Hi Smiley, Hope to see on the CB this summer!! In the past we have had a yearly CB Cruise of M-boaters. Unfortunately, we lost our Cruise Director Julie (a.k.a. Doug Kelch 'Seas the Day') He's out west now sailing his Gaff Rig. I have sailed with Robbin and Bill and agree with everything previously mentioned. Bill is absolutely correct about the shallows of the CB. I was crossing the bay a few years ago during some heavy seas (2+ ft swells) and thought I was safe enough in deep water since I was far from shore. Unfortunately, I did not realize I was smack in the middle of Love Point. A swell picked me up and dropped me straight down on the bottom and both my swing keel and rudder hit hard. The keel slammed into the trunk and the rudder shot out of the grundeons. I lost control of the boat. I released the main sheet and reached for the tiller. Fortunately, my tiller tamer was tied off to the tiller, which kept it from ending up in the drink. Do you know how hard it is to reset the rudder into those small grundeons while riding 2+ ft swells? Exciting stuff!!!! So, .my 02 cents worth would be to get a good set of charts, study the well and stay away from skinny water. If you are looking for an M-17, definitely consider an Ida Sailor kick up rudder. On the CB you will need it. Let me know when you have your boat and maybe we can meet up and have a trial sail together. Good luck with your search. Skip M-15 #201 1982 'Wild Guppy' -----Original Message----- From: robbin roddewig <robbin.roddewig@verizon.net> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thu, Mar 3, 2011 6:45 am Subject: Re: M_Boats: Hello Hi Smiley, the M-15's do come up around the Bay but not often. I found one near Port Tabacco MD and missed one that had been advertised in Alexandria. I went to MA to buy my M-17 and just got an M-23 used in CA (closer to SF Bay in that case). I would never discourage anyone from buying new but used are available now and then and if you are willing to travel or get it shipped (I used U-ship for the CA boat) then it can work out. I would never want to talk you into a bigger boat but you might want to consider the M-17. I sailed the M-15 around the Bay bridge out of Sandy Point but mostly around the Bay down by Chesapeake Beach. I did not have her out in too strong of wind, my issue was usually lack of wind on the Bay, but I had my M-17 out in lots of small craft advisories and she loved it. I have only sailed a Zuma and a Compac 16 before the M boats but the Montgomery's seem very well behaved and very forgiving. They are very stable boats and most important to me sail really well on all points and go fast. For the Bay my only recommendation would be to definitely get a 150% which I used as my standard head sail unless things were really piping up. But you probably know all that. I sail out of Breezy Point near Chesapeake Beach MD, once I have the M-23 re-assembled! Hope to see you out on the Bay or would love to see if we could go out for a spin on the M-23 if that works for you. Robbin M-23 and M-10 On 3/2/2011 7:16 PM, Karen and Smiley wrote:
Looking to get back into sailing, ironically I just unloaded 4 years ago to family a Precision 21 which I bought in 2001 and restored and the story was published early in SCA. I am an experienced sailor having sailed and owned a Prindle 16, Laser 28 and too many windsurfers as well my old P21. I think I am going to buy a new Monty 15 cause you can't find a used one anywhere here out East. Anybody want to sell one to me. Anyway I like sailing with my wife and I like the ease of storage and trailer ability. Can anybody share with me your heavy wind and seas sailing experiences as my port of sailing will be the Chesapeake Bay. Thanks
Smiley
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