Little Breeze, the 15 that sailed to HI, did not have a bowsprit. It had twin jibs for self-steering on a run. I put a 2' sprit on the 15 that I crossed the gulf with; it worked great on a reach but was of no benefit upwind or on a run. I made it easily removable so I could remove it when trailerin g. jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Kaiser" <whkaiser@gmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 5:50 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Bow Sprit...
Jerry might chime in on this one. There was an M15 that sailed to Hawaii that was customized had some kind of bow sprit accommodate the 2 head sails the boat had if I remember correctly.
Bill M15 "Desert Dawn" Phoenix
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:59 PM, LOU <capnlou@ec.rr.com> wrote:
I'm working on making a bow sprit to hold my anchor on my M-15. It is made of 2" thick teak and is 11" wide and will stick out 13" from the bow, it is tapered at the front. I have not attached it to the boat yet as I am still positioning the anchor and finishing some other fitting tasks.
I went out for a sail yesterday and there was a good 15 knot wind and 2 to 3 ft waves that were almost breaking the bow which got me thinking. If a wave catches this bow sprit it could act like a plow and drive my bow into the water, causing it to capsize.
I am thinking of making it a couple of inches shorter and perhaps drilling holes in it to help avoid a situation. Is there anyone who might have had some experience with this or has some idea of what could be done. Not installing the bow sprit is not an option that I want to hear after getting this far... Thanks... Lou Aliotta
( M-15 Still The One) _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet!
_______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet!