Hi Don, Congratulations on your new Montgomery 15! She sounds like a great boat and a well thought out purchase! Have you seen the MSOG website? www.msog.org My wife and I have a 1988 M-15 (our 3 rd and best boat). We are very pleased with our M-15. Mostly I sail single handed, and my wife joins me from time to time to soak up some sun and go for a swim. We sail in N. Idaho and are beginning to venture out into other locations in the Pacific N. West.
Changes we have made to our M-15: We brought all the lines aft for single handed sailing, added a bracket to our trailer to hold the motor, added keel guides (really makes launching and retrieving a snap!) Added a quick-pin to the rudder/tiller to lock the rudder in the up position for launching. I think that is it, we are the 2 nd owners of our boat, traded our Laguna 24 for her in 93. The original owner had teak hand rails added to the top of the cabin, a boarding ladder, and bulk-head mounted compass. All of which were great additions to the boat. Our boat also came with the factory electrical system. Congratulations again on your boat! As we become better sailors we are considering adding a second set of reef points to our mainsail, and possibly a smaller storm type jib. Winds in N. Idaho are often strong, in the 20 - 30 knot range. >From time to time we think of getting a bigger boat, recently we were considering a Compac 19 or 23, with the idea that a bigger boat might help us go on longer trips or handle rougher conditions. Then we thought about all the great things about our M-15 and decided that we had several more years of activities with our boat before we had sailed her to her potential and decided to keep her. I mean, how many good sailboats can you store in your garage? How many can be in the water ready to go 20 min. after arriving at the launch ramp? We have adopted the idea that the best sailboats in the world are the ones that get sailed. With that philosophy, our M-15 is among the worlds best boats! Randy Graves M-14 #407 Dinky Boat Post Falls, ID ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ludlow, Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Monty mail list (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 7:11 AM Subject: M_Boats: New M-15 Sweet Dream > Hi: > I just took delivery of a 2003 model M-15 # 620 named Sweet Dream. She sits > on her Pacific Trailer in my back yard in Mobile, Alabama right now. Sweet > Dream has a factory installed Bimini top to shade my wife. I've added a 2 > HP. 4 stroke Honda and a Thetford 135 Portapotti. > I decided on the M-15 for a number of reasons. I principally daysail but > wanted a boat with a small cabin so my wife can change clothes, nap, and > answer natures call. The boat had to be seaworthy and stable, but have a > shallow draft. I plan to single hand half the time so I wanted a boat that I > could launch and rig quickly and easily. Having been stuck with no wind and > an outgoing tide (hello Cuba), a motor and a 4 knot hull speed was > essential. I narrowed my search to trailer-sailors from 15 ft to 19 ft. Good > cabin layout and storage was a prime consideration. I looked at Potters, > used Commodore 18's, Compac 16's and Suncats, P-18's, M-17's, etc but > picked the M-15 because it is easy to trail, launch, set up, has shallow > draft, a good interior layout, and LOOKS GREAT. > I plan to sail the 40 mile long Mobile Bay and in Mississippi sound and > around the barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico. With the ICW running > through the Bay, I've got access to several hundred miles of protected water > from Lake Borgn (New Orleans) to St Andrews Bay (Panama City, Fla) with > clear water and white sand beaches. There are many great launching ramps up > and down the stretch on coast which give me good daysailing access..With the > addition of a rod holder, I plan to do some offshore trolling also (Fishing > is great here). > I'm 61 years old but in great shape. Up to now, I've sailed Hobie cats, > sunfish, and my escape Rumba (a little small to fish the gulf out of but I > managed). > Any rigging and handling suggestions would be appreciated > Fair Winds > Don Ludlow > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
