I think you must be down the line a little, Bill. The concept for the 17 was mine; I approached Lyle to design it for me.
The concept for the 15 was also mine, and I thought that during the ensuing 8 years I had learned enough to do it myself. By that time, Lyle considered me to be somewhat of a prot�g� because I had spent a great deal of time studying design, mostly under his wing. Actually, Lyle approved of the 15 very much, and once said that it was the best looking boat I built. In the design stage, he looked over the drawings several times, suggesting once that I give it a little fuller sections forward (which I did), and another time suggested that I include a skeg, aft, which I did not do. We discussed his thinking and my thinking at length. He did approve of the boat and was probably as excited about the boat as I was. I'm quite proud of the 15 but at the same time consider the 17 to be my best boat; mostly because of the masthead rig, which because fo the cost factor was not used in the 15. Look at the old Balboa 20, which was a Hess design and had a 7/8 rig. The rig is probably the biggest reason that the M-17 is a little faster boat in most conditions because of flexibility. Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 1:06 PM Subject: M_Boats: M-15 > I was recently told a story about the M-15 that needs a bit of clarification. > I've read in a couple of articles that the M-15 is a Lyle Hess design. Now > I'm told it is a Jerry Montgomery modification to a Lyle Hess design. > So I'm told... when the M-15 idea was concieved, it was Jerry Montgomery, who > wanted to offer a smaller, quality cruiser that would sail respectively as > well as the M-17 did. I'm told Mr. Hess didn't care for the idea and wasn't > totally behind the construction of the M-15. I'm told the M-15 was then created as > a drawn down M-17 by Jerry Montgomery and the rest is, as they say... history. > Maybe this question should be answered by Jerry Montgomery. Or is the story > well known and I'm the last to hear about it? (has happened before) > > Regards, > Bill > M-17 @ Billamicasr.funtigo.com > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
