On Wednesday, July 12, 2023, jerry montgomery <jmbn1@outlook.com> wrote:
Pretty weird. The mast section looks close, but the mast step is not original, and it looks like it's punched right thru the mahogany keelson. I'll try to find the proper mast step casting and you'll see if it fits the mast. At any rate you'll be able to see how it was done originally. You'll need to clean up and fill the hole in the keelson; and then put a layer of glass over the hole. I'd definitely use epoxy. Be sure that the hole is bone dry.
The 4-hole strap eye in front of the mast step is for anchoring the front end of the hiking straps and you'll need them. make them out of nylon strap, and put a grommet near the center so that you can use bungie cord to pull the center of the straps out so you can get your feet under them quickly.
You'll need a hiking stick on the tiller. When you make the new standing rigging be sure that there is room to rake the mast. The 12 is very sensitive to tuning. Doesn't plane well but will beat pretty much anything it's size upwind.
We had a good fleet of twelves in Newport Bay and my oldest daughter and I kicked butt! Good memories.
________________________________ From: Lawrence Winiarski via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman. xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 4:01 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman. xmission.com> Cc: Lawrence Winiarski <lawrence_winiarski@yahoo.com> Subject: M_Boats: Re: Fitting for bottom of mast for Montgomery 12 and lots of questions.
Thank you Jerry for your help. I'm grateful for any info or parts I might buy to get the old girl back on the water again asap.
I'm attaching a couple pictures of the bottom of the boat as I received it along with the bottom of the mast. The mast extrusion is 2.00 x 2.50 and it doesn't look like that matches up with a dwyer mast. I'm assuming this is not correct, but the way the standing rigging was sized there is no room to adjust to raise it more thana fraction of an inch. But since it's 1/8 rather than 3/32, I probably will redo the rigging anyway... I don't know much about history........(wait.. isn't that a song?)
On Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 10:04:28 AM PDT, jerry montgomery < jmbn1@outlook.com> wrote:
Yes, it was meant to go fast; we designed it to be a yacht club boat for evening series and weekend regattas. Very quick for a 12' boat, especially in light and moderate air.
The mast step is a casting that is screwed to the bottom of the boat and simply fits inside the mast. I might have some in one of my junk hardware boxes and i'll try to remember to take a look if your boat doesn't have one.
Rigging was 3/32"
________________________________ From: Lawrence Winiarski via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman. xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 6:37 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman. xmission.com> Cc: Lawrence Winiarski <lawrence_winiarski@yahoo.com> Subject: M_Boats: Fitting for bottom of mast for Montgomery 12 and lots of questions.
I'm going to be getting a Montgomery 12 back on the water again and I've got lots and lots of questions. It's mostly there, but there look like some problems. It seems there is a lot of sail for a light boat, so I'm guessing it was meant to go fast.
How is the mast for the Montgomery 12 supposed to fit on the bottom of the boat? was it originally supposed to have a tabernacle like the M15? Are the sidestays and forestay supposed to be 1/8 "? Seems the hanks for the jib would prefer 3/32"
Any pictures or descriptions would be great.