I believe it was Jerry's foreman who sailed "Freebird" a reduced cockpit volume M17> Dick
Honshells wrote: > The Montgomery 17' gets an honorable mention from Ted Brewer in the latest issue of > "Good Old Boat". The > segment is on page 47 from a comparison of trailersailers that follows an article on > the Victoria 18'. Brewer > compares the Victoria 18', the Cape Dory Typhoon and the Com-Pac 16CB. Ted writes, > "It's obvious that the > performance champion of the group is the Montgomery 17' with her long waterline, > generous sail area, and > modest ballast adding to the form stability of her beamy keel/centerboard hull." > The segment has mistakes: > It lists the M17's displacement at 1,500 lb. and its ballast at 500 lb. Well, > basically, the M17 stats in the > chart on page 47 vary several times from those on Nor'Sea's website. Also, the > drawing of the "M17" used by > "Good Old Boat" is actually the M23. Anyway, Brewer says none of the boats compared > should venture out of > sight of land and I know some would disagree with that, also. > > I recently re-read the M17 review in "Small Craft Advisor" and it repeats the > Nor'Sea website claim that the > M17 has sailed from California to Hawaii: But we established recently that this is > a myth, didn't we? > > Was it Jerry M. who "sailed from Cape Hatteras to San Diego via the Panama Canal"? > If not, then who? > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
