Clarence, Sorry to hear your selling your 17. If I didnt already have one I buy it from you. We are going to miss you at the Chesapeake Bay get togethers. Hope all is well and remember you can still attend the raft ups without a M-17, you could hotel it like me. On the off chance you dont sell it by 9/24 there's a Lyle Hess get together set for St Leonards Creek of the Patuxent River starting that Friday (9/24). I have spoken with the folks putting this together and it's possible there will be 5 BCC's, 4-5 NorSea 27's and maybe a Falmouth cutter. Also there will be a M-23 and some 17 and 15's too. Of course all M boaters are invited and just for the record the boat is as Clarence advertises it, I have seen it and she is well equipped and beautiful. Good Luck with the sales process and I hope all is well Regards, Gary Valetti