Neil, Welcome to Monty Ownership! I think you will love the boat. Re. Super Satellites - in 1966 my family bought a used one here in Phx, We sailed it for about six months - (enough to learn how to sail a VERY tender sloop that will fill with water to the gunwales if heeled a BIT!) We also needed a part and were headed toward Lankershim Blvd to secure it when Frank Butler came out of his office to see what he could do to help. He took us back into the shop to show us the yet to be announced Coronado 15 - did we like it? We left that afternoon as the Arizona dealer for Wesco Marine (later to become Catalina Yachts). Our first C- 15 was hull number 25, and when we took delivery Frank and Jean came over to Phoenix and made a presentation( pitch), to the local Super Satellite fleet - trade in your used SS, and for something like $800. you got a new C-15, sails and trailer, the whole fleet bit the bait except one guy and we had an instant fleet - This is how my family got into the boat business in approx. 1966-67. (We raced C-15's number 225,233,1648, last 15 was raced by us in 1996 or so # 3116 I think.) Next was the C-22 (hull # 39) followed by enough of the darn things to keep a good business going and as I have said - to pay for my college education (now what did I do with that education...?) We eventually got C-15 hull # 1 sailing in the local fleet! We once ran our Satellite over a submerged dock while approaching (a storm, shift and an unintended gybe) an overloaded dock (about a foot under water) - did we have time to get the daggerboard up? Nada - put a notch in that dock that was there for good! Boat stopped pretty quickly but didn't pitchpole due to the dock being right under the boat!!! I still feel that in my molars! Cool boats, but the blades and lack of decent bailing made it an unforgiving ride. Enuf of an old guy rant... Have fun with the M-15 as they are GREAT boats and sail like crazy! Welcome Gary O M-17 # 316a "LB/GF" Team Geezer Racing Old and In the Way... In a message dated 8/22/2009 4:25:32 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ndorf@surfbest.net writes: Cool! I too thought all knowledge of the Super Satellite was lost forever. What a fun--if not very tender--boat that was. I bought mine from someone's backyard, neglected in Venice CA and it did not have a centerboard. Little did I know at the time that the centerboard was cast aluminum and the housing was too narrow to have a board made out of wood. I lucked out...Catalina Yachts pointed me in the direction of the foundry in Burbank that still, unbelievably, had the mold, and the made me one special order. Anyway, when I sold it, I went through a long dry spell of no boat ownership (except a kayak) so now I am in euphoria. Thanks for the welcome. My wife wants to check out Klamath Lake and stay at the Running Y. What do you know about that resort? Is it a suitable location to launch the Monty, sail, and then tie-up for overnights (so we could stay at the resort)? Regards, Neil _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet!