Hi John: In the off chance that you might be in the South Florida area, I would be happy to show you my M17. I bought her sight unseen and did a round trip of about 2400 miles to get her. It was worth it. Maria On Nov 15, 2008, at 5:12 PM, John Merrell wrote:
> Afternoon Dave, > Thanks for your response. I understand, if you see a lot of > anything on > the market it's probably because folks don't like them that much. > But we > need to physically see one before we make any decisions to buy one. > That's why we're researching owners' in the hopes of finding some one > within 150 or so of us(Mentone Alabama) that would allow us to take > a look. > Thanks for your time....John > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "W David Scobie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:57 PM > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Montgomery 17 > > > john & joy: > > i'm a M15 owner (wishing to 'move up' to the 17). > > sleeping - the forward v-berth is the location. the compression post > does > 'split' the berth. the 1/4 berths are good for seating, not adult > sleeping. > > seating - one can sit in the 17 no problem (unless you are long in > body and > over 6'4"). one cannot stand when in the cabin. > > overnighting - if you work well together one can do multiple weeks/ > months in > the 17 ... but my perspective is from the M15 and tent-camping. the > Mboats > can carry more stuff than you can really need ... under the berths, > the > stern end of the quarterberths and cockpit locters. > > potty: under the v-berth, starboard side of the compression post. > > steel centerboard & ballast - only the older boats the the steel. > the new > boats are lead. the current model M15 & M17 use the same > centerboard. see > SCRED's www-site for a page about the steel centerboard/ballast and > the M17 > (link below). > > you are correct that there are not many used M17s available ... > there is a > reason for this. they are GREAT boats! > > > dave scobie > M15 #288 - SCRED > visit Scred's www-site: http://www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred > > --- On Sat, 11/15/08, John Merrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings, > We're researching various trailerable "pocket cruisers" such as > the Montgomery 17, ComPac Sun Cat, Precision 18 and Catalina 18 MK II. > Since > Montgomery sells direct to the public from California, it's > difficult to > view on of these fine boats. With that said, we're soon to be > retired and > want to do some "trailer sailing" to enhance our retirement > activities. Having owned a Skipper 20 and a Morgan OutIsland 30, we > have > some > sailing experience. > We've emailed Montgomery with some questions, but we'd prefer to > obtain information from M17 owners. One of our first questions is > does the > cabin have sufficient room for two adults to spend 3 to 4 nights on > the > hook? > How much sitting headroom is there, especially where the head is > located? > How > long and wide are the berths? Without opening ports, is there enough > ventalation, or would dorades be a good idea? What about the steel > centerboard; > is maintenance difficult and what all is required to keep it working > properly? > We realize we're asking a lot of questions, but Montgomery's are > expensive new and there doesn't seem to be many pre-owned M17's on the > market. Again, it's difficult to find one to even look over. So we > are > hoping we can find some help through this avenue. > Early thanks for any help you can provide. > Sincerely, John and Joy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
