Leo.....welcome. The M_17 is a great choice. If you're not buying new, try to get one built after the year 2000. Here's one for sale: http://trailersailor.com/index.php?option=com_adsmanager&page=showad&adid=11... It may be gone by now. If I can help you with advice, parts or a new boat just email or call. Fair winds Bob (949) 489-8227 www.montgomeryboats.com www.norseayachts.com
From: lpmcmahon@charter.net To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 17:07:38 -0800 Subject: M_Boats: New Member of the "Montgomery_Boats" Mailing List
Hello Everyone,
My name is Leo McMahon, and I am currently "between" boats (as they say). My last boat was a Catalina 27, which we sailed on San Francisco bay for a couple of years. The Catalina was our third boat. Many years ago, we learned to sail on various lakes in Pennsylvania with an Oday daysailer and later graduated to a Hunter 23, which we sailed mostly on Chesapeake bay (Bohemia River) before moving to California.
We currently live in Hollister, which is about 100 miles south of San Francisco and a bit too far to travel for sailing every weekend. So we decided to sell our Catalina in the hope of finding a new or possibly used Montgomery 17 (or 15) that we could trailer to sail Monterey bay and lakes not too far from Hollister.
My wife and I mostly daysail and cruise weekends. We usually sail with my 70 pound German Shepherd, so cockpit space is a serious consideration along with overnight accomodations. From what we currently know about the Montgomery 17, it seems to meet all our needs very nicely
I look forward to reading all the comments about the 17 (and the 15) in the archives, as well as any comment that you may have for a "newbie" to the Montgomery scene. Talk to you soon.
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