Welcome George:
I think you will find the Montgomery group
informative and helpful.
For my 2 cents, the Montgomery is a excellent
trailerable sailboat, I sized down from a Hunter 23 a few years back to reduce
costs,.... bought a M17 and love it.
Happy sails
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 10:17
PM
Subject: M_Boats: New to List
Hi,
Having recently and reluctantly parted with
an old Catalina 22, I have been looking around for something smaller, easier
to pull, store and single-hand, but strong enough to handle some stiff
wind. My ideal boat would be easy to rig off the trailer, have a
cabin/interior large enough for an overnight or two and be fun to sail. I live
in Santa Rosa, Ca, which is within an hour of San Francisco Bay, Tomales Bay
and Clear Lake and I want to be able to sail on all of them safely and without
a lot of fuss.
One day this summer, while sailing out of
Richmond Bay Marina, I spotted a really pretty little lap-strake boat (I
think it had a pale yellow hull) that was among a small fleet of West Wight
Potters in the harbor. At first I thought it was a new kind of Potter.
Finally, after searching the net for a while...discovered that what I had seen
was a Montgomery (15 or 17? Don’t know?).
So... Here I am,
wondering if I have found the kind of boat I’ve been looking for. Joining this
list is, hopefully, a first step for me to find out. I subscribed to a
C22 list after I bought my old Catalina and found it immensely useful and
entertaining, but often wished I had subscribed before buying the boat: might
have ducked some issues (rusty cast iron swing keels are a real pain!). I’ll
browse the archive and ask some questions and see what happens...
Hope
this wasn’t too long-winded...
-- George Burmeyer, currently
boatless
Santa Rosa, CA
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