Well, we didn't quite raise enough to buy the second new 23; we're only a few tens of thousands of dollars short. But as of Saturday the 27th, we hit the mark to keep the web site running for another year. Thank you to everyone who helped out. To avoid another Red Cross situation, you should know that any additional funds received after next Wednesday will go toward helping your faithful web dog quench his voracious thirst while slaving over a hot keyboard.

With all of the new owners that have joined us in the past year or two, there may be some misunderstanding on something, so let's give credit where credit is due. Keith Diehl started this listserver long before the web site came online; the MSOG site just links to it. I believe the listserver is the most important resource we have. Almost of the information on the MSOG site was generated as a result of discussion through this listserver. Keith is to be commended for maintaining it for many years.

It seems to me that the MSOG menues have been slowing down lately to the point of annoyance. Either that or I'm taking a lot of really short naps. It's not bad via ethernet, but modem-based access seems slow. I may have put in too many menu items, in which case I'll overhaul the navigation system. Please let me know if you've experienced the same slow-down or nap-times. You can e-mail me directly at msog@msog.org. Same goes for any other complaints. You won't hurt my feelings or appear ungrateful, honest.

Don Haas sent in two great shots of his Montgomery 7'11", leeboard version. Man, what a pretty boat. See it under the new "Meet The M-boats -> The M-dinks", or go to http://msog.org/models/mdinks/mdinks.cfm Want her? She's for sale.

If you have pictures, brochures, details, etc. of the 7'11" or the 10 or 12 (I think those are all of the others), please send them in, I'll add them.