Thanks! It's been well worth so far. It's snowing here. Time to pull out the sailing manuels. Vince and Sharon Duet m15 -----Original Message----- From: owner-montgomery_boats@lists.xmission.com [mailto:owner-montgomery_boats@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Randy Watkins Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 6:34 PM To: montgomery_boats@lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: ``Duet`` is Home at Last Congratulations on your new M15. I'm sure she'll bring you many happy days of sailing. Randy & Greta Watkins M15#194 College Station, Tx <<< vhimsl@turbonet.com 11/17 6:00p >>> Hello to all, Everything went well picking up our new M15, "Duet", at the NorSea boat shop in California. Bob Eeg greeted our grins with equal enthusiasm and then proceeded to help Vince insert the battens, attach the rigging, and hoist the sails, etc. (I stood below with the camera and scribbled step by step instructions on a pad). Believe me, when you've only sailed once, you need all the ABC's you can get. Thanks again Bob, if you read this!! We saw David Fann's M17, "Dulcibella", and from what we could tell, she looked ready--real pretty too. Hope you get her soon. All in all, the transaction went quite smoothly. We did however have trouble with the Subura's (Forester) trailer light hookup--the blinkers and brake lights didn't work. Vince and Bob put their heads together and couldn't figure out the problem, so two Subura dealers later (who couldn't fit us in that day), Vince was pulling hairs. Finally, another thorough look revealed a 2nd plug had not been connected (wasn't there only suppose to be one?!). Arrived home that Thursday(11-6), and took Duet out the following Monday on the Snake River for her baptismal sail. She performed beautifully! Fifty degrees, blue skies, and wind about 3 knots. Couldn't have asked for a better beginning. We had our trusted friend/instructor on board, Gary Hyde (owner of Vanilla-M15), to keep us from getting into too much trouble. His M15 dates back to the 1980s, so he really liked some of the new features on ours, in particular: the 3 hatch boards (his only has 2), and also the slotted tabernacle, stern pulpit, and seal between the hull and deck. We sipped hot coffee and munched on gorp and oatmeal cookies, and agreed this was the life for us. Stay tuned for pictures and a more detailed story on a web site Vince is building. Later, Vince and Sharon Himsl M15 Duet Moscow, Idaho