My wife and I are thinking of sleeping in our new to us Monty 15 to figure out its logistics for camping in the cockpit. Yeah thinking to make this as authentic as possible to move the boat to the parking lot at the school yard and do the camping thing. This may show use things we need to prepare for when we are actually going to do it and test the lighting Stan installed. How did you guys do a dry run for your first night sleep over? Thanks Another Wrinkle #616 Smiley and Karen magoo252@comcast.net
No, not a stupid idea at all. Sounds like a good plan. Is your driveway not big enough to camp in? We checked out our M17 by sleeping in the driveway. Have fun. Don't disturb the neighbours :). Bill Wickett Makin' Time M17 #622 On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Karen and Smiley <magoo252@comcast.net>wrote:
My wife and I are thinking of sleeping in our new to us Monty 15 to figure out its logistics for camping in the cockpit. Yeah thinking to make this as authentic as possible to move the boat to the parking lot at the school yard and do the camping thing. This may show use things we need to prepare for when we are actually going to do it and test the lighting Stan installed. How did you guys do a dry run for your first night sleep over? Thanks Another Wrinkle #616
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I'm sure a lot will tune in like Captain Ron and say "if it's going to happen it'll happen out there", but I think you're on the right track. Trying it out on dry land makes sense, but why go all the way to the school yard? It could be a long walk back just to get those 'AA' batteries!! Besides, we're never to old to pretend. Joe SeaFrog M17 ----- Original Message ----- From: Karen and Smiley To: Montgomery Sailboat Forum Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 9:30 PM Subject: M_Boats: Are we stupid ? My wife and I are thinking of sleeping in our new to us Monty 15 to figure out its logistics for camping in the cockpit. Yeah thinking to make this as authentic as possible to move the boat to the parking lot at the school yard and do the camping thing. This may show use things we need to prepare for when we are actually going to do it and test the lighting Stan installed. How did you guys do a dry run for your first night sleep over? Thanks Another Wrinkle #616 Smiley and Karen magoo252@comcast.net _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats When posting, remember that there is no privacy on the Internet!
Great idea. Or even do the camping in your driveway! ~~~_/)~~~Gary Hyde 2005 M17 #637 sailboat 'Hydeaway 2' On Apr 23, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Karen and Smiley wrote:
My wife and I are thinking of sleeping in our new to us Monty 15 to figure out its logistics for camping in the cockpit. Yeah thinking to make this as authentic as possible to move the boat to the parking lot at the school yard and do the camping thing. This may show use things we need to prepare for when we are actually going to do it and test the lighting Stan installed. How did you guys do a dry run for your first night sleep over? Thanks Another Wrinkle #616
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Karen and Smiley, I have a couple pieces of advice for you in camping on the M15: 1. Doing a dry run is a good plan, I ended up doing mine in one of our beautiful small lakes here in Minneapolis - and it was certainly a good idea to get the kinks out of the plan. 2. If you're planning on camping on the boat in a larger lake or the ocean (Lake Superior, for instance), check the wind as you're finding an anchorage. Better yet, if you have some sort of local weather forecast access, get the wind direction for the night. I learned the sleepless hard way that the lee can change after dark. 3. Bring a tent just in case. I usually do so, and the one time I didn't I was sorry. Good luck and have fun!! Chris M15 Persephone On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Gary M Hyde <gmhyde1@mac.com> wrote:
Great idea. Or even do the camping in your driveway!
~~~_/)~~~Gary Hyde 2005 M17 #637 sailboat 'Hydeaway 2'
On Apr 23, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Karen and Smiley wrote:
My wife and I are thinking of sleeping in our new to us Monty 15 to figure out its logistics for camping in the cockpit. Yeah thinking to make this as authentic as possible to move the boat to the parking lot at the school yard and do the camping thing. This may show use things we need to prepare for when we are actually going to do it and test the lighting Stan installed. How did you guys do a dry run for your first night sleep over? Thanks Another Wrinkle #616
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