No, Doug, that nicely maintained 17 on Cherry Creek with the green boot stripe is not mine. When I was just about to pull the trigger on getting a Montgomery, that one was for sale, but I was too late to get it. Would that I had. Instead I have a green boot stripe on a boat that has years of neglect, but I do have my 17, for which I am grateful..In my experience of heaving to, which I do most times I am out, if only to take a break, trying to heave to under the unreefed main alone is not effective. In light airs it is hard to heave to at all with main, backed jib, and tiller all the way out (often behind the backstay on that side), probably because the rudder does not have enough water flow to be effective, nor the two sails enough force to work against each other. In more wind, the two sail heave to works better. With even more wind and having the main reefed the whole process is more effective for me. My happy discovery is that the reefed main alone, with tiller lashed to the same side, works perfectly in higher winds. Again, the value for me is that I can more easily reef the jib and switch the sheets to the new clew (I use bowlines) before raising the jib when I am ready. Not so much noise and drama as heading into the wind to get the jib arranged. And I also don't forereach as much, as I mentioned. I haven't really had opportunity to assess drift under main alone, yet, but I believe it will be less. I will be trying my 85% jib soon and will try to report on my experiences with it. A bit of esoterica about heaving to and yacht design: the tack to heave to on for right of way is the starboard tack, of course; the galley is said to be on the port side for that reason, for it will be on the leeward side of the boat then, and your hot drink or meal will spill away from you because you are to weather of it. At least that is what I read, and naturally Lyle Hess' design would incorporate it (maybe Jerry has info on that choice). The one Norsea 27 I have been aboard (Al Fink's Futhark) has the galley to starboard though. I don't know about his other designs and their galley placement. I know many yachts are not designed that way these days, but ours are, if they have a galley as mine does. Thanks for the responses. David