Hi all, I am back checking email again - I got so behind with three sets of out-of-town guests all through July! I'm so glad you guys were checking my website. I do have new photos to put on there - I will get them up tomorrow - I've been avoiding the computer, knowing how much mail I'd have waiting!
When my Dad and his wife were visiting for a couple of weeks, we got out sailing several times, and he was delighted with "Ceto"! Being a very seasoned sailor, and skeptical of the worth of a small boat, he was impressed by the M17's abilities. He sailed her into the dock a couple of times, as he detests starting up the outboard, and he just *had* to try it. We tried it with the genoa one evening, then the main the second. He was so sold on a smaller sailboat, I had to give him my book on sailing small cruisers which he couldn't put down. Another thing I've done in the last month of avoiding the computer is that I found a sailmaker here in town, as Bob on the list suggested, and the sailmaker put slugs on my mainsail, and repaired a small burnhole in its luff for only $43.00. I was astounded, as I would have paid twice that to have avoided doing it myself. The sail is SO much easier to handle now!!! The difference has been huge, and with that old soft sail and my rusty abilities, I can't tell any difference in the performance. Just a lot fewer four letter words being tossed into the wind, is all! Our weather has been HORRIBLE for the last three weeks - pouring rain 24/7 - cold and not even decent enough wind to be worth getting the sails drenched. I haven't sailed at all this month. The weather here is often this way though, I just go into denial when it's nice. I'll stay caught up now, and send a note when I get new photos up. Thanks for thinking of me! Danelle Landis "Ceto" M17 #378 Ketchikan, AK http://web.mac.com/anniesark9/Site/Sailing_Ceto.html ----- Original Message ---- From: Howard Audsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 8, 2008 7:18:27 AM Subject: M_Boats: Danielle? Have we heard from Danielle in Alaska lately? I was going to check to see if she had updated her website, but I no longer have it. _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
