I have found that you are far from alone in your opinion. Thanks. ED> From: TOMMYVAL@aol.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 10:26:46 -0500> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: where are the boats> > Ed,> > Yea, the 17 can take a lot of weather and with the proper sail set you > should be able to handle most of what the Bay has to offer. The most I have been > in is about 25kts but I believe some of the other 17 owners might have been > out in more than that. > > There are a bunch of accomplished sailors (17 & 15's) on this board who have > might be able to better attest to the heavy weather nature of the M boats > and I'm sure they will be happy to relate their experience.> > Cap't Greg is the other 17 owner and he monitors this board so if he's > available I'm sure he will chime in.> > Good luck in your search and IMHO you can't find a better small boat then > the M boats. Keep in touch> > Gary> > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)> _______________________________________________> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _________________________________________________________________ i’m is proud to present Cause Effect, a series about real people making a difference. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_Cause_Effect