Rick, Welcome aboard!
Joe Moore "Midnight Passage" M15 #641 On 8/24/07 10:52 AM, "Richard Everett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone! > > My wife, Debora, and I (Rick) have just purchased a 2005 M17 from a very nice > fellow down in southern CA. I just arrived back in Seattle with the M17 > yesterday. Dan, the former owner, has owned Montgomery sailboats for over 30 > years and only sold this barely used one because he messed up his back and > can't single hand anymore (poor fellow). He installed numerous extra blocks > and cleats...it is going to take some time to figure out his rigging plan > since the 95 degree heat during the loading of the boat for trailering melted > my brain while he was explaining things. I was also a little dizzy from > having seen the boat ad on Monday night, buying a plane ticket that same > night, and handing him a cashier's check Tuesday at noon! I have never been > *quite* that spontanious before, but when you see a dream boat barely used for > half price of new, you gotta act fast. Dan was also one of the nicest guys I > have met, and kept tossing additional items I might need into my Uhaul making > me feel even more guilty for taking his boat. When he handed me a set of > padlocks that he had wrapped in protective foam so they would not scratch the > gelcoat when installed on the lockers, I knew I had made a good purchase. > > We plan on doing a dry run of completely setting her up for sail this weekend > in the driveway, then packing up and taking a test sail on Lake Washington. > After we get a bit used to her and think we will not look completely clueless, > it would be great to meet up with anyone for a day sail around the Sound or > something. Our previous sailing experience consists of taking the first > serious of sailing courses from Windworks at Shilshole marina and then taking > out their Catalina 25 boats a few times for daysails. Hopefully what we > learned on the Cat 25 boats will transfer to sailing the M17. > > Anyway, just wanted to drop a line and introduce ourselves. I look foward to > sailing in the Puget Sound area with some of you soon! > > Rick > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
