Dave, Those are snaps for some kind of canvas cover. I have them on my Thistle. Tod Mills M17 #408, 1987 galley model BuscaBrisas
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of W David Scobie Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:41 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: 2000 Montgomery 17 on ebay
Mboaters -
in 'looking' at the M17 on ebay i noticed something in the pictures - pop rivits (or what look like pop rivits) or screws along the hull/deck joint. for one example see -
http://photos.ebizautos.com/7410/3497775_24.jpg
(for the entire listing see search for listing 320314220500 on ebay.com)
when you see other M17s of 'newer' vintage you don't see these -
http://www.msogphotosite.com/MSOG/b17hyde/b17hyde12.jpg
or older a slight bit older -
http://www.msogphotosite.com/MSOG/b17smith/b17smith10.jpg
thoughts?
dave scobie M15 #288 - SCRED visit Scred's www-site: http://www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred
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