In early 1976, I drove from Tucson to Lake Havasu to go to a race. Jerry was there with his Tucson cronie Tom Van Atta and Jerry's new flush deck 17, the Coyote. After a few drinks at the Friday night party, I challenged Jerry to a first-to-finish gentleman's race for a case of beer. Little did I know that just because our boats were the same size, I didn't have a chance. I later paid off by jacking up Van Atta's van and putting a 6-pack under each wheel. About twenty years later, I was the proud owner of Coyote and had a great time with the boat. Coyote now lives in Mindenoya, Ontario, Canada. I had a holiday card from the current owners giving me a status report on how the boat likes the snow... pss: to get to the Havasu beer, Jerry and Tom just drove off the beer stacks and drank the survivors. John in Tucson -----Original Message----- From: William Campion <wcampion@aol.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wed, Dec 16, 2009 6:48 pm Subject: Re: M_Boats: Monty parked near the locks in Seattle Matt, My story is very similar to yours. I was at the Annapolis boat show looking at another small sail boat when I ran into Walt Wood. After that conversation I began investigating the M15. Bob was very helpful and later that year I found a used M15 in KY and the rest is history! Skip M15 #208 Sent from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2009, at 7:21 PM, <matt.marx@cox.net> wrote:
Rick,
Yours is the boat that convinced me to buy a Montgomery. I was > living in Connecticut at the time, and had been thinking for a few > years about the various small boat options. I went to the Annapolis > show in '05, thinking of a different boat. I met Walt and Bob > there, showing Walt's new boat, and Walt said that if I drove back > down to the area one weekend after the show, he'd take me for a sail > - my first on a Monty. The sail was fantastic. I was amazed at how > stiff the boat was for its size, and how dry we stayed in the windy/> choppy conditions. Walt and Bob went above and beyond to share > their time and experience, which futher convinced me that with the > boat, I'd be joing up with a great group of sailors (is there any > other?).
Mine came across the country on a truck the following summer, and > we've since relocated to San Diego. I don't keep a running log on > the GPS, but I think I've still got some sailing to do before she's > got as many sea miles as land miles underneath her!
Matt M17 Lily, #638
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com >> [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of >> John Davies Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 4:58 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Monty parked near the locks in Seattle
Hey, Debora, yours is the closest number to mine (#633 Lynne L) I've seen. #633 was built for Walt Wood of Sailchesbay in 2005 - I bought it in 2007, and have been one happy sailor ever since. Yours must have come down the ways in early 2006?
Rick M-17 #633 Lynne L
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