Jerry & Sal, As much as I love my '85 M15, I think there is much to be said for the design of the old Sparrow (16). I was grateful to have an opportunity at Havasu this year sit below decks in Gary Peaslee's Sparrow, and was simply amazed at how much usable space there was in the house for a 16 footer. Gary and I could actually both sit below, opposing each other, with plenty of legroom and headroom (I am 6' tall). Yes, quarter-berth sleeping arrangements do raise the freeboard and cockpit, but I think it's an excellent compromise for a small pocket cruiser. Just imagine if such a design emerged with wrinkles all over :-) Neil Dorf ' 85 m15 "TwoCan" NorCal Sent from my iPad On Mar 17, 2012, at 12:37 PM, SALGLESSER@aol.com wrote:
No problem Tod,
We'll make the 22' hull and deck from that new composite of Oxygen, Nitrogen and Jerry-gen. the mast will be unobtanium alloy, Ballast will be Salium, dense when wet, but light when dry. Martian low cost labor will help, but shipping costs might be up there? Send your deposit to me in US dollars cash.
sal
M15 "Justus" '86 #361 - Jerry built
In a message dated 3/16/2012 9:12:23 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, htmills@zoominternet.net writes:
What we need is a boat about 22' long, weighs 500# with a mast raised by hand so light a 5 year old could manage it, costs $10,000 or less (including trailer). What is so tough about that????? Lol
Tod
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of jerry montgomery Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 6:52 PM To: montgomery forum Subject: M_Boats: (no subject)
interesting that people are talking about a larger boat, but I really don;'t think it's in the cards because of economic reasons. You can almost price boats by the cube of the length, so if a 17 costs 25K, a 21 would have to sell for a whopping 46K for the manufacture to stay in business. There are too many old 20's and 22's on the market for 10K for this to work in the near future. Possibly a 19, which would only be a 17 with more elbowroom, but you would also need a mast putter- upper, a bigger truck, a stronger crew, a 4K suit of sails, etc etc.
Even so, I'm putting your comments in a folder for long-term safe keeping!
jerry
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