. . . too many different sailboats . . . M17, Cal 25', Flicka 20', Sandpiper 525, Contour 34' (not including boat shows) . . . The M17, far and away, has the most comfortable cockpit . . . ----- Original Message ----- From: htmills@bright.net To: 'For and about Montgomery Sailboats' Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 12:12 PM Subject: M-23 That Yankee Dolphin at Hooper's is gone now. I'm pretty pleased with my Tartan 26, but she's gonna need a lot of work before she's in good shape, and I got one of the better ones on the market. Price was right. Cockpit is NOT as comfy as a 17's. My nephew climbed up aboard Busca the other night and first thing he said was, "wow, NICE cockpit!" Tod -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+htmills=bright.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+htmills=bright.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rachel Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 12:02 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M-23 On Saturday, November 13, 2004, at 10:37 a.m., Chef Theo Petron wrote:
Rachel...It's called the M23! Find one and go now!! Theo M23 "Sails Increase"
Theo, I know, I know, you're right. In fact, I've kicked myself numerous times over that issue. See, the very first sailboat I ever looked at, when I started my first-boat search, back in early 1998, was Randy Palmer's M-23 "Early Light." Why on earth didn't I buy it? I guess it was just a case of not buying the very first thing you see - feeling like a bit more looking would be the right thing to do. It was just bad luck that the first boat I saw was such a good one... Now my budget is quite a bit smaller (yes, I'm downwardly-mobile ;-), so that kind of rules out an M-23. But I agree, they are fabulous. --- Rachel Still a qualifying member of the Hess family with my Fatty Knees 7' :-)