Go for the 17... You'll sail more. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Smitty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 10:36 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Long M17 Cruise ?
> Hi Connie, > > I'm seriously considering the 17 and your comparisons make it look like the > best boat for the $. I also like the Rob Roy 23 by Marine Concepts, but it > is pretty expensive ($27k for a like new boat) and weighs about 800 pounds > more. Since I enjoy windsurfing any of the small boats are going to be a > little crowed at times when a board and sails are wedged on/into the boat. > > Thanks, > Smitty > Windsurfers Do It > Standing Up ! > US-842 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Conbert H Benneck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 8:39 AM > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Long M17 Cruise ? > > > Hi Smitty, > > I have become a very happy M15 owner, after first buying a Bolger MICRO - > which was a ball - then had a ComPac16, and after determining it's > shortcomings, I finally found, bought, and love my M15. > > Before I had a 29 footer which was a great boat for 4 people. Then I > bought it's big brother, a 38 footer, but found that I got size and mass, > but really not more "useable" boat than we had with the 29 footer - and > by now my crew were out of the house. So we sold the 38 footer. > > We sold the 29 footer because of increasing congestion here in the New > England harbor areas. It's wall to wall boat these days. No place for > peace and quiet. > > That when I bought the MICRO, a great boat. Being a Bolger box, it has a > cavernous space inside, for it's size; and deck space is big enough to > sleep two more. > > The reason I had to sell the MICRO was the problem of stepping the mast. > It is a 22 foot long, solid spruce, no stays, and you have to hold it > almost vertically to get it into the mast step at the bow. I could carry > the mast horizontally, but stepping it became a problem at my age. > > That led me to the ComPac16 - with aluminum mast and shrouds, > but............ > > The ComPac16 had no useable storage space as befits a good sailboat. You > had to cram everything under the cockpit seats on the berths, and then if > you want to use the berth you have to pile all your "stuff" up in the > cockpit so that the berths are useable. No way to run a railroad! > > That's when I heard about the Montgomery. Talked with owners on the > website and finally after all the good words I heard, bought one > sight-unseen. > > For me it's a great little vessel: has excellent sail lockers and > storage - which every boat has to have - it sails well; and is light > enough so that I tow it with my VW-GTI. ......and the cockpit seats are > long enough so that you could sleep there, if you have a Bimini. > > With the number of M17s in your area, why not get together with an owner > and go for a sail to try it out? That would give you answers to your > questions. > > Connie > > M15 #400 LEPPO > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
