The Midwest Montys cruise in Lake Superior's Apostles Islands National Lakeshore has now been scheduled. We'll depart from Bayfield on Thursday, Sept. 18, and return on Sunday, Sept. 21. See my post of July 23 for a potential cruise itinerary. Skippers who have less time could head out early or join up with us for the weekend. September is a beautiful month for sailing this area, with fall colors, steadier winds and tolerable (for some people) water temperatures for swimming in shallow bays. Join us for the adventure! Feel free to call or e-mail me if you have any questions. Gordon 952-890-7323
Gordon, I would love to join you guys in your Apostle Island "adventure" but It is a bit far from Huntsville, Texas. I can barely imagine towing my fin keel M17, Griselda, that far behind my compact SUV with the hard dinghy on the roof rack. Let's see, 3200 miles round trip at 19 MPG....... would be about $800 in Gas. The car tows the rig well and I really did get 19 MPG towing "Griselda" with "Thumbelina" (a 9 ft Fatty Knees dinghy) on the roof rack home from West Texas with a head wind. The combination of the 3.4 liter vortec V6 and 5 speed automatic in my Pontiac Torrent (Chevy Equinox twin) is a good combination for the load. The tranmission would shift down to 4th only on long grades and maintained 65 mph even against a strong headwind. With 26 mpg normal highway milage, I think it is a keeper. Over the past 55 years, I have done a bit of cold water sailing and even been overboard in Mass. Bay in March so, I have a recommendation to make for participants. Make sure you WEAR a PFD with safety harness and line! Also make sure the attachment point on your boat is strong enough to handle the shock load when the slack comes out of the line. Then, be sure there is a way to get back aboard. Practice your MOB drills, be safe and have fun. Hmmmmmmmmmm ....... $800 in gas ......... no hotel bills if I sleep in the boat at rest areas............. beautiful sailing area......... good company ........... Hmmmmmmmm, gotta think about this one a bit. Ron M17 #14 Griselda
To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> From: gordon@financialwriting.net> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:34:09 -0500> Subject: M_Boats: Montys cruise in the Apostles> > The Midwest Montys cruise in Lake Superior's Apostles Islands > National Lakeshore has now been scheduled. We'll depart from Bayfield > on Thursday, Sept. 18, and return on Sunday, Sept. 21. See my post of > July 23 for a potential cruise itinerary. Skippers who have less time > could head out early or join up with us for the weekend.> > September is a beautiful month for sailing this area, with fall > colors, steadier winds and tolerable (for some people) water > temperatures for swimming in shallow bays. Join us for the adventure!> > Feel free to call or e-mail me if you have any questions.> > Gordon> 952-890-7323> > > > _______________________________________________> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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Hi, Ron: Just to make your decision easier, I'll buy the first round when you arrive in Bayfield. Maybe even two rounds. We'd love to have you join us. Excellent advice on safety equipment and skills. The cold water can incapacitate a MOB very quickly. If we don't see you in September, perhaps I'll head your way for a Gulf escape this winter. Gordon M-17 #377 Sapphire On Jul 31, 2008, at 9:43 AM, Ronnie Keeler wrote:
Gordon,
I would love to join you guys in your Apostle Island "adventure" but It is a bit far from Huntsville, Texas. I can barely imagine towing my fin keel M17, Griselda, that far behind my compact SUV with the hard dinghy on the roof rack. Let's see, 3200 miles round trip at 19 MPG....... would be about $800 in Gas.
The car tows the rig well and I really did get 19 MPG towing "Griselda" with "Thumbelina" (a 9 ft Fatty Knees dinghy) on the roof rack home from West Texas with a head wind. The combination of the 3.4 liter vortec V6 and 5 speed automatic in my Pontiac Torrent (Chevy Equinox twin) is a good combination for the load. The tranmission would shift down to 4th only on long grades and maintained 65 mph even against a strong headwind. With 26 mpg normal highway milage, I think it is a keeper.
Over the past 55 years, I have done a bit of cold water sailing and even been overboard in Mass. Bay in March so, I have a recommendation to make for participants. Make sure you WEAR a PFD with safety harness and line! Also make sure the attachment point on your boat is strong enough to handle the shock load when the slack comes out of the line. Then, be sure there is a way to get back aboard. Practice your MOB drills, be safe and have fun.
Hmmmmmmmmmm ....... $800 in gas ......... no hotel bills if I sleep in the boat at rest areas............. beautiful sailing area......... good company ........... Hmmmmmmmm, gotta think about this one a bit.
Ron M17 #14 Griselda
To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> From: gordon@financialwriting.net> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:34:09 -0500> Subject: M_Boats: Montys cruise in the Apostles> > The Midwest Montys cruise in Lake Superior's Apostles Islands > National Lakeshore has now been scheduled. We'll depart from Bayfield > on Thursday, Sept. 18, and return on Sunday, Sept. 21. See my post of > July 23 for a potential cruise itinerary. Skippers who have less time > could head out early or join up with us for the weekend.> > September is a beautiful month for sailing this area, with fall > colors, steadier winds and tolerable (for some people) water > temperatures for swimming in shallow bays. Join us for the adventure!> > Feel free to call or e-mail me if you have any questions.> > Gordon> 952-890-7323> > > > _______________________________________________> http:// mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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Just a note- I think it's really great what you guys are doing with cruises like this. Makes me want to get a sailboat! I have very fond memories of the several Mexico cruises I have done, mostly with friends from Tucson who spend half their lives down there. Great times, ate lotsa fish! Really too bad about gas prices; I just cancelled out on a trip to the boundary Waters Canoe Area in late Sept with my dream girl- it would cost nearly a thousand dollars just for gas, but all other expenses are almost nothing. Something wrong here. Have a great time, and you'll remember these times for the rest of your lives! Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronnie Keeler" <ronkeeler@hotmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:43 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Montys cruise in the Apostles
Gordon,
I would love to join you guys in your Apostle Island "adventure" but It is
a bit far from Huntsville, Texas. I can barely imagine towing my fin keel M17, Griselda, that far behind my compact SUV with the hard dinghy on the roof rack. Let's see, 3200 miles round trip at 19 MPG....... would be about $800 in Gas.
The car tows the rig well and I really did get 19 MPG towing "Griselda"
with "Thumbelina" (a 9 ft Fatty Knees dinghy) on the roof rack home from West Texas with a head wind. The combination of the 3.4 liter vortec V6 and 5 speed automatic in my Pontiac Torrent (Chevy Equinox twin) is a good combination for the load. The tranmission would shift down to 4th only on long grades and maintained 65 mph even against a strong headwind. With 26 mpg normal highway milage, I think it is a keeper.
Over the past 55 years, I have done a bit of cold water sailing and even
been overboard in Mass. Bay in March so, I have a recommendation to make for participants. Make sure you WEAR a PFD with safety harness and line! Also make sure the attachment point on your boat is strong enough to handle the shock load when the slack comes out of the line. Then, be sure there is a way to get back aboard. Practice your MOB drills, be safe and have fun.
Hmmmmmmmmmm ....... $800 in gas ......... no hotel bills if I sleep in the
boat at rest areas............. beautiful sailing area......... good company ........... Hmmmmmmmm, gotta think about this one a bit.
Ron M17 #14 Griselda
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gordon@financialwriting.net> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:34:09 -0500> Subject: M_Boats: Montys cruise in the Apostles> > The Midwest Montys cruise in Lake Superior's Apostles Islands > National Lakeshore has now been scheduled. We'll depart from Bayfield > on Thursday, Sept. 18, and return on Sunday, Sept. 21. See my post of > July 23 for a potential cruise itinerary. Skippers who have less time > could head out early or join up with us for the weekend.> > September is a beautiful month for sailing this area, with fall > colors, steadier winds and tolerable (for some people) water > temperatures for swimming in shallow bays. Join us for the adventure!> > Feel free to call or e-mail me if you have any questions.> > Gordon> 952-890-7323> > > > _______________________________________________> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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OK, I gotta chime in here. If you guys really want to go to the Apostles, or wherever, consider the difference between what it would have cost last year and what it would cost this year. If you are looking for ways to rationalize the trip, fine, but if you just look at the difference and then apply your government refund check,?it will be a wash. The event will be worth it. We are?just finishing?Month 2 of a 4 month RV trip, which would be difficult to rationalize if we just looked at this year's cost. BUT, by figuring we were going to do it anyway, and just apply the speed bump of the difference in this year's cost over what it would have cost last year, then it's not all that bad.?This is our eighth summer on the road and if I had to stay home and listen to myself whine about it, I might as well dig a hole and jump in. ? Stay away from Starbucks for a month, use your Costco American Express Card (get back 3%), use your digital camera (free pictures) and GO.....? John in Tucson (Former Coyote) -----Original Message----- From: jerry <jerry@jerrymontgomery.org> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:34 am Subject: Re: M_Boats: Montys cruise in the Apostles Just a note- I think it's really great what you guys are doing with cruises like this. Makes me want to get a sailboat! I have very fond memories of the several Mexico cruises I have done, mostly with friends from Tucson who spend half their lives down there. Great times, ate lotsa fish! Really too bad about gas prices; I just cancelled out on a trip to the boundary Waters Canoe Area in late Sept with my dream girl- it would cost nearly a thousand dollars just for gas, but all other expenses are almost nothing. Something wrong here. Have a great time, and you'll remember these times for the rest of your lives! Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronnie Keeler" <ronkeeler@hotmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:43 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Montys cruise in the Apostles
Gordon,
I would love to join you guys in your Apostle Island "adventure" but It is
a bit far from Huntsville, Texas. I can barely imagine towing my fin keel M17, Griselda, that far behind my compact SUV with the hard dinghy on the roof rack. Let's see, 3200 miles round trip at 19 MPG....... would be about $800 in Gas.
The car tows the rig well and I really did get 19 MPG towing "Griselda"
with "Thumbelina" (a 9 ft Fatty Knees dinghy) on the roof rack home from West Texas with a head wind. The combination of the 3.4 liter vortec V6 and 5 speed automatic in my Pontiac Torrent (Chevy Equinox twin) is a good combination for the load. The tranmission would shift down to 4th only on long grades and maintained 65 mph even against a strong headwind. With 26 mpg normal highway milage, I think it is a keeper.
Over the past 55 years, I have done a bit of cold water sailing and even
been overboard in Mass. Bay in March so, I have a recommendation to make for participants. Make sure you WEAR a PFD with safety harness and line! Also make sure the attachment point on your boat is strong enough to handle the shock load when the slack comes out of the line. Then, be sure there is a way to get back aboard. Practice your MOB drills, be safe and have fun.
Hmmmmmmmmmm ....... $800 in gas ......... no hotel bills if I sleep in the
boat at rest areas............. beautiful sailing area......... good company ........... Hmmmmmmmm, gotta think about this one a bit.
Ron M17 #14 Griselda
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gordon@financialwriting.net> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:34:09 -0500> Subject: M_Boats: Montys cruise in the Apostles> > The Midwest Montys cruise in Lake Superior's Apostles Islands > National Lakeshore has now been scheduled. We'll depart from Bayfield > on Thursday, Sept. 18, and return on Sunday, Sept. 21. See my post of > July 23 for a potential cruise itinerary. Skippers who have less time > could head out early or join up with us for the weekend.> > September is a beautiful month for sailing this area, with fall > colors, steadier winds and tolerable (for some people) water > temperatures for swimming in shallow bays. Join us for the adventure!> > Feel free to call or e-mail me if you have any questions.> > Gordon> 952-890-7323> > > > _______________________________________________> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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I'm with John on this. And anyway Jerry, what's a grand compared to spending a couple fine weeks in the Boundry Waters with a dream girl? Good grief, it's only money. Go before they drill for oil there... t
Well heck, Tom. Don't you know that if we could just drill up all our wildlife preserves and national parks gas would go right down to 32.9 again? It's the damned liberal politicions who are holding things up! Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Smith" <openboatt@gmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:31 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Montys cruise in the Apostles
I'm with John on this. And anyway Jerry, what's a grand compared to spending a couple fine weeks in the Boundry Waters with a dream girl? Good grief, it's only money. Go before they drill for oil there... t
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Why not just fit the car with one of the new Indian compressed air engines. I could just stop at political conventions and government offices along the way and recharge the tanks for free. Ron M17 #14 Griselda> From: jerry@jerrymontgomery.org> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:36:52 -0700> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Montys cruise in the Apostles> > Well heck, Tom. Don't you know that if we could just drill up all our> wildlife preserves and national parks gas would go right down to 32.9 again?> It's the damned liberal politicions who are holding things up!> > Jerry> jerrymontgomery.org> > ----- Original Message -----> From: "Tom Smith" <openboatt@gmail.com>> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats"> <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com>> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:31 AM> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Montys cruise in the Apostles> > > > I'm with John on this. And anyway Jerry, what's a grand compared to> > spending a couple fine weeks in the Boundry Waters with a dream girl?> > Good grief, it's only money. Go before they drill for oil there...> > t> >> > _______________________________________________> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats> >> >> > --> > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG.> > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.10/1584 - Release Date: 7/31/2008> 12:00 PM> >> >> > > _______________________________________________> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _________________________________________________________________ Time for vacation? WIN what you need- enter now! http://www.gowindowslive.com/summergiveaway/?ocid=tag_jlyhm
And we ain't getting any younger, are we? Good point- and I should temper my anger at oil companies, polititions, Russians, OPEC, and all the rest of the Oil World with some common sense, but you know- maybe I like to be mad! Heck, I could just stop eating for a few months and pay for the trip easy! Or get a part-time job at McDonalds! How are things going, John? Missing Coyote? (join the crowd). Talked to Tom this morning, trying to find Windward Skunk for my friend Stan in S CA. Any ideas where it is? Stan's got a lot more money than I do so I'm totally in favor of his buying the Skunk! Great fun for the Cruiser Challenge- a hawk among the chickens! Whoops- have I gotten myself in trouble again? Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <jslubliner@aol.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:24 AM Subject: M_Boats: Montys cruise in the Apostles
OK, I gotta chime in here. If you guys really want to go to the Apostles, or wherever, consider the difference between what it would have cost last year and what it would cost this year. If you are looking for ways to rationalize the trip, fine, but if you just look at the difference and then apply your government refund check,?it will be a wash. The event will be worth it.
We are?just finishing?Month 2 of a 4 month RV trip, which would be difficult to rationalize if we just looked at this year's cost. BUT, by figuring we were going to do it anyway, and just apply the speed bump of the difference in this year's cost over what it would have cost last year, then it's not all that bad.?This is our eighth summer on the road and if I had to stay home and listen to myself whine about it, I might as well dig a hole and jump in. ? Stay away from Starbucks for a month, use your Costco American Express Card (get back 3%), use your digital camera (free pictures) and GO.....?
John in Tucson (Former Coyote)
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Just a note- I think it's really great what you guys are doing with cruises like this. Makes me want to get a sailboat! I have very fond memories of the several Mexico cruises I have done, mostly with friends from Tucson who spend half their lives down there. Great times, ate lotsa fish!
Really too bad about gas prices; I just cancelled out on a trip to the boundary Waters Canoe Area in late Sept with my dream girl- it would cost nearly a thousand dollars just for gas, but all other expenses are almost nothing. Something wrong here.
Have a great time, and you'll remember these times for the rest of your lives!
Jerry jerrymontgomery.org
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Gordon,
I would love to join you guys in your Apostle Island "adventure" but It
is a bit far from Huntsville, Texas. I can barely imagine towing my fin keel M17, Griselda, that far behind my compact SUV with the hard dinghy on the roof rack. Let's see, 3200 miles round trip at 19 MPG....... would be about $800 in Gas.
The car tows the rig well and I really did get 19 MPG towing "Griselda"
with "Thumbelina" (a 9 ft Fatty Knees dinghy) on the roof rack home from West Texas with a head wind. The combination of the 3.4 liter vortec V6 and 5 speed automatic in my Pontiac Torrent (Chevy Equinox twin) is a good combination for the load. The tranmission would shift down to 4th only on long grades and maintained 65 mph even against a strong headwind. With 26 mpg normal highway milage, I think it is a keeper.
Over the past 55 years, I have done a bit of cold water sailing and even
been overboard in Mass. Bay in March so, I have a recommendation to make for participants. Make sure you WEAR a PFD with safety harness and line! Also make sure the attachment point on your boat is strong enough to handle the shock load when the slack comes out of the line. Then, be sure there is a way to get back aboard. Practice your MOB drills, be safe and have fun.
Hmmmmmmmmmm ....... $800 in gas ......... no hotel bills if I sleep in
the boat at rest areas............. beautiful sailing area......... good company ........... Hmmmmmmmm, gotta think about this one a bit.
Ron M17 #14 Griselda
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