Tod,
Thanks for the excellent detailed info on mooring covers! I mostly sail out of Holland because one of my Flicka co-owners and frequent Monty sailing partners settled his family there and Lake Macatawa is beautiful, with convenient well-maintained boating facilities. Unfortunately, I currently live in the Lansing area and have about a 1.5 hour drive to Holland, so storing my boat mast-up near the Macatawa launch sounds really good to me. I actually work in Grand Rapids myself and my daily commute is only slightly better than the Holland excursion. I wish mainstream sailboats were still being built in Holland: Did S2 become Sovereign? A power boat (aaaaccckkkk) called the Tiara is still built in Holland: I think Tiara might use the old S2 facilities, but I'm not sure. I have a 'glass man in Holland who has done some beautiful work for me. I had him glass in my '84's original windows so I could replace them with oval bronze: He took the cabin trunk back to factory original. The change was undetectable from the outside, as well as a darn close match on the inside. I was amazed: It was as if Jerry had delivered a new boat without cutting the window openings. My mat/roving/gelcoat artist is Martin Bowker, email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ">Mboats<" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:05 PM Subject: M_Boats: Mast-up cover Just as an idea, the latest issue of the Bagpipe (Thistle class rag) has adds for Thistle covers. I'm sure a Montgomery cover would cost more simply because so few have ever been made. The addition of backstay adds to the cost for a 17 as well. Along the same lines as the centerboard approach, perhaps anyone who might want a mast-up cover could speak up and we could get a better price. This is what a cover for a 17' Thistle daysailer runs: North Sails Oregon (Kerry Poe) is advertising a mooring cover (goes down the topsides of the boat) for $450 (www.northsailsoregon.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Rooke Sails Sunbrella mooring cover (goes down the topsides of the boat) for $395 for white, $409 for blue, $429 for other color, five year warranty. (www.rookesails.com) Service Canvas Company doesn't list prices....five year warranty. 149 Swan Street Buffalo, NY 14203 888-388-0558 Also, there is a guy I pass on my way to work every day that does canvas stuff. He made a custom foredeck cover for my Thistle and did a good job...and only added one fitting to the boat. One benefit is that I can plop the boat off in his parking lot for custom measurement. I think I might be interested in a cover if we can get the price down low enough (<$500). [dang.....there goes that new computer for yet another year...*LOL*...] Craig.....Holland! Home of S2. (my sister has an S2). I have a brother that lives in Grand Rapids. Tod _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
