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Bow pulpit. My boat did not come with a bow pulpit. Is there any resource for getting one made or used.
by Doug 14 Aug '22

14 Aug '22

New member here from Bend, OR. just bought a Montgomery 15. ⁣Sent from BlueMail

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Furl for Montgomery 17
by TIm Brown 05 Feb '20

05 Feb '20

Hi. I am thinking about installing a jib furl on my Montgomery 17. I had a local rigger look at the boat this morning and he says the boat is too heavy for the "Harken Small Boat" and he is unsure which furl is best suited for this boat. He is going to do some research but I thought I would put it out to you all as well. The head sail is a genoa 150% Also, is it reasonable to expect the furl to be able to reef? Thanks, Tim Brown ----------------------- Assistant Coach Orange County Riptide Baseball 2017 CCL Champions Phone: 949.351.6664 Webpage Link: <http://www.ocriptide.com/> Riptide Twitter Link: <https://twitter.com/ocriptide> @ocriptide League Webpage: <http://calsummerball.com/> California Collegiate League (CCL)

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Trailer extension
by Edward Epifani 18 Jan '20

18 Jan '20

Henry et al, Below are pics of trailer extension parts, all from Harbor Freight. The step down receiver is the black thing mounted upside down under the tongue. It accepts 2”square tube. The tubing is aluminum. Thick walled is best. The ball receiver is bolted. I used a 3” for a 2” ball. Washers as spacers inside to adapt to 2” tubing. The Fulton jack is converted to double wheels, pneumatic tires,300 lb rated. The jack needs a 1 1/2 metal spacer mount for trailer frame clampto allow jack to fold up. I’m in ,Oregon our ramps are 8% slope. A 14’ extension gives 30” depth with rear wheels and undercarriage of my Odyssey kept dry . Ed

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Trailer Tongue Weight
by Henry Rodriguez 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

Edward: Thank you for the response. The trailer extension I cobbled up consists of a 2’ sleeve U-bolted to the top of the frame near the built-in jack. (I have the original Trail-rite trailer that has a jack coming through the middle of the channel that forms the trailer tongue.) A 7’ extension slides in the bolt-on sleeve. It rides above the original tongue. I would never use the bolted extension for traveling, just for launching and retrieving the boat at the ramp. What I would like to do is cut off the existing coupler and replace it with my extension, allowing it to telescope. It will fit but won’t slide back because the built in jack goes through the tube. I can cut this off (I have added a regular wheeled jack) but it goes right through the center and I don’t have the welding skills to patch and reinforce the big hole removing the jack would leave. Finding a welder to help me with this is on my list of projects for this summer. Re the Odyssey: I have had Chrysler vans since 1986 and never had a problem towing. I towed my 3660 lb VN23 to Lake Havasu (from Minneapolis) and my M17 to Phoenix with my 2012 Town & Country without the slightest problem. I switched to a 2019 Odyssey last year. I am concerned because I found out after I bought the van that the 9 speed transmissions in the latest generation (2018-2020) are problematic. The towing capacity and maximum tongue weight are considerably less than the Chryslers’. I would not consider towing the VN23 with the Odyssey but the M17 falls well within its capacity (once I get the tongue weight sorted out.). I am planning on towing her out to Puget Sound for the Salish 100 and Pocket Yacht Palooza in July. John: I haven’t had Monita weighed at a weigh station yet but that is on my list of things to do before launch this spring. I am fairly confident that her weight is similar to yours but actually getting her weighed will give me some peace of mind. The advertised displacement of my VN23 Chiquita was 2000lb but actual weight with trailer, motor, and minimal gear was 3660lb. I may have to rethink the outboard mount at the forward end of the trailer and possibly move the spare tire mount farther aft to get the tongue weight right. Henry M17 #310 Monita -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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new owner
by Rob Bultman 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

Hi, My name is Rob and I live in Louisville, KY. I learned to sail on the Ohio river about 10 years ago but haven't sailed a ton. I just recently purchase a 1977 M17, hull number 231. The boat can be sailed now, but needs a little work and updating. The previous owner put some effort into fixing leaks, repairing the electrical, and adding LED lights. I'm looking forward to sailing on the Ohio as well as taking the boat to other lakes in the area. I have family that lives on the Potomac and I'm looking forward to sailing there too. Regards, Rob

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Re: M_Boats: new owner
by Rob Bultman 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

Thanks for the warm welcome. Tom, I did see what you have done with AS-IS. That, and the other project photos, as well as the info on the non-pics site, are inspirational. So glad I found this community. Regards, Rob

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Newsletters, and CB Winch
by Thomas Howe 03 Jan '20

03 Jan '20

I believe that I have a number of the old pre- digital printed Montgomery newsletters, and I am planning to scan and post. Where would you like to see them? I am a FaceBookPhobe, but that seems like a place where we can have a repository of documents. On the last day of my sailing season, and on the last act before she went onto the trailer, my sailing buddy raised the centerboard, and then was startled to have the winch fall to the cabin floor. The Nylon base of the Arco 6 failed, and sheared off it's mounting plate. I corresponded with Hutton-Arco of Australia, and secured a new replacement, which unlike any of the other replacements that I looked at, has a bronze base and core, instead of Nylon. The purchase process was simple, except for the time that it took to get here from the antipodes. I'll report on it's operation sometime into 2020. BTW, I am in favor of the status quo in regards to the mailing list, if it ain't broke..... Thomas Howe Osprey II, 1985 Montgomery 17 #666

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Re: M_Boats: Archives
by kdiehl 03 Jan '20

03 Jan '20

Here's a quote from January, 1999 that seems just as apt for the 2020 New Year."And --- on a personal note, thanks to Dennis Farrell for his quote:"In a power boat, you get there in a hurry, in a sailboat, you are alreadythere"It made my day.Don HaasDream Catcher, M15-248" null

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Re: M_Boats: Archives
by kdiehl 03 Jan '20

03 Jan '20

My phone email client just doesn't format well. That link is.. ftp://ftp.xmission.com/pub/lists/montgomery_boats/archive/ null

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Archives
by kdiehl 03 Jan '20

03 Jan '20

When discussing archives, don't overlook the really old ones at ftp://ftp.xmission.com/pub/lists/montgomery_boats/archive/That link appears on the list info page, but is easily missed. https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats

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