Hi Wayne: You can't go wrong with a Montgomery! For your purposes I would recommend the larger cockpit of the 17. I have a 1986 M17 located in Miami. If you're ever down this way you are welcome to come take a look. Maria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Preisman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:07 PM Subject: M_Boats: new to the list in Florida -- and questions!
> Hi folks -- I apologize for "dropping in" unannounced, > and for being so long-winded upon first introductions! > My wife and I are starting a search for a small > cruising boat to be used primarily along the Indian > River (part of the Intracoastal Waterway), and the > Montgomery 15 and 17 appear to be really -very- nice > boats for such a purpose. > > We are new residents in the Orlando area, and all of > our sailing experience has been on keel boats in the > 24ft+ range (mostly J's), and even that experience is > now 5 years or more in the past. > > Our new -- so far only a fantasy -- boat would be for > our use only, with the very occasional addition of a > couple of small children (my wife calls them > "grandchildren", but I prefer the term "nieces and > nephews", and consider us far too young to have > grandchildren anyway). Or possibly one other couple > on rare occasions for short periods. We have no > intention of camping on the boat, whatever it turns > out to be, and so long as there is on-board space for > a picnic lunch and the usual equipment we ought to be > ok. > > I have read the M15 vs. M17 debate on your web site, > and I think the only further preference -- not a hard > requirement -- of mine which bears on the issue is our > goal to leave the boat in the water most of the time > -- if that is practical for such a small vessel. > > I see as well that there are quite a few M15 and M17 > owners listed in Florida, with the nearest to us in > Vero Beach, Silver Springs, and the Tampa-St. > Petersburg area. While the pictures available on your > and the manufacturer's web sites are very helpful, I > would love to have a closer look at these boats, even > if only driving by a marina or a parking lot! (I > assume the boats' designs and overall appearance have > changed very little over the years?) > > In any case .. the M15 and M17 appear to be "a step > above" much of their price and size competition in > terms of features, construction .. and looks! (We are > suckers for the lapped hull, frankly.) > > Any suggestions of a next step -- mail to some of the > "local" owners, perhaps? -- or opinions about which > boat sounds most appropriate would be most welcome. > > Thanks in advance! > > Wayne > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
