Stan, Yea, I am sorry too. I only went out once this year and very little over the life of the boat. Early on I was working all the time and now its hard on the back. I almost had some second thoughts after Saturday's Hess Fest. We had a great sail up the river. I sailed up with Al Williams on his 17 and Al was nice enough to let me sail quite a bit. (Thanks again, Al). Many nice BCC's and NorSea's and of course the class of the fleet, the Montgomery's. It was good to see Bob Eeg again. A nice time was had by all. Sorry you and Carol could not make it. The good news is if I don't sell by mid to late Oct, then I will just have to keep her. Im hoping a can do the deed quickly because the longer it lingers the more time I have to dwell on what I'm doing and thats not good. Anyway we will see. One way or another I will be back on the water either in Bellerin or (God forbid) a power boat. the power option makes it physically easier but it is no where as much fun but I will get to anchor out and still hang will hang out with M boaters. If Im lucky I can bum a ride with some of the local M guys. As you know all the M boaters is what makes having a Montgomery so special but if I dont have a M boat I will just have to crash all the East Coast get togethers. Of course I will come in under the cover of darkness and meet you guys at the bar. Anyway hope to see you guys soon, take care Gary