I've got some soft spots for Oakridge, altho the spotted owl has taken it's toll there, like all the small logging towns on the W slope of the Cascades and the entire Coast Range. most of them now are meth- amphetamine city and everybody is on welfare. I'm currently re-reading Tom Sawyer, and Huck waking Tom by tapping on his window to get him up in the morning; I lived just across the hwy from the river and my buddy Charlie would come by with his shotgun in the wee hours, tap my window, and we'd go down, sit by the river, waiting for some unfortunate duck to fly by, until time for school. A good way to grow up, close to impossible nowdays. We fished in Odell Lake- big mackinaw, but that was way before them sailboats. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Trapp Sent: Monday, September 10, 2018 12:49 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: broken forestay mast fitting Jerry, I taught school in Lowell for about five years, if memory serves, Oakridge was up Hwy 58 a few more miles, towed my M-15 up to Odell Lake a few times. Am sure that was many years after you had finished jr. high. Steve M-15 # 335 -----Original Message----- From: jerry@jerrymontgomery.org Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 5:45 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: broken forestay mast fitting When I was in jr high school I lived in Oakridge, just down the hill from Odel, and lost two classmates who were fishing on Odel in a canoe. The canoe was found the next day, and the bodies drifted to shore a few days later. Take a storm jib! -----Original Message----- From: doug Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 1:02 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: broken forestay mast fitting Got the answer from Scobie. I was not aware that the headstay is attached to the mast with the stay running through the oblong hole and then captured from within the mast with the bolt that runs through the mast for the shrouds. Makes sense now and thanks so so much for this easy fix. About Odell Lake, it is just fine to have any motor there and many boats do as does mine. Its a big Kokanee fishing lake with well equipped fishing boats. The fishing right now is fantastic for kokanee. The problem with Odell is the wind. It can come up ferociously and does very often so one has to be ready for that. The lake that does not allow motors is Waldo Lake which is accessed just down the highway a mile from the entrance to Odell. People do sail on Waldo though and either walk their boat from the ramp (water is two feet deep) or just sail it out as I did this summer. Doug M-15 Bend, Oregon
On Sep 5, 2018, at 9:31 AM, Steve Trapp <stevetrapp@Q.com> wrote:
That happened on my M-15 several years ago and I was able to drop the mast and jerry rig a fitting from a small bolt and washer I picked up at the local True Value hardware. Now that I have the information from Dave Scobie's e-mail I will probably order a regular fitting and replace the bolt and washer that have worked for many years. I think Odell Lake is a motor free lake, did you have a paddle? Steve M-15 # 335
-----Original Message----- From: doug Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 7:48 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: broken forestay mast fitting
My forestay mast fitting broke and I found out when the mast was down or it could have been more serious. I jury rigged a fitting in order to enjoy some sailing this last weekend on Odell Lake, Oregon. But now I need to know how to permanently replace this fitting where the forestay attaches to the mast. I would appreciate any ideas on that one. All there is left is the oblong hole in the mast where the fitting used to be. =