Always welcome! Love your recollections~
Fran
former M15
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Subject: Re: M_Boats: looking at a Montgomery 15
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:23:26 -0400
Hi Bones,
I tried sailing the lapstrakes off our M15 in all sorts of weather, but
found that Jerry had built them so well that sailing them off was an
impossibility. They didn't even show any signs of wear after their
experience.
Sailing our M15 LEPPO was an absolutely delightful experience - in any
kind of weather - (been there: done that before) and my only regret is
that Father Neptune was right when he tapped me on the shoulder two years
ago to tell me that I wasn't getting any younger and it was about time
for me to give up sailing "big" boats.
Damn, I keep drinking good, proper Martinis - the type you build with
2/3 gin and 1/3 dry vermouth - with pearl onions as vitamins - but
instead of growing younger I just keep getting older. Sheesh....! I may
no longer be pointing the bow and heading for distant horizons, but at
least the Martinis still are enjoyed every evening when the sun is below
the yard arm.
My sailing life has been a blast, starting when I sailing my schooner
model at the Conservatory Lake in Central Park, New York as boy; through
all the various nautical adventures I've encountered and mastered after
that; on Long Island Sound; the Rhine; Scandinavia; Dutch / Belgian / and
French Canals from Rotterdam to Paris; sailing the Isselmeer; down the
English Channel to Le Havre; the Mediterranean; the Adriatic; the New
England Coast .... what a ball; what fun (and some times of not so much
fun - like sitting out a three day Nor'easter in Oak Bluffs Harbor, MA in
50 degree weather with green water coming over the bow from the waves
rolling in through the harbor entrance ).
For all you new sailors, forget all the bar talk - "there I was, lee rail
under.... the wind was blowing 30 knots, ....the seas were building.....
Reality is, 95% of your sailing experience is in very pleasant conditions
(if you can't tell sea stories at the bar, then you don't belong to the
gang... so everyone is exaggerating the horrendous conditions they
experienced... my story is better than yours..)
If you sail from Block Island to Cuttyhunk and the sun is shining; you
have a SW wind of 10 - 12 knots; it's a beautiful sail; you have nothing
to talk about; nothing you can boast about; no heroic conditions; just
a 30 NM gentle sail under ideal conditions.
That's what sailing is really all about.
May you all enjoy broad reaches, good anchorages, and as much enjoyment
as our family has had sailing for over 50 years.
Connie
ex M15 #400 LEPPO
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