February 2004 - montgomery_boats - mailman.xmission.com

by Jerry Montgomery 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

Sending a bitmap of a logo in another message, probably as an attachment. Jerry www.innercite.com/~jmbn

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RE: M_Boats: Listserve Question
by Smith, Tom 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

An alternative of course is for us to be more disciplined in our use of the list. I agree with Stephen--I tired of the t-shirt thread several days ago. Many times I'll take a discussion off the list when I think it will become tiresome to other members. Just my opinion... t Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle Sandpoint, Idaho M15-345, Chukar M17-064, Unnamed -----Original Message----- From: Keith Diehl [mailto:kdiehl@xmission.com] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 10:16 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Listserve Question Reply and Reply All implies that all of the mailing list member addresses are in each email header. That just isn't practical for a number of reasons, Spam collection and the size of the membership being only two. The list can be altered such that a reply is directed back to only the poster, not the list, but I have always thought that the purpose of a mailing list was to share information. If the majority of the membership would prefer not to automatically reply to the list, I can change the settings. You may have noticed that HTML postings are turned into plain text and attachment size is severely limited. That's to keep postings compact so that list mail doesn't take long to download and you can simply delete posts with subjects that don't interest you. I don't read it all! Possible alternatives are to subscribe yourself to the daily digest rather than receive each post individually, or choose the no delivery option and occasionally scan the archives for subjects that interest you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen gray" <scgray(a)worldnet.att.net> To: <montgomery_boats(a)lists.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:47 PM Subject: M_Boats: Listserve Question > Question for Keith and perhaps others...I recently joined another mailing > list that has been set up so that "reply" sends a message back to the sender > and "reply to all" sends it to the full group. I've been on the list for > more years than I can recall and it seems the volume of messages has > increased recently. However, many of the postings are to one individual and > may not concern the entire list. For instance if you need to tell "Bob" what > size paper you are using there is a pretty good chance only "Bob" needs to > get the message. If you agree that seeing expensive motorboats run aground > would be fun than send a message to the guy who had the idea and not the > whole list. If it's just me I'll unsubscribe and move on. But I suspect I'm > not the only one who is getting 27 tee shirt messages a day and I'm not the > guy selling the shirts. I'm not sure if this is an option with our format, > but I would be interested in knowing if anyone else would be interested in > looking into it. > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats This message was scanned for viruses!!

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when travelling - jelly fish
by MC 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

when traveling to Florida anything really good for jelly fish stingers, any good books on that subject

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Burgee
by Saltm17＠aol.com 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

I have a burgee from the trailor sailors, but a Montgomery burgee would look great flying at Miss Ts spreaders. Anyone else interested in developing a M Boat burgee? John Edwards

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new to the list in Florida -- and questions!
by Wayne Preisman 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Hi folks -- I apologize for "dropping in" unannounced, and for being so long-winded upon first introductions! My wife and I are starting a search for a small cruising boat to be used primarily along the Indian River (part of the Intracoastal Waterway), and the Montgomery 15 and 17 appear to be really -very- nice boats for such a purpose. We are new residents in the Orlando area, and all of our sailing experience has been on keel boats in the 24ft+ range (mostly J's), and even that experience is now 5 years or more in the past. Our new -- so far only a fantasy -- boat would be for our use only, with the very occasional addition of a couple of small children (my wife calls them "grandchildren", but I prefer the term "nieces and nephews", and consider us far too young to have grandchildren anyway). Or possibly one other couple on rare occasions for short periods. We have no intention of camping on the boat, whatever it turns out to be, and so long as there is on-board space for a picnic lunch and the usual equipment we ought to be ok. I have read the M15 vs. M17 debate on your web site, and I think the only further preference -- not a hard requirement -- of mine which bears on the issue is our goal to leave the boat in the water most of the time -- if that is practical for such a small vessel. I see as well that there are quite a few M15 and M17 owners listed in Florida, with the nearest to us in Vero Beach, Silver Springs, and the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. While the pictures available on your and the manufacturer's web sites are very helpful, I would love to have a closer look at these boats, even if only driving by a marina or a parking lot! (I assume the boats' designs and overall appearance have changed very little over the years?) In any case .. the M15 and M17 appear to be "a step above" much of their price and size competition in terms of features, construction .. and looks! (We are suckers for the lapped hull, frankly.) Any suggestions of a next step -- mail to some of the "local" owners, perhaps? -- or opinions about which boat sounds most appropriate would be most welcome. Thanks in advance! Wayne __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools

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anchoring at night
by MC 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

when anchoring at night where there may be tide changes does any one have experience with the so called rocker stopper advertised to reduce the side to side movement

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Re: M_Boats: Cigarette Boat
by Woodsybill＠aol.com 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Hey, how and where does one sign up to crew on for one of those cigarette jobies? My goodness, what have I been missing all my life? Woodsybill

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Re: M_Boats: Listserve Question
by Wilsometer＠aol.com 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

In a message dated 2/26/04 10:16:24 PM, kdiehl(a)xmission.com writes: >Possible alternatives are to subscribe yourself to the daily digest rather > >than receive each post individually Keith: Are there any drawbacks to the digest in lieu of individual messages? If I were to do this, could I still respond to the list/individuals regarding a thread or portion of the digest? Thanks for all of your work on this. I can hardly believe it has been more than seven years since I subscribed! Scott M15 #478 'bebe'

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Re: M_Boats: speaking of blisters . . .
by Wilsometer＠aol.com 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

In a message dated 2/26/04 7:40:19 PM, chonshell(a)ia4u.net writes: >I've never, EVER, heard of or read about gelcoat blistering on a Montgomery, >and I relayed this to Wayne >Preisman via an offlist response . . . I probably don't want to read about >it if it's happened, but has anyone >heard of a Monty with a blistering problem? Yes. When I was looking for an M15, I saw one at Stockdale Marine in Sacramento, CA that was so badly blistered that I wondered if it could be repaired. There were literally hundreds of half dollar sized blisters. There was hardly a square inch of smooth hull. Too bad, as the rest of the boat was nice. I ended up finding one that had been shrink-wrapped and unused since new, so I did not shed too many tears. Scott M15 #478 'bebe'

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Listserve Question
by stephen gray 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

Question for Keith and perhaps others...I recently joined another mailing list that has been set up so that "reply" sends a message back to the sender and "reply to all" sends it to the full group. I've been on the list for more years than I can recall and it seems the volume of messages has increased recently. However, many of the postings are to one individual and may not concern the entire list. For instance if you need to tell "Bob" what size paper you are using there is a pretty good chance only "Bob" needs to get the message. If you agree that seeing expensive motorboats run aground would be fun than send a message to the guy who had the idea and not the whole list. If it's just me I'll unsubscribe and move on. But I suspect I'm not the only one who is getting 27 tee shirt messages a day and I'm not the guy selling the shirts. I'm not sure if this is an option with our format, but I would be interested in knowing if anyone else would be interested in looking into it.

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