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Traditional Compass vs GPS: The Reults are in and Tabulat ed......The Winner Is!!
by David W. Wood 26 Dec '06

26 Dec '06

> Books on > > - anchoring > - celestial navigation > - tides > - long distance cruising > - weather analysis > - boat storage > - cooking underway > - heavy weather sailing > - and if you look long enough, you can even find out how to do > laundry. You know Connie, I have several books that do a good job of explaining, anchoring, navigation, weather, and all of the other "vital" skills of seamanship. But I have yet to find one that offers more than a passing nod to the more mundane skills a decent sailor ought to know, like doing laundry with salt water, keeping clean, disposing of waste at a marina (or elsewhere), etc. In my backpacking days, there was (still is) a great book by Colin Fletcher called "The Complete Walker," in which he went into excruciating detail about just about everything you'd want to know about anything to do with walking while carrying your entire household on your back. But I haven't yet found anything similar to to that in the sailing world. And yes, I've read all the Pardey's books. Anybody got any suggestions? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David W. Wood -=- dwood(a)dwoodworks.com 1981 M15 -=- Hull #163

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Monty Calendar??
by Nebwest2＠aol.com 26 Dec '06

26 Dec '06

Hey gang, Is there any interest out there for a Monty calendar featuring a large pic of a different Monty for each month??? The Socal West Wight Potters group put a calendar together through a website called Cafe Press. It is a spiral bound 12 month calendar with an 11x11 full color pic on glossy paper. There is no charge to set the calendar up and you purchase one through Cafe Press's website if you want one. They are $16.99 each. Check out the Socal Potter groups calendar at http://www.cafepress.com/socalpottershop.14136264 You'll notice that 3 of the 12 pics in the Socal Potter calendar are Montys! Captain Howie who informaly leads the informal group makes everyone welcome! We had a blast sailing with them last year and plan on making some of there outings next summer. If there is interest in putting one together I would be willing to do the footwork. We'd have to choose the pics. I could put all submitted pics on my website and you guys could vote for the pics you want. The top 12 would make the calendar. Any interest??? Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!!! Sean M23 Dauntless

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Re: M_Boats: Traditional Compass vs GPS: The Reults are in and Tabulated........
by LUDLOWD2＠aol.com 26 Dec '06

26 Dec '06

Skip There is a great section in Chapman's book on Seamanship and small boat handling (the bible for the power boat folks) on compasses, mounting, and adjusting them plus dead reconing navigation, anchoring, etc. I would highly recommend it Don iin Mobile M-15 # 620 Sweet Dream

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Merry Christmas!!!
by Donglai Gong 25 Dec '06

25 Dec '06

Best wishes to you all and hope everyone is having a great day! I'm going to try to get some rum now. Donglai M15 "Shaolin"

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Re: M_Boats: Traditional Compass vs GPS: The Reults are in and Tabulated........
by Wcpritchett＠aol.com 25 Dec '06

25 Dec '06

Skip, West Marine gives a 10% discount for 30 days if you sign up for the new boat owner program. The boat only has to be new to you, not new from the factory. Electronics get 5% discount. They are very flexible on getting signed up. Bill

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Re: M_Boats: Traditional Compass vs GPS: The Reults are in and Tabulat ed......The Winner Is!!
by chbenneck＠juno.com 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

Hi Skip, FWIW: In the Northeast, boating courses are usually offered in spring at Adult Education at the local High School, also at some Community Colleges. Chapman's book, is the bible, which gives you all sorts of details on navigation, boat handling, anchoring, knots, sailing, docking, etc. Visit your local library to view a copy. Then there are all sorts of specialty books after you have learned the basics; Books on - anchoring - celestial navigation - tides - long distance cruising - weather analysis - boat storage - cooking underway - heavy weather sailing - and if you look long enough, you can even find out how to do laundry. If your library doesn't have these books, then check with International Marine Publishers, who publish a large number of these types of books. SAIL, CRUISING, both list publishers of, and book reviews of these types of books. Joyful sailing, Connie ex M15 #400

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Re: M_Boats: Traditional Compass vs GPS
by LUDLOWD2＠aol.com 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

My two cents. Ive got a removable Richie Navigator on the companionway hatch. Its got great visibility and quick response. I use a GPS (Garmmin 73) to Navigate but I hold my position with the compass, watching to keep the boat trimmed. (Plus a bearing compass on the bunk) I keep track of the wind bearing, etc. So the answer is, use both. Don in mobile (M-15 #620 Sweet Dream)

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Re: M_Boats: Merry Christmas from AZ
by bownez＠juno.com 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

Sean, Merry Christmas to you and Jo! I would love to attend your get-together and will ponder the idea and see if I can slip away for a weekend. I would love to meet you and the SW US M-boat crowd, (and of course, Jerry M. himself). My M23 came from Nevada, so I have been down twice, once to view her, and once to pick her up. Later, Bones

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Merry Christmas from AZ
by Nebwest2＠aol.com 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

Quick note to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Jo and I will be pulling Dauntless out of the water in the next week or so to get her ready to trailer down to Phoenix for the Arizona Yacht Club's Birthday Regatta. Still time to sign up , come on down and join us for some winter time sailing. We will be hooking up with Gary Oberbeck to see his M17 float for the first time in a long time!!!! Looking forward to that! And...I've heard rumors that the guy that started this whole Montgomery thing we so enjoy...Jerry Montgomery himself....will be attending! So...c'mon...........hook that ol' Monty up to the back of the truck/car/whatever and bring her on down to join us for a few days. Don't be put-off by the "race" thing. Jo and I aren't huge "racers" either, but we'll just go out, have fun, and hang with the rest of the Monty crowd. Most crews pull the boats out in the evenings and congregate in a parking area overlooking the lake. That's what we intend to do so we can shoot the breeze with everyone. Love to see you and your Monty there. Sean and Jo M23 Dauntless

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Re: M_Boats: San Juans "07
by Larry E Yake 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

Well, you'll never have a better opportunity than this! We're planning on launching at Anacortes, Wa. on Sat. June 2nd, setting sail into the islands on Sunday the 3rd, and returning to Anacortes on Sat. the 9th. Route details are yet to be worked out, but it will involve a mix of destinations including many of the beautiful state marine parks in the islands, alternating with stops at marinas for showers, supplies, etc. Let me know if you would like to be added to the San Juan e-mail list. (Which is not very active yet, but should pick up after the holidays.) Larry On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:38:00 EST Eeeisen(a)aol.com writes: > We would like information about the '07 San Juan cruise. We are > located in > Texas and own Motu iti an M-17. > We have wanted to do a cruise like this for some time. > > Eldor and Dorothy Eisen > Motu iti > M-17 # 495 > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > >

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