Welcome Sam! And congratulations. That's a very sweet looking M15. I'm down in the south end of the PNW/Cascadia bioregion, in Ashland, OR, with my M-17 "Pajarita" (1974, #38). I figure at some point all the Montys with Spanish names should get together... :-) I do plan to get to the San Juans, and some of those inland NW lakes, in next few years, but no firm plans yet, will let y'all know what shapes up and try to connect up where possible. It sounds like there's Monty folks scattered around from Puget Sound through eastern WA and into northern ID (I've got a cousin in the vicinity of Cour D'Alene). And I want to sail on Flathead lake, I spent three seasons (winters, teaching snowsports) at Big Mountain (now Whitefish Mountain) in Whitefish, MT decades ago. cheers, John S. On 03/18/2017 11:32 AM, Sam wrote:
Hi all,
After ~1.5 years of scanning Craigslist on a weekly basis, reading a lot of reviews, forums, and watching plenty of youtube videos, I finally made the decision and bought a Montgomery 15. I mostly learned to sail on Rhodes 19s with Courageous Sailing in Boston Harbor, so the idea of having a trailerable sailboat which points well and sails more like a keelboat than a dinghy pretty much sold me (the M-15 isn't hard on the eyes either)!
I will be sailing lakes in the NW mostly (Coeur d'Alane, Dworshak, Pend Oreille) but was really intrigued by rumors of a Montgomery-owners San Juan Islands get together. Is this event still being held?
I bought the boat from an older gentleman in Oregon who had only owned it for a year and had purchased it from someone in the PNW who had made a number of upgrades/modifications/additions for cruising (and also appears to have kept it in immaculate condition). The boat's name is "Venga Viento", hull number #272, built in 1984. If anyone happens to know any history about the boat I would be interested to learn more. Here are a few photos: https://goo.gl/photos/SCiZXrHKf9p3na35A (including a couple of photos of a little boat I built a few years ago, which I'll probably have to sell now...).
Thanks, and happy sailing,
Sam
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