Hi, Danelle: Yes, we sail on Lake Michigan out of Milwaukee and also trailer to places like the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior.
Take care, Gordon On Apr 1, 2008, at 11:14 PM, Danelle Landis wrote: > Hi Gordon, > > > That's pretty cool - there are a few molecules of your boat on > mine, probably! > > > Do you sail on the lakes there in WI? > > > Danelle > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Gordon Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:49:07 AM > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Intro from SE Alaska > > Hi, Danelle: > Congrats on your new boat! If yours is hull #378, I guess mine -- > #MMP173771183 -- was built just before yours in November 1983. Have > fun! > > Gordon > Milwaukee > > On Mar 28, 2008, at 5:36 PM, Danelle Landis wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Such a warm welcome, thanks! >> >> I did take of photo of the boat today, but my three-year old is >> posing by it, so it's not really the most technically informational >> photo... We're having it hauled out and put on blocks Monday >> morning, so I'll get a lot of really good shots and upload them. >> >> This morning I looked for the boat's numbers. Unfortunately the >> blue hull was painted over thickly at some point with blue paint, >> so only part of the numbers were visible after staring hard with >> the right angle of bright sunlight. (Yes, bright sunlight in >> Ketchikan!) It looked like: M------3781083 The zero is a close >> guess, but it looks like I at least know it was built in 1983, >> maybe hull #378? >> >> I'll feel relieved to get a look at the bottom, as the CB fixes >> were the way I found the Montgomery owners website - from googling >> the boat, then I studied the photos to see what we might be taking >> on, when the owner mentioned that the CB had been stuck partway >> down for a long time. Someone cut the line to it too, and the >> opening that goes into the CB pocket from the winch has epoxy or >> something blobbed over it. The top gudgeon fitting for the rudder >> has two of the three bolts missing too, and the bracket is just >> swinging off of one bolt. (the rudder's in my house) Looking at >> that today, I see why the previous owner hadn't fixed it. I guess >> one would almost have to cut out the fiberglass, with so little >> access. I read about someone's swim ladder installation that >> addressed this... >> >> David P - did you live up here in rain country too, or only your >> daughter? >> >> Bill - thanks for the encouragement to document the projects. I >> know I have been very grateful for what people have shared, and I >> haven't even started yet! >> >> John B - I just knew I'd run into one or two people who were >> connected with this area! Boy, can I relate to your getting-towed >> story! My family has so many stories of being towed, especially in >> the rivers with their shifting bottoms, when we went aground a few >> times, and when we had outboards die at the worst times (entering >> huge locks next to giant barges and tugs, with house-sized >> whirlpools sucking at our boat, for instance) Sailing is such a >> story-generating hobby! Nothing like getting laughed at by >> compatriots to make it all more fun! What was your Matthews >> cruiser's name? It'd be fun to run across it maybe sometime...do >> you think it would be here in Ktn, if it isn't scrapped by now? >> >> David S - thanks for the link about Scred! Great backstory for a >> name. I'm an SNL fan too, but haven't seen Scred. I'm thinking >> hard about names. I like the idea of using one of the sea nymph >> sisters of Halimede, because that was our big, ugly unpainted >> aluminum boat's name when we first bought her. My parents changed >> the name (isn't that bad luck???) to Pacific Rays, after a >> nightmare summer of cutting out and replacing 60 percent of the >> plates that had horrible electrolysis holes, then painting it. I >> and my little sister worked ten or twelve hour days most of that >> summer with delightful jobs like grinding welds and sanding bottom >> paint. Every teenage girl's dream summer, right? ha ha. >> >> Thanks for the welcome and encouragement! >> >> Danelle Landis >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ >> ______________ >> Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. 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