Perhaps I'll drop them a line. I met Gerry (Jerry?) Powlas at Strictly Sail Chicago this past winter . . . I plugged the M17: He said, "Yeah, I understand it's a 'cult' boat." He seems like a standup guy . . . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Montgomery" <jmbn@innercite.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 12:08 PM Subject: Okay, Now I'm Really, REALLY Confused . . . No, No, No! This is indeed a typo- I designed the 15, NOT the 17. I hope that this is their mistake and not mine, but who knows. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Honshells" <chonshell@ia4u.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 7:07 PM Subject: Okay, Now I'm Really, REALLY Confused . . . On page 91 of the July/August 2003 issue of "Good Old Boat": Jerry Montgomery writes Your May 2003 issue stated that Lyle Hess designed the Montgomery 15 as well as the 17 and 23. In a way he did, because I learned most of what I know about design from Lyle, but I designed the 17 myself. The fact that I did was not a reflection on Lyle; it was simply a matter of wanting to try my wings. Lyle was happy with the 15, as was I, and he told me that the 15 was "the best looking boat I made." I remember disagreeing with him because I believed (and still do) that the Hess-designed Montgomery 12 was the best-looking of the bunch. Okay . . . Sentence two HAS to be yet ANOTHER "Good Old Boat" typo. They can't seem to get the details right on things Montgomery: Almost every one of Ted Brewer's M17 comparison specs on page 49 are wrong. Ted, or "G.O.B.", uses a drawing of the M23 to illustrate the M17. Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggghhhhh . . . Bob, Are you familiar with NS27, "Evergreen"? She sails out of Lake Macatawa, Holland, Michigan, where I sail my M17. I took several photos of her on Lake Michigan a couple weeks ago. She's a "forward cabin" (or whatever you call the version with no aft cabin) model: Do you still make "forward cabin" NS27's? This one looked new-ish, but may just be kept in Bristol condition. She was single-handed by a mature gentleman, but we never sailed close enough to talk and I didn't have my radio installed. I don't think he recognized, or cared about, the make of my boat.