Congradulations Rod..!
What year is she...?
Bob> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date:
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:25:59 -0600> Subject: M_Boats: New Owner(to be) 17 Footer>
> Hello to all participants at the Montgomery Owner's mailing list. The
instructions for how to subscribed also asked that I try and post some sort of
introduction, which is the lease I can do considering I'm betting I'll learn a
lot about these boats and enjoy some dialogue with a number of you in the
coming years. Here goes.....> > I live in Houston. I married my college
sweetheart who was from a sailing family which is what exposed me to this
wonderful hobby. Of course I got the bug much worse than she ever had it and I
think she still holds it against her dad for introducing me to it. I've worked
my way up through a number of sailboats, Sailfish, 19 ft Cypress hull sloop,
O'Day Mariner, Catalina 22, then what I thought would be my next to last
boat(then and now I think my last will be a Bristol Channel Cutter......
theraputic to hold onto a dream you know), a little known but wonderful boat
called a Mystic 30, a few of which were built in the late 70's early 80's by
Legnos Marine in Groton, CT. We started a family, and after two years of paying
for all the things you pay for with a boat kept in a slip and sailing once, I
sold her. We did the power boat thing(still do) but we now have nine and five
year old sons, a lakehouse we just bought(Lake Livingston, TX, 70 miles north
of Houston,) and a desire to make sure our boys are exposed to sailing.> > I
had intended to wait a year or so before buying a small boat since we are
hemmoraging cash getting this house, furnishing it, etc, but in total innocence
a couple of weeks ago I rode though a marina just killing some time and ....
you have all been there....., this place I'm about to describe.... sitting in
the front of the brokergage office was an absolutely beautiful daysailer in a
trailer with a huge Christmas bow still on it and garland strung all the way to
the masthead on the stays . Christmas bows.... this was mid-Jan..... the poor
logic of a smitten wanna be owner kicked in...."Wow, he thought he'd move this
thing for Christmas and didn't . Man don't you know he's ready to deal now!
It's mid cold Jan., we're supposedly headed for a recession, and I think I'll
be in the driver's seat on this negotiation! Well, a quick once over ,wowed by
the brand new blue paint job, and an immediate fear of "the guy who was just
here yesterday taking picture of her and is really interested"had me going from
the upper hand negotiator to the emotional buyer! That other guy is sure busy
as hell, and amazingly has my exact taste. He's just left the parking lot 5
minutes before my arrival, on every darn boat I've ever bought! Anyway, I've
got the guy converting the rudder to a kick up, and really giving the trailer a
once over.> > I've got a 500 mile trip to bring her back to Houston week after
next. I'll be reading everything at your site about trailer inspections(even
the trailerable boats I've had I've kept in the water), and I'd sure love any
suggestions anyone might have about a checklist I shouls use before beginning
tht trek back to TX.> > Enough for now. I'm sure I've already secured the award
of the most verbode new listee anyway.> > > Rodney Holland> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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