Hi Greg, What a nice story. I think most all of us Monty owners have read the "Seraffyn" stories and know it to be a Lyle Hess design. And, for me at least, it's one of the things that attracted me to the M17 and gave it credibility. I have that book in my library and am a just a little envious that I wasn't there. ;-) Thanks for sharing. - Ed W. M17 "Hypatia"
When he saw the photo of my Montgomery 17 he immediately stopped, called Lin over and Larry said "Remember Jerry Montgomery?" and her face showed almost instant recognition (amazing to me when you consider the thousands of people they've met around the world). He showed the pic and said "this is one of Jerry Montgomery's boat's". They both smiled and looked at it together, making nice comments here and there... During the probably 30 sec. this occured (to me I was in heaven) I was very aware of the all the sailors in line wondering what could this guy have to be a show stopper for Lin & Larry Pardey....
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