To:All I just can't say enough about the pleasures of cruising in an M15 :-)
The Buzzards Bay cruise was the last week in August. We had 4 M15s and 1 M17 on the cruise. One M17 had to dropout as he had tow vehicle problems on the way to MA. Frank Durant had his brand new M15 and this was the first time it was launched. A real litmus test. Saturday - Sunday - were windy and rainy so we didn't leave harbor till Monday in the rain. Tod smashed his Rudder tooling around the Harbor on Sunday. Great winds and nice sail in the Rain on Monday - Sailed down to Quiset harbor which has a fleet of over 30 Hershoff 15s - all in exquisite condition. Lots of eye candy. 15 lb CQR, 4 M15s and the anchor dragged at high tide. Probably not enough scope. Short downwind sail to Hadley harbor in 20 kts on Tuesday. Picked up one of the free mooring from the Forbes family. Met up with Tod that night. His Ida rudder arrived and was a perfect fit. His self steering worked all the way down the Bay. Wednesday a great sunny sailing day out to Oak Bluffs on Martha's vineyard. Calm night so we stayed rafted up in 24 ft of water - wind kicked up out of the N (a bad direction) around 12:30 AM. We had 200ft of line out with a 15 lb CQR but dragged anyway. A mad scramble to break up the raft. Regrouped in the Morning and with tropical storm Ernesto heading our way we went all of the way to Cuttyhunk on Thursday - averaged 6 knots for 25 NM with a tail wind and favorable current. A nice stay at Cuttyhunk and everyone got out in thier inflatables and hiked around town. The evening forcast confirmed Ernesto was heading our way with 40 kt gusts so on Friday we sailed back to Fairhaven in 18 kt winds, 5 degrees off the wind. Another nice sail with an occasional 5 ft wave. Pulled out Friday PM and had a nice dinner a local seafood restaurant. Typical Buzzards Bay wind strength that required a reef most days. All in a wet but good trip. Thanks Doug Kelch "Seas the Day" M15 #310 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
