Charless, What a great cruise! I love to hear of Montgomery boats being used so well. I hope you enjoy many more cruises like this.
Doug Kelch "Seas the Day" M15 #310 --- Charless Fowlkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > During the middle of July we trailed to Cortes > Island in Desolation Sound > in BC and launched on a nice ramp in Cortes Bay. We > cruised with a group > of Ranger 26 boats for the next 5 days. This was > our first "micro cruise" > and my wife and I were pleased with the M-15, > especially with how easy the > boat is to launch and rig. > > Our first night sleeping on the boat was not perfect > but each night the > bunk seemed bigger and bigger. By the end of our > vacation we learned the > moves and slept fine. > > The M-15 drew more comments than I am used to. Some > related to the small > size of our boat. "What boat do you tow that with?" > "You don't SLEEP on > it, do you?" The others were statements of > admiration. "Nice boat" Cute > boat" "Where did you get that?" "I used to own a > Montgomery." "I like > your boat!" > > The little Suzuki motor was totally reliable and we > used only a couple of > quarts of fuel on the whole trip. We do try to sail > whenever we can. > > We trailed the M-15 behind our Honda CR-V and > averaged 22 mpg while > traveling 65 mph and sometimes faster. > > My boat came with the factory stainless mast > carrier. I welded another > pintle above the existing two to reduce the height > by about a foot. I also > cut off several inches from the front mast support > on the trailer. The > boat now goes under a 7-foot garage door with the > mast stowed in this > lowered position. AND on BC Ferries being under 7 > feet saves you from > paying the "extra height" fee which saved me many > $$$! > > We launched in Anacortes and sailed to Friday Harbor > and the SJs for a few > days. We also launched in Lake Union in Seattle and > sailed with Duck > Dodge, a beer can race held Tuesday evenings by "48 > Degrees North". Easy > to launch; great! > > Charless and Marjorie Fowlkes > Bozeman, MT > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
