----- Original Message ----- From: John Stephenson To: cnc571994@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 2:26 PM Subject: buying a monty from Bob Hi Chris, I bought and paid for a new M17 from Bob on July 14th of this year. To this point the experience has not been good. The boat didn't arrive until 9-18-04, over two months after it supposed to be shipped. When it arrived it was incomplete. It had the wrong mainsail, no jib sheets, the rudder wasn't varnished or sealed, the CDI roller/furler wasn't installed and a partial list of parts, for the CDI, was in a box in the cabin, no reefing gear. I had ordered the lines run aft, but no parts were installed for lines run aft. On top of all this, the boat was not secured properly during delivery and the bow has a hunk of gelcoat, the size of a nickel, broken out, down to the fiberglass. None of this would be a problem if Bob would take care of the missing and broken problems, but, to this date Bob hasn't come through. He doesn't answer e-mails. He won't answer the phone when he knows it's me, and when I call on a different phone and he answers, he gives me a quick excuse and hangs up. If I had it to do over again I would buy used. Dealing with Bob is not good. This e-mail of the experience is compressed. If you would like more info you can write me at this address or call: 605-884-4382 home or 605-868-9302 mobile. fairwinds John