incorrectly) using the same non-spinnaker rating for M boat with and without spinnakers. He said if our community has a standard we agree on we could use that, otherwise we'll probably have to race in the 'cruiser class' which is handicap free. Sincerely, Tyler Backman '81 M15 #157

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Drop keel stuck
by doug 06 Aug '18

06 Aug '18

Went sailing on a perfect day Sunday. Until I tried to drop the keel/daggerboard/centerboard/??? and it did not go down. Just stayed in the retracted position. So other than just crawling under the boat on the trailer and fiddling with that thing, are there other thoughts/ideas/solutions? And if I want to raise the boat some from the trailer to get more room to work and for the board to drop down some, is there a right and wrong way to do that. I was going to use a jack under the forward end of the shoal draft keel and jack up the boat maybe 8 inches that way. Can that shoal draft keel support some weight like that? Sure is nice to have a forum like this for newbies like me. Thanks

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