EXHIBIT B



Blazzard, Grodd & Hasenauer, P.C.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW                          CONNECTICUT OFFICE:
                                          943 POST ROAD EAST o P.O. BOX 5108
NORSE N. BLAZZARD**                       WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT 06881-5108
LESLIE E. GRODD*                          TELEPHONE (203) 226-7866
JUDITH A. HASENAUER**                     FACSIMILE (203) 454-4028
WILLIAM E. HASENAUER*
RAYMOND A. O'HARA III*                    FLORIDA OFFICE:
LYNN KORMAN STONE*                        4401 WEST TRADEWINDS AVENUE, SUITE 207
                                          LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA, FLORIDA  33308
                                          TELEPHONE (954) 771-6667
                                          FACSIMILE (954) 771-7689
*   Admitted in Connecticut
** Admitted in Connecticut and Florida


                                 April 12, 2001



Board of Directors
Sentry Life Insurance Company
1800 North Point Drive
Stevens Point, WI  54481

         Re:  Opinion of Counsel - Sentry Variable Life Account I


Gentlemen:

You have requested our Opinion of counsel in connection with the filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission of a Post-Effective Amendment to a
Registration Statement on form S-6 for the Flexible Premium Variable Life
Insurance Policies to be issued by Sentry Life Insurance Company and its
separate account, Sentry Variable Life Account I.

We have made such examination of the law and have examined such records and
documents as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render
the opinions expressed below.

We are of the following opinions:

1.   Sentry Variable Life Account I is a Unit Investment Trust as that term is
     defined in Section 4(2) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act"),
     and is currently registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
     pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Act.

2.   Upon the acceptance of purchase payments made by an Owner pursuant to a
     Policy issued in accordance with the Prospectus contained in the
     Registration Statement and upon compliance with applicable law, such an
     Owner will have a legally-issued, fully paid, non-assessable contractual
     interest under such Policy.

You may use this opinion letter, or a copy thereof, as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

We consent to the reference to our Firm under the caption "Legal Opinions"
contained in the Prospectus which forms a part of the Registration Statement.


                                            Sincerely,

                                            BLAZZARD, GRODD & HASENAUER, P.C.

                                            By: s/Lynn Korman Stone
                                                Lynn Korman Stone