Thanx Dave. Thanx Jerry, why Mo' betta? sal In a message dated 7/13/2009 10:15:21 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, jerry@jerrymontgomery.org writes: That is correct- the 23 was designed for an outboard, and all the ones I made had an outboard bracket. More better, I think. jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "W David Scobie" <wdscobie@yahoo.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:36 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M23 inboards my understanding has been only the new cutter M23s have the inboard. the 'old', or classic, M23s were all fitted to use outboards. dave scobie M17 #375 - SWEET PEA visit SWEET PEA's www-site: http://www.m17-375.webs.com --- On Sun, 7/12/09, SALGLESSER@aol.com <SALGLESSER@aol.com> wrote: I noticed that "Dauntless" has an outboard. I believe she is a 1979 model. We have a M23 being built and ours has an inboard. Does Dauntless have an inboard as well? sal _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet! _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet! **************Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove00000003)