Tom, It was great to see your Ariel and reminisce about what a great boat I had. My Ariel "Nimue' " (the Lady of the Lake who enticed Merlin) is hull #222. She is fast, stable and comfortable. I miss having her and I ached a little going to those websites. I need a boat. This is my second season without her, but I don't need that yacht club routine, Spring/Autumn hauling, packing the truck with tools and everything to work on the boat, traveling an hour just to make sure sell didn't sink (20 times a season) and having to pay many $$$$ to do it. A guy at my club use to say, "Sailing is like standing in a cold shower ripping up twenty dollar bills.". How was the transition of going from the Ariel to the Montgomery? What do you wish the Montgomery had that the Ariel had? I noticed that Osprey II appeared to be in a slip for the season. Do you feel that trailering her is difficult? Also, is the traveler, mounted is the center of the cockpit, a problem? Thanks, Rick Langer Hudson River p.s. This is off the subject, but what is that device mounted to the dock in the third photo of Osprey II? ----- > Message: 9
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 19:13:46 -0500 From: "Thomas Howe" <Thomas@ThomasHoweOnline.com> Subject: RE: M_Boats: FW: Re: Introduction To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <ELENIICJJMGPIKPCLJEKCEHDCEAA.Thomas@ThomasHoweOnline.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Rick, great to have you aboard. I own both an Ariel and a Montgomery 17, and between them It is hard to pick a better boat. I would say that the ease of use, the solid feel, the portability of the Montgomery puts it ahead by a nose. Both Lyle Hess and Carl Alberg were masters, and we are blessed to be enjoying the fruits of their brainpower. To view my Ariel, #131, Sea Smoke, you can go to the Ariel website run by Bill Phelon
http://www.pearsonariel.org/discussion/showthread.php?s=51d48dab91600b034a08
7042af12806d&threadid=650 in the bulletin boards, or you can go to http://www.geocities.com/sailapearson/ and see her. For my M-17 Osprey II, check out the Boat Pics at MSOG.org http://msog.org/ . Feel free to contact me off list if you would like more info. Fair winds, Thomas Howe
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