Why can't you get a wire luff on it and set it flying just inside of the furler? I don't remember how many holes there are in the bowpiece of the 15, but if there aren't three you can drill another, and tack it to the third hole. You would need to either drop the furled jib or set up another halyard- a spinnaker halyard would do if you have any interest in a spinnaker, even tho it would chafe on the forestay. You wouldn't use it enough to matter unless you were headed for Cape Horn!. jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Murphy" <seagray@embarqmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 5:23 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M17 Storm Sails Jerry, Thanks for the tip. I have the CDI furler. Any suggestions on how to deploy the storm jib??? Thks, Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: jerry montgomery To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:32 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M17 Storm Sails Joe- the storm jib is on the sailplan, which Harry and judy have. It's pretty small but works great. You can sail upwind with the storm jib and a single-reefed main in a 25 knot wind and point hi and go like crazy. jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Murphy" <seagray@embarqmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:58 PM Subject: M_Boats: M17 Storm Sails Does anyone have a storm sail? If so, where did you get it and how much did you pay for it? How do you fly it? Do you have a separate track? Boy, that sounds pretty nosey of me. Thanks Joe SeaFrog ----- Original Message ----- From: W David Scobie To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 4:23 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M15 Foresail Size?? the jib currently made by Elliot/Pattison Sailmakers for the M15 is 128%. get a jib the size that E/P is now making. for your quoted wind speeds, as you stated, a second reef point is nice insurance. in my opinion (IMO) you should tuck in a second reef when the wind goes about 17/18 knots on the M15. once the wind gets above the low-ish 20s you need a smaller jib. :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com :: Sage Marine - www.sagemarine.com --- On Thu, 3/29/12, Jeffrey Johnston <frjeff@gmail.com> wrote: > > If I'm to order new main and jib for > my Monty 15 (which I'm likely to do > soon): > > What size range (100%, 110%, 120%, etc) jib makes the most > sense. I believe > the boat came standard with a 100%. I can only afford one > jib at present. > > My sailing will be primarily near shore Great Lakes (Lake > Huron, Tawas Bay, > North Channel, Georgian Bay) and smaller inland lakes. I'm > guessing my > winds typically to be 5-18 MPH. My main will have two > reefs. > > Thanks for any and all advice. > > > *Jeff+* > Molōn labe! > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 6334 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message