The Wayfarer and Norseboat are sweet, Tom and Steve, and so's the Melonseed, Steve Tyree. Some of my favorite boats are available only in the U.K.: ~The 14' Lune Pilot from Character Boats: http://www.characterboats.co.uk/popup.cfm?p_n=178&p_i=178 (do not fear the phrase "popup" in this link) _______________________ ~The 16' Tela from Saltern's Boatbuilders (complicated instructions here): follow this link: http://www.gaff-rig.co.uk/ then click on the word "new" from the website's following intro: "Welcome to the website for owners of the Memory 19 gaff rigged sloop. On this website you can find out about the Memory, old and 'new' . . ." Then click on "beautiful 16' Tela" from the second paragraph's phrase, "Salterns also make the 'beautiful 16' Tela' . . ." _______________________ ~The 14' Tideway Dinghy: http://www.tidewaydinghies.co.uk/tideway/page_002.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Smith, Tom" <Tom.Smith@itron.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:36 PM Subject: Norseboat If I was getting yet another sailboat, I'd sure consider this one... http://www.norseboat.com/ Tom Smith Customer Solutions, EMG Itron, Inc. 509-891-3674 -----Original Message----- From: Steve MacDonald [mailto:sfmac@gsinet.net] Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 12:45 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 18, Issue 29 I don't know about the Melonseed, but how about a Wayfarer, (www.abbottboats.com) also builder of the 420 and Soling, is what I was considering until I decided a that either a Potter or Montgomery 15 would better meet what I want to do with a sailboat. By the way, Steve MacDonald, Dunbarton, NH longing for my own boat and almost settled on a Montgomery 15. Original Message 8 text deleted. Message: 8 Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 13:19:42 EDT From: IDCLLC@aol.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: compromise To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Message-ID: <f.30c6eb5f.2e50f52e@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I was going to offer a Melonseed as a possibility, until I read the bit about sitting on seats! Still, you might want to entertain the idea. Gorgeous hull, amazingly seaworthy, planes downwind, sets up in minutes, rows well, and all spars stow inside... Oh, have the resources for a fleet of small boats! Cheers, Steve Tyree, P-15 In a message dated 8/15/2004 9:39:22 AM Central Standard Time, chonshell@ia4u.net writes: My thoughts exactly, as owner of an M17 and 1/3 partner in a PS Flicka . . . However, I actually want to go smaller: Get out of the Flicka partnership, and acquire a small open classic daysailor that is easy to launch, retrieve and singlehand on smaller lakes . . . However, not a dinghy, but a boat in which one sits on benches, rather than floorboards . . .