Amen, John. Although the J 22 is a well made, fast sailboat, it isn't a boat you would want to trailer to the water and rig for an afternoon sail! Our Montys are also well made and fine sailing boats. Moreover, we can drive our M 15's to the bay and rig and launch them in 30 minutes or so, and then take them home and put them in the garage. A Monty is built as a boat should be, with these features: ballast; lapstrake hull; non-glare gelcoat; proper hull-to-deck joint with both adhesive bond and closely spaced through-bolts with lock nuts; proper cockpit lockers; leakproof ports; effective non-skid; effective (and beautiful) toe rails; balsa coring in appropriate places; all hull and liner surfaces glassed over to prevent water intrusion; oversized and properly backed and bedded hardware; no compression post needed; proper cabin well for porta potti; wire to rope halyards, etc. I have owned both big boats and trailer boats, and the Montys measure up favorably to all of them. They are well designed and constructed for their intended purposes, day sailing and coastal cruising. Those sailors who appreciate the above features would likely pay good money for a used Monty. Hope to see you on the water. Regards, Ron Casino M 15 #646 : "Spirit" --- John Gonzalez <jgonzalez@usgimedical.com> wrote:
22? 24? 80? 100? 105?
I dropped a polite line to the J-Boats folks, asking them to design and market a trailerable J-Boat (the 22 does NOT look like fun to rig, launch, land, and unrig regularly). Polite, uninformative response, and nothing more.
I love my M-15, but a truly trailerable J-Boat would be fun to consider.
John Bella (M-15, 628) La Jolla, CA _______________________________________________
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