Andrei, It's kind of a non sequitor, but Tom's post reminds me of one of the problems when rigging the boat. It's the dogon people who want to talk about a Montgomery. They think that the boat is the neatest thing they have seen.
Steve On Jun 4, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Tom Smith wrote: > Back to your original question, yes, the M15 is significantly easier > to travel with and rig than the M17. If I was traveling a lot to > different sailing locations and not spending a lot of time at any of > them, the M15 (in my opinion) is a better idea. > > But I would also argue with the idea that it's important to be able to > do put up the rig and launch an M17 in 30 minutes. Why not enjoy the > process as an extension of the sailing experience? And it can be made > easy--much easier than lifting the mast by yourself and walking it up > and all that. A couple simple lifting aids and the single hander's > mast can go up and down in a very slow, controlled way. > > Rigging our M17 takes an hour or more, but it's a leisurely, > stress-free experience (which I'm sure the 30 minute drill is as well, > but I'm into long bike rides, thick books, old scotch, etc.) > punctuated by frequent beer breaks, girl watching, and general gazing > into space. > > > t > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
