John, If you are thinking of retiring to New Bern, NC pick up a copy of Claiborne Young's "Cruising Guide to Coastal North Carolina" (6th Ed). It is packed with everything you want to know about sailing all of NC coastline. I've been reading it often in planning trips in the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. While you're at it you might want to join (free) the Cruiser's Net at www.cruisersnet.net. It has all the latest information on the ICW plus plenty of other great stuff. BTW in your search of retirement locations you might be interested in Oriental, known as the sailing capital of North Carolina. It's got plenty of charm and about a 40 drive to New Bern. Joe Seafrog M17 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Merrell" <mayrel@hughes.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:12 PM Subject: M_Boats: Montgomery 15
Greetings, We previously used this email site to obtain information on the M17. We received many responses which were very helpful. Since then, we have decided to research the M15. Since we are currently located in northeastern Alabama, it's a long way to California to visit with Bog Eeg and view one of his boats. To this end, if there are any M15 owners' in our area, or within 100 miles of us, we'd love to see your boat. We'd also appreciate any comments/advice concerning the M15. We are retiring this year at 62, and hopefully relocating to either Summerville SC or New Bern NC this summer. I'm 6'1" 230 lbs, my wife is 5'4" 135 lbs. We plan to cruise as much as possible along the ICW for as many days as possible(not more than 3 nights on the hook) before seeking a marina to refresh, and then off we go. We also plan to trailer to other locations to do the same. We feel we can use the boat like a camper and sleep in it at campsites as we travel across country(why not?). Early thanks for any responses...sincerely, John and Joy _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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