Hi John, Thanks, I'm pretty excited about it! I just wish it would stop raining and warm up a little so that I can get it in the water. I think Flathead lake would be awesome to visit as well, and after some road-trips last summer I also really want to get up to some of the lakes in southern BC if it is possible to take a boat across the border into Canada (and more importantly, back) without too much hassle. I posted a close up photo of "micro-cruiser sized bow roller". Which is what the seller told me it was. I haven't tried it so I don't know that it works. Unfortunately I could not find any markings on it, so I'm not sure about make/model. There is also an anchor mount (this one I think https://windline.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=61&product_id=117) hooked to the rail on the bow, and a cleat in-line behind the bow roller, so it seems plausible that all of it works together to make the anchor more easily manageable. Best, Sam
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Cc: Bcc: Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:35:39 -0700 Subject: Re: M_Boats: introductions Welcome Sam! And congratulations. That's a very sweet looking M15. I'm down in the south end of the PNW/Cascadia bioregion, in Ashland, OR, with my M-17 "Pajarita" (1974, #38). I figure at some point all the Montys with Spanish names should get together... :-)
I do plan to get to the San Juans, and some of those inland NW lakes, in next few years, but no firm plans yet, will let y'all know what shapes up and try to connect up where possible. It sounds like there's Monty folks scattered around from Puget Sound through eastern WA and into northern ID (I've got a cousin in the vicinity of Cour D'Alene). And I want to sail on Flathead lake, I spent three seasons (winters, teaching snowsports) at Big Mountain (now Whitefish Mountain) in Whitefish, MT decades ago.
cheers, John S.
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Cc: Bcc: Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:17:21 -0700 Subject: Re: M_Boats: introductions - question re bow roller Looking at the pix of your boat, I notice what looks like a micro-cruiser sized bow roller angling off one side of the bow. What's the make & model of that, if you know? And is it for anchor, or something else?
thanks, John S.
-- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com