I can't believe I find myself disagreeing with Connie. I don't recall that ever happening before! We've used a cheap inflatable as the dinghy for our Montgomery 15. Although I am sure it doesn't row well at all compared to a hard shell boat, it has perfectly met our needs. The best thing is we don't have to tow it around all the time. We just pull it out, blow it up in about 2 minutes with an electric inflator, put in some good after-market oars, use it, pull the oars out, deflate it with the inflator, and stow it under the port cockpit seat. We typically don't row miles at a time but we have taken fair distances, albeit in fairly calm waters. Has always worked great, unless we get lazy and try to tow it. David GrahBishop CaliforniaMontgomery 15 - Sky Message: 5 Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:44:32 -0500 From: Conbert Benneck <chbenneck@gmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Anchor rollers... Message-ID: <308644e4-e035-eb3e-320a-e26dd06f91e5@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed On 6/7/2016 4:22 PM, Jazzy wrote: Hi Jazz, Inflatable dinghies sound great in principle, but, as you will soon discover, are absolutely miserable to row. The seating position is wrong; the oars are a joke. Been there with a AVON inflatable dinghy for all the same reasons, but after one season gave up on that miserable piece of ..... and bought a fiberglass Dyer 7'-9" dinghy that rowed well and sailed well. It also was easy to tow behind our 29 footer. The NYMPH dinghy is easy to build; is light enough so that it is easy to car-top on a roof rack (we had a VW-Jetta wagon); and tows very nicely behind the M15. It's a dinghy that works; doesn't wet you from power boat wakes; and is a pleasure to row. Caio, Connie
Hiya Connie, right on all counts. And believe me I've been searching for a little corner in all the marinas! But what I've learned from the locals is that you can anchor for 90 days a year without much hassle from anyone, so long as you show up occasionally and your boat looks nice. ( some have said 75 days). Right next door are the million dollar houses with influential people.
There is only one guy on "Gypsy Rose" that has secured permanent anchorage from the town and that's the guy I've been talking to. Took him 10 years!! He has an actual ball with his name on it. Everyone else is chain and rode.
But being out there so much, I know most of the boats, and some have been anchored forever. Only one has the pink sticker of death on it (notice to pursue ownership) and it's just a messy eyesore of a boat.
So in summary, it appears possible to anchor all summer so long as you're neat about it and respectful. I ordered a little inflatable dinghy that I'll just drag or roll up and take with if I end up going this route. I'm slowly gathering all I need, but the courage! It's scary to me to leave my boat and hop on an airplane for a week at a time. I continue to scour for moorage. Tacoma has some, but I'd love to be in the harbor 7 min from home. I was offered a 30ft slip for 240.00 but just couldn't pull the trigger on that.
I'll keep you guys posted.
Jazz