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	<description>My Montgomery 17, #278</description>
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		<title>Port Locker Lock Down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the concerns some have about the M17 is the port side cockpit locker didn&#8217;t come with a locking mechanism. If something really bad happened and the cockpit filled with water and the locker were to open, it could flood and sink your boat. At the same time, not being able to lock it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://audasea.montgomeryowners.com/?p=30</link>
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		<title>Rudder and Tiller</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every part of the boat is important, but the one piece of a sailboat you get intimate with more than any other is the rudder&#8230;..and it&#8217;s extension&#8230;.the tiller. These are your main connection point to the boat. In a good wind, the boat will heel and the tiller literally comes alive in your hand. Perhaps [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://audasea.montgomeryowners.com/?p=25</link>
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		<title>Cast Iron Centerboard&#8217;s on the M17</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The CB on the M17 comes in two types that I&#8217;m aware of. The original cast iron boards and newer have fiberglass boards. Since mine is the cast iron type, I&#8217;ll limit comments here to what I know about these. To start with, it helps to understand what they are and how the are built. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://audasea.montgomeryowners.com/?p=23</link>
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		<title>Replacing the Windows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By now, it must seem like it&#8217;s a miracle the boat ever floated what with all the leaks and all. Well, they were not that bad, but leaks are leaks and what that means is when it rains, stuff gets wet. Chronic, but leaks just the same and a nuisance.
The side windows were no exception. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://audasea.montgomeryowners.com/?p=20</link>
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		<title>Chain Plates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the chronic leaks that caught my eye was through the bolts at the chain plates. You can almost see them in the above photo, peaking out the corners. If you were in the boat during a wet evening or rain storm, you would eventually find water weeping past those plates and running down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://audasea.montgomeryowners.com/?p=18</link>
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		<title>The Hull Deck Joint</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the chronic leaks that caused me a lot of grief was in the hull deck joint. Part of this is due to the nature of the leak itself. Chronic. It really only leaked during or after an extended period of wet weather. Previous owners must have suffered from the same problem as someone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://audasea.montgomeryowners.com/?p=9</link>
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		<title>Getting Started</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In doing any repair, it helps to know what you are fixing. In the case of the M-boats, how they are put together.
Other than hardware, the boat is put together in three parts:
The hull, which includes the stub keel, is the bottom half of the boat, including all the lapstrake areas, transom, etc. Not many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://audasea.montgomeryowners.com/?p=7</link>
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		<title>First Things First</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First of all, these are fiberglass boats. Fiberglass in the form of glass cloth, held together by polyester resin. The white skin you see is gelcoat, which in it&#8217;s liquid form looks and smells and is put together exactly like polyester resin. Same hardener and everything. Virtually all fiberglass boats were and continue to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://audasea.montgomeryowners.com/?p=5</link>
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		<title>Introduction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First a little about the boat. Here she is, stripped down and awaiting TLC.    Here&#8217;s the view from astern:
This particular boat is a 1978 galley model M17. I purchased her in in 1999. Known history prior to that is short, having been owned and sailed by Thomas Howe and he sold her to a guy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://audasea.montgomeryowners.com/?p=1</link>
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