Thanks for the contacts. I don’t have the space, skill, time, or correct tools to work on it myself. Plus, the insurance company won’t allow that. I already knew about Dwyer mast and scoped out a cost of around $1200 for the new extrusion, but whoever I work with will probably have their own opinions on who to buy the extrusion from. I’ll reach out Ballenger. Gerry Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Gary H.Oberbeck <fairandsquare1@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 12:54:30 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: M_Boats: Re: M23 Mast Gerry, sorry to hear of your plight. Contact Buzz Ballenger at Ballengerspars.com located in Watsonville,CA. They built my M-17 tall rig mast- a beautiful bit of work. Good luck, GO M-15 #330 ‘Cahoots’ On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 12:38 PM Gerald Wyatt <wyattgs@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello wrinkle boat owners,
Well, it is with disappointment that I need to email the group. I had an accident with my mast while getting the boat ready for the road. It was my fault (really dumb mistake), but the mast fell and now has a big dent. It will need replaced. It’s tough to stomach when you do something dumb and have it cause a problem like this. I feel like I let down the entire wrinkle boat community since there isn’t many of the 23’s around.
I need to find a rigging shop that can build a new one. I have insurance on the boat, but it will only cover $14,500. I’ve contacted 3 different rigging shops here in the Northwest. The first one wants 20K. I haven’t heard back from the other two.
Does anyone know of a good vendor or the best way to approach this? I need the price to be below $14,500.
Thanks,
Gerry M23 Dhana
Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Gary H.Oberbeck <fairandsquare1@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2022 3:16:23 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com>; wcampion@aol.com <wcampion@aol.com
Subject: M_Boats: Re: Erasing Age Lines
Great! You have quite the fleet there! Have fun,( the dirty washes off) Go sailing! G0
On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 3:34 PM Skip Campion via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Well, it was a long time in coming but it was definitely worth the wait. Ten years ago I stumbled across a rare M-5’8”. It was severely abused and needed lots of love. I had visions of restoring this little gem and came to the conclusion this project was going to be challenging. If I were to be successful with this restoration, I would need to use my ultimate multi-purpose tool. It can fix anything with ease. So I broke out my checkbook and took the little pram to a professional. This past weekend I picked up my renewed boat! The only problem I discovered..….the Chesapeake Bay and it's tributaries are so dirty, I’m not sure I want to place my new boat in such murky water! It would be an absolute shame to get this little gem dirty. 🤣
I’ve attached a few before and after pictures. My goal was to restored the pram to match my M-15. I plan to tow the pram behind me when I’m out for long weekends. I’m sure there’ll be a learning curve figuring out how best to tow the pram and transitioning between the two. But this will have to wait until spring. Skip Campion M-15 “Wild Guppy” 1982 #201 M-5’8” “Lil’ Guppy” 1972 #028