Andrew, Jim might have been referring to our "two persons and a dog" sail through the San Juans on our M17. We had no space problem, but the experience was closer to tent camping than yachting. We have a boom "tent" with grommets and shock cords to make the cockpit a dry area, but everything we needed for sailing and living could be kept inside at night. For daysailing, four in no problem with a little coordination of activities (although I can single hand the boat more easily). The cockpit is very large for a boat this size. I routinely sailed with four on my Potter 14, with a substantially smaller cockpit. Tom Jenkins M17 Scintilla On Nov 27, 2010, at 8:34 PM, Jim Ellsworth wrote:
Hi Andrew,
I have had three people on my M-17 several times and there is plenty of room. I think four would be comfortable as well.
As far as overnight, my wife does not sail so all my experience has been alone and there is plenty of room.
I sailed the San Juan / Gulf Islands in 2009 and there were several M-17's with husband and wife teams overnighting and at least one with a dog as well. They seemed to work it out just fine and one couple had a custom boom tent that covered the cockpit so they could move a bunch of stuff out there to make more room for sleeping in the cabin.
I had a Potter 19 before the Montgomery that had a lot of room inside as well for it's size, although the cockpit was much smaller than the Monty.
Hope this helps, let us know what you end up with.
Jim M-17 #603 Grace
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Lucero Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 1:14 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Newbie lurking and M17 question
Hi all, I have just joined the list and I'm starting research on pocket cruisers. My sailing experience consists of a lot of windsurfing and a little catamaran sailing - mostly a long time ago. My question - how many can comfortably daysail in a '17? Weekend? We are used to being in close quarters camping.
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