Danelle Great story.
Do you have any pic of the M-17 that you could post? Capt'n James Albert Sadler skipper sailing vessel Pelican M-15 On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Danelle Landis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Danelle Landis here, I've been enjoying learning from the archives - and I > have a *lot* to learn! > > > I just bought an M17 here in Ketchikan, Alaska that of course, needs a lot > of attention. It is pretty sound mostly, but needs what looks to be the > typical repairs and rehabs that the older (I think it must be between 1981 > and 1987). It's got the notorious rusted/stuck CB, and the boat has been > sitting in saltwater, uncovered, in a marina for the last year and a half, > probably longer. We need to haul it asap, but it came with no trailer. > We'll probably have to buy one and have it barged up from Seattle. The > sails are in great condition - even a spinnaker! Poor thing hasn't been > really valued highly - she has no name, and I just realized today that the > beat up old tiller is actually an old axe handle, among other pending > projects. > > > I started sailing with my family when I was about 7, on a Blanchard 26 on > Coeur d'Alene lake in ID. My dad totally caught the bug and decided he > wanted to retire at age 30, and move onto a sailboat. We did it, on the > Islander 30 we had by that time, all five of us - us kids were 4, 10 and 14. > We launched the boat at Lewiston, ID and sailed through the locks and dams > in the Snake, Columbia rivers, the up the WA coast to Seattle where my > parents promptly bought a Cal Cruising 36. It seemed HUGE. Eventually, we > bought a 50' custom wierdly-designed aluminum hard-chined gaff-rigged > sailboat we lived on for the next five years, and sailed up here to Alaska - > our first dream destination. From there, the family all moved off and my > dad kept on sailing, living aboard in Mexico, Hawaii, Sitka...for another > fifteen years. He and I sailed the aluminum boat (since rehabbed into a > regular sloop) from Hawaii to Seattle in 1988. > > > Anyway, I've missed sailing all these years, and when this little M17 > became available for only $2,500, I had to snap it up! I've never sailed on > such a small boat before, but from what I've read so far, they sound capable > of taking hard weather (we have plenty here), but are fun to sail too. The > sailing part is second nature to me, the repairs - well, I'll need a lot of > advice and help from my husband, who is great at those things, fortunately. > I want to do most of it myself though. Having my own sailboat has been a > dream of mine since I was a teenager pouring over "Sailpower" on my cozy > bunk. > > > My other hobbies - I'm a stay at home mom of three, and I have been a K9 > Search and Rescue handler for twelve years. > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
