After I failed to leave the dock on my first attempt to sail, I went "yard sailing" almost every evening for a couple of weeks until I was confident that I had figured out the rigging. If not the rudder!!! Rick -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+foxy=doci.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+foxy=doci.net@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Seawitch Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:33 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Re: new to the list Brave man to buy a boat then learn to sail. But never mind, those of us who have experience sailing on other prople's boats, have a whole new world of learning when its your own! My first time trying to set up and rig my Monty, I lived on a hill, so I drove out of the driveway to the street where it was flat. Climbed aboard, and after successfully getting the mast raised, called Bob Eeg on the cell and he very kindly talked me through the rigging. Then, I derigged the whole thing, drove to a large vacant parking area and practiced backing the rig. Since as my daughter says backing up that driveway between two ancient oak trees was like threading a needle. Welcme to the list and I think "Foxy Lady" is a great name. Time for a cool change! Sandra(Seawitch #617) _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats