Steve,
Sorry you have such a smug attitude about what other people possess.
The majority of boaters are not "rich", they dedicate a large chunk of
income to
boating, because they love the sport. I have had many boats in the last
20 years.
I have never considered myself rich. Maybe some one that could only afford
a sabot might
consider you "rich" because you have a M15. As far as "having to work for
a living",
everyone that I know in boating has to work for a living.
Sorry, but the first of your post was a complete turn off.
Good luck in all your endeavors. Maybe someday you will become "rich"
drr
At 11:48 AM 12/19/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Hello Montgomery Folks!
>
>My name is Steve and I'm here to join your club. Just show me where to
>sign. Some time ago, after doing a little research, my lovely wife and I
>determined that a Montgomery 15 was the boat we needed. (Want to cruise, no
>place to keep a big boat, no money to keep one in the water around here
>(Evanston, Illinois))
>
>I had a subscription to the magazine "Cruising World" -- somehow I never
>could identify with all those rich people (no offense to all you good rich
>people out there!) with their 40 or 60 foot yachts, sailing the South
>Pacific (Sorry, but I have to WORK for a living). The one really good
>thing that magazine did for me was, one day I was paging through the way
>back of the issue, where the little black and white ads are, and there was
>an ad for Montgomery boats. I was intrigued by the idea of a "pocket
>cruiser" -- so I went to the Montgomery Marine website, and was immediately
>HOOKED. On their website was a link to the MSOG website. So I've been
>"lurking" on your mailing list for some time.
>
>I've been braving the Big Lake (Michigan) in a little 14 foot Hobie Holder
>monohull for the last two years. (Those two to four foot waves (typical
>on a decent sailing day) can get pretty tiring in an open day sailor.) We
>took the Holder up to Wisconsin last summer to explore beautiful Castle
>Rock Lake for a week, and camp along it's shores in Buckhorn State Park.
>
>Well last week we lucked into (I HOPE it will turn out to have been GOOD
>luck) a Montgomery 15 for $2,400. It was in Columbus Ohio, a 7 hour drive
>from the Chicago area where I live. Went out last weekend, gave it a quick
>lookover (no major problems immediately apparent -- some cleanup necessary)
>plopped down my money, and towed it all the way back here behind my lttle
>Saturn. (NO PROBLEM by the way, but I was definitely using all four
>cylinders) Left here Saturday at 4:00 AM and was back by 8:00 PM -- 15
>hours of driving and 1 hour of bargaining later.
>
>I HOPE I got a good deal -- there seems to be some water down in the keel
>sump area and some under the floor (between outer and inner hulls?)
>DIRECTLY underneath the porta-pottie. This seems related very closely to
>the problems that I've read about that "Connie" Benneck, Natalie & Mike
>("Junior") and Lacey Hartje have reported, with leakage in the centerboard
>trunk area. I hope I'm up to the task of fixing it -- I know I'll be
>asking for some advice from you all.
>
>Anyway -- great to be here. BUT NOW I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THE THING IN THE
>WATER! (Gotta get right with State of Illinois first, for one thing).
>
>More another time. Heigh ho!
>
>Steve
>
>PS: Oh, by the way, it's hull #152, made in 5/81
>
>
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