Exactly Jay. It is a storage facility with a system of speedy launch and retrieval. It is fun to watch in the busy times mid summer. Folks a couple of minutes away from the ramp area just call the valet on the cel, he slips down into the ramp and they folks just power thier boat right onto the hydrolic ramp, he lifts it up and away they go. Very slick. They have about an acre of some of the most expensive property you can get in Canada. This is the second most expensive area, next to Vancouver, right now. I am no expert, but just a small lot (if you could find one) on this lake would be out of this world .....lake side business have to be huge resorts as nothing else seems to make enough $ to stay there. That is the great thing about sailing this lake.....I get to see and use the same thing many folks are paying millions of dollars for. ~:0) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Townley" <jaytownley@alamedanet.net> To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:21 AM Subject: RE: M_Boats: SET UP TIME FOR YOUR M 15
Did some quick research - QuckLaunch also means a lot of real estate for storing boat until the owner "calls for the boat"! Oh well, back to sailing....
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+jaytownley=alamedanet.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+jaytownley=alamedanet.net@mailman.xmission. com] On Behalf Of Jay Townley Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:18 AM To: 'For and about Montgomery Sailboats' Subject: RE: M_Boats: SET UP TIME FOR YOUR M 15
3 year waiting list; hummmm, possibility of a new business venture may be lurking out there! Have fun.
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+jaytownley=alamedanet.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+jaytownley=alamedanet.net@mailman.xmission. com] On Behalf Of Timtone Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:11 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: SET UP TIME FOR YOUR M 15
Great email Jay, some wonderful tips there for sure.
I had never heard of a quickpin...great idea.
I really need to develop a routine for launch and retrieval myself. My last boat was a dream in this regard. With the 17, I rigged it once and derigged it once last season. ~:0) I left it on the trailer fully rigged and launched and retrieved from a storage parking lot at the ramp. A super system. Next year, I think I will start the
season with bringing the boat home a few times. Your setup routine will be a
big help getting something sorted out.
Fortunately my trailer is a gem, this boat goes on and off the trailer in surprisingly little water and with zero effort. I know what you mean by amazing the ramp folks. The only boats to go on or off the trailer faster than Puff was the Quicklaunch machine....there is a kind of 'valet' boat service at our ramp. Man those guys are slick. (don't do sailboats...and they have a three year waiting list).
Have a great weekend all. Tim D. #369 M17 'Puff' Kelowna BC
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