Montgomery 17 Photo
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 Montgomery 17 with optional bronze opening ports |
 M_17 with a side mounted boarding ladder. This allows access to the boat when its on the trailer and can be used on the water as well. The ladder is removable. Notice the standard windows. |
 We do optional colored hulls. Grace is green. |
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This is the centerboard. It weighs about 50 pounds (lead filled). Notice the long run of the keel. This keel holds 600 pounds of pure lead. This is why the Montgomery 17 goes up wind so well. This is also why the Montgomery 17 is self righting. This is why the Montgomery 17 is so safe and seaworthy. (in addition to its strong construction). This is why the Montgomery 17 is so fast and why it wins races. The keel centerboard arrangement of the Montgomery boats is the best of both worlds. The solid keel keeps the boat up-right and the centerboard helps it go upwind. The boat sails just fine without even using the centerboard. Stay away from pure centerboard boats and daggerboard boats. These boats are not safe, not self righting (in many cases) and many have daggerboard trunk cracks because when grounded they don't give way. They just crack the bottom of the boat. |
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