It is with a lot of hesitation that I post this and I hope that I won't be hammered too hard! Jo and I have been extending our sailing trips more and more and have from time to time discussed up-sizing to make extended stays on the boat more comfortable. These discussions were always based on doing this move a ways in the future. Keeping that in mind, we recently became aware of a potential deal on vessel that we had identified as a possible candidate to suite those needs/desires in the future. It seems that the current economic situation of the country has landed many a boat at brokerages or in the classifieds as folks cut the discretionary spending to tighten their belts. It's a buyers market for sure. It's a great deal and it won't be there for long before someone snatches it up. Even with it being a great deal, it's a financial s-t-r-e-t-c-h for us and could only be made to happen if we liquidate Dauntless and do so for top dollar. Maybe even top dollar and then some. Working in our favor, of course, is that the 23 is a rare bird and there may, remember I said may, be someone out there that has identified the M23 as the boat that they have to have. Also working in our favor is that it really doesn't matter if we sell her or not. We are very happy with her, had no plans to sell her, and will gladly keep and sail her should this particular deal pass us by. So, with that....Dauntless is for sale. She will remain for sale only until the window to move on this other opportunity passes us by. I would appreciate it if you would consider the above comments before posting how crazy I am with my asking price. The price is what we would need to move into the next deal. I realize it's high...you may think it's very high and I'm not offended by that. It's just what I would have to have to make it happen and you never know till you ask. So the asking price for M23 Dauntless $37,500 and it is non-negotiable. I expect that Dauntless will remain ours for a long time to come. If you are interested in more information on her you can go to this link to a "for sale" webpage that will give you the details of the boat: _http://havasumontgomerys.piczo.com/1979m23dauntless?cr=1_ (http://havasumontgomerys.piczo.com/1979m23dauntless?cr=1) (http://www.havasumontgomerys,piczo.com) Do I feel like a greedy traitor??? well, yes kindof.....what's the other boat....well, it's not a Monty..tell ya if we get it! Feel free to contact me at _nebwest2@aol.com_ (mailto:nebwest2@aol.com) **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)
Having sailed for over 55 years, I have been up and down in boat size several times. I found that once I went over the "trailerable" threshold, I missed being able to load up and go to new sailing grounds. While I was teaching in Germany, I bought a motor cruiser that I kept at a marina on the Donau (Danube) River. ( It was a 3 hour + drive to any decnet sailing water). The boat, a Hardy 20 pilot house had a trailer I intended to use only to take it home for winter storage and maintenance. We soon tired of cruising the 50 KM down the Donau or up the Altmuhl and having to buck the strong currents in the river either coming or going. A group cruise with my "marina neighbors" From Kelheim, Germany to Vienna, Austria showed us how handy the trailerability was. We traveled downstream by with the flotilla, rafting up and having a potluck meal or dining ashore every evning with our great German friends. We rode the train back home and I went back with the trailer for the return trip. Sure beat a 6 day slog upstream against 6 knot current. While we still enjoyed boating on our home waters, we were able to travel around Europe with Bullfrog II behind our VW diesel van to enjoy some of the beautiful and historic canals around Europe. I never regretted passing up the beautiful double ended diesel cruiser we first considered. If "upsizing" means losing the trailerability, I would think twice. Ron M17 #14 Griselda > From: Nebwest2@aol.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:04:26 -0400> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: M_Boats: M23 for sale (maybe!)> > It is with a lot of hesitation that I post this and I hope that I won't be > hammered too hard!> > Jo and I have been extending our sailing trips more and more and have from > time to time discussed up-sizing to make extended stays on the boat more > comfortable. These discussions were always based on doing this move a ways in the > future. Keeping that in mind, we recently became aware of a potential deal on > vessel that we had identified as a possible candidate to suite those > needs/desires in the future. It seems that the current economic situation of the > country has landed many a boat at brokerages or in the classifieds as folks cut > the discretionary spending to tighten their belts. It's a buyers market for > sure. It's a great deal and it won't be there for long before someone snatches > it up. Even with it being a great deal, it's a financial s-t-r-e-t-c-h for us > and could only be made to happen if we liquidate Dauntless and do so for top > dollar. Maybe even top dollar and then some. Working in our favor, of > course, is that the 23 is a rare bird and there may, remember I said may, be > someone out there that has identified the M23 as the boat that they have to have. > Also working in our favor is that it really doesn't matter if we sell her or > not. We are very happy with her, had no plans to sell her, and will gladly > keep and sail her should this particular deal pass us by. So, with > that....Dauntless is for sale. She will remain for sale only until the window to move on > this other opportunity passes us by. I would appreciate it if you would > consider the above comments before posting how crazy I am with my asking price. > The price is what we would need to move into the next deal. I realize it's > high...you may think it's very high and I'm not offended by that. It's just > what I would have to have to make it happen and you never know till you ask. So > the asking price for M23 Dauntless $37,500 and it is non-negotiable. I expect > that Dauntless will remain ours for a long time to come. If you are > interested in more information on her you can go to this link to a "for sale" webpage > that will give you the details of the boat:> > _http://havasumontgomerys.piczo.com/1979m23dauntless?cr=1_ > (http://havasumontgomerys.piczo.com/1979m23dauntless?cr=1) > > (http://www.havasumontgomerys,piczo.com) > > Do I feel like a greedy traitor??? well, yes kindof.....what's the other > boat....well, it's not a Monty..tell ya if we get it!> > Feel free to contact me at _nebwest2@aol.com_ (mailto:nebwest2@aol.com) > > > > > > **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for > FanHouse Fantasy Football today. > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)> _______________________________________________> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messeng...
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