Someone else came up with the "she's the best little boat I never drew" quote, at least I never heard it from Lyle. He DID say to me, in a crowd, at the Long Beach Sailboat Show, that the 15 was the best looking boat boat that I (me, Jerry) built.
Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig F. Honshell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 8:12 PM Subject: M_Boats: M-15 Design > > Those articles are wrong. The M15 was drawn by Jerry Montgomery, based on > Hess' M17. Jerry says that Lyle said of the M15, "She's the best little > boat I never drew." I've never heard there was any opposition from Lyle to > the creation/construction of the M15, but I'd defer to Jerry on that one . . > . Based on the quote, it sounds to ME as if Lyle approved of the M15 . . . > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 4:06 PM > Subject: 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
