Perfectly said, Connie. You have sold me on the M15 again. I'll buy another. I would add one more thing and that is that the M15 is beautiful. I just decided to keep the cover off my boat for the remainder of the season because I miss looking at her. If I knew years ago that I could have keep this beautiful boat, this piece of sculpture, right outside my window, I would never had bought a yacht club boat.
Rick Langer M15 #337 > Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 10:40:12 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: M_Boats: M_15 VS CP 16 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi Irv, > > You ask the right question: CP16 vs. M15; and I have owned both. > > When I sold my MICRO, I bought the CP16 - roughly same size - but with an > aluminum, mast and shrouds, therefore easier to step. > > I totally rebuilt the CP16, and sailed it for a few years, > but...................... .......and it's these "buts" that get you > in the end. > > 1. Accommodations were terrible: two berths extending under the cockpit > seats. The whole front end was all useless space. > > 2. Center support post for the mast in the middle of the cabin > > 3. No storage other than stuffing everything under the cockpit seats on > the berths. If you want to use the berths, then pile everything in the > cockpit for the night............. (and it rains...........) Next > morning take all the wet stuff and put it back in the berths again so > that you can go sailing........... > ........and Murphy dictates that what you want - RIGHT NOW - is the > furthest in and the most difficult to retrieve. > > 4. On a reach or a run it sails nicely (but what boat doesn't?), but if > you have to sail hard on the wind, the leeway is enormous; i.e., it > doesn't like going in that direction! > > 5. After living with those CP16 problems, and finding that I disliked > them intensely, I latched on to the Montgomery 15 as a possible > substitute, and the more I learned the more I became convinced that it > was a "proper" vessel, designed and built by someone who knew what > sailing was all about and what was required in a boat. > > 6. Now after sailing my M15 for several years, all I can say is, the M15 > gives you what you need and want: > Good inside storage; sail lockers; good sailing characteristics; good > berths; a portapottie. > It is a responsive, elegant, excellently designed small yacht. > > 7. There is no comparison between an M15 and a CP16. The M15 is a > proper boat; the CP16 is a failed attempt at being a useable sail boat. > > Connie > M15 > CP16 > MICRO _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
