Rick,
Any time you are shopping for a boat, the first question you should ask
yourself is, "What am I going to use the boat for"? If you want to cruise West
Galveston Bay and the Laguna Madre on the Texas coast, where 6 feet is deep
water, a Doveke is a very good choice. You can slide along the shalow tide
chanels with your camera and get wonderful bird photos. You can anchor in a
few inches of water and put up your mosquito netting under the boom tent and
enjoy total solitude. You can skim the flats and fish for
Redfish.............etc..........etc.
But ......... If you want to go into deeper water, sail in marginal conditions,
stay dry in a chop, meet folks for a San Juan Island or Apostle Islands cruise,
get a Montgomery. Which Montgomery also depends on what you are going to use
it for and with how many people? My wife is very claostrophobic and one look
into the cabin of the M15 sent her straight back to the car. She has to stay
out of the sun and sitting under the dodger of my M17 with windows all round
works well for her. So............ Pick a boat that suits the type of sailing
you plan to do.
Ron
M17 #14, (deep keel)
Griselda
> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:19:23 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
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> M_Boats: What do you think of Dovekies?> > While researching the Dovekie I
> saw that Doug Kelch attended a SWS cruise on > the Chesapeake with them
> sometime ago. I was planning to ask him what his > impression of the boat
> was, so let me do that and ask y'all to chime in too.> > I'm currently
> tempted by a very nice 24 year old Dovekie. It's said to row > much better
> than an M15, has more open space (not clear it has more > storage), draws 4
> inches and sits flat on tidal flats and I kind of like > sharpies.> > So,
> what do you folks think and what might be a good value for 24 year old >
> Dovekie in good shape?> > Thanks,> > Rick > > > >
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