Hi Blake, Did you have any person-to-person contact with Dwyer? If so, how was the service? I ask because my only phone call to Dwyer (a simple mast gate inquiry) went went comically awry. Maybe I caught their customer service guy right after he sent an alimony check or something. Jim M-17 "Spirit" On Jun 7, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Blake Reimer wrote:
Now that I am back in my summer sailing mode, I started reading the MontyBlog again.... I just ordered new shrouds, tangs, sailstop and boom vang from Dwyer Aluminum Mast Co (find it on the web) for my Monty15, The whole tab including UPS ground was about $160, an excellent bargain in my books and a considerable discount from the list prices on their site (I think they said 40%). It took them about 9 days to make up the shrouds and send them - not blindingly fast, but not bad. I think most M-15's come with a lot of Dwyer parts to begin with.... Also, if you are willing to poke around on ebay, I managed to get a new Harken mainsheet assembly for less than half of West Marine's price. It got here brand new, as advertised, in original packaging in four days. I will still support West Marine and the other local chandlers here in Santa Cruz (in fact, I am on my way to WM today), but I still look for a bargain when I have the time.... Blake Reimer M-15 IOTA _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats