Speaking of blue water sailing. Have any of you sailed, say, to the Bahamas? Crossed the Gulf Stream? Be interested to hear from any of you that have done so. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry" <wd4mph@yahoo.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:43 AM Subject: M_Boats: Sleeping Accomodations, thanks.
Thanks, everyone, for the candid comments. Apparently the quarter berth in an M-17 is only suitable for smaller kids or storage. I may have to look for a larger boat to really sleep 3 comfortably in the cabin. (Rhodes 22, perhaps, for later. Same keel design as the Montgomery.) If I have to rely on the cockpit and a boom tent, I may just keep the SeaPearl for awhile. I made a platform for the cockpit, and have slept three boys there,(two grandsons and a friend) with me in the pop-up tent in the forward compartment, but they were very crowded. However, there is enough room for my two grandsons in the cockpit, who are my regular crew. I really don't have a suitable tent enclosure for the boys, though; they get wet with dew or eaten by mosquitoes on the local lakes. Perhaps a better investment for me for now would be to tackle making or finding an awning company to build a good tent enclosure for my SeaPearl cockpit. That would save me from buying a larger vehicle now, to tow a bigger boat. The SeaPearl (only 600 lbs. before water ballast of 250 lbs.) is a great boat for lakes and protected waters; It is essentially an open boat,though, so I'll just have to postpone my ambitions to cruise the Bahama's until I can get something capable of blue water trips.
Thanks, Jerry
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