Thinking of buying a Montgomery 15
Greetings: I currently live in Sacramento, CA. I own and sail (or at least try to) a C-15. It is a fun boat, but the wife hates the tippy feel to the boat, and am having problems finding crew at times. Saw a Montgomery 15 parked by the lake, and since been doing research. Have heard a lot of good things about the boat. I did find one for sale, but it is listed as a Montgomery 15 Guppy. Looking at the pictures, it appears to have a smooth hull, not a lapstrake hull. It is definetly not a Guppy 13, and looks to have a retractable keel. My main question is, could this be a true Montgomery 15 or is could it be something else? The owner does not know much about it. Any advice is sincerely appreciated. Thanks- Rob
Not any kind of a M boat that I am familiar with. BTW, the M15 will "feel" tippy, too, that is until you get a bit of wind in the sails. Then it will find its balance and go.... On Jun 5, 2008, at 9:55 PM, rob cram wrote:
Greetings: I currently live in Sacramento, CA. I own and sail (or at least try to) a C-15. It is a fun boat, but the wife hates the tippy feel to the boat, and am having problems finding crew at times. Saw a Montgomery 15 parked by the lake, and since been doing research. Have heard a lot of good things about the boat. I did find one for sale, but it is listed as a Montgomery 15 Guppy. Looking at the pictures, it appears to have a smooth hull, not a lapstrake hull. It is definetly not a Guppy 13, and looks to have a retractable keel. My main question is, could this be a true Montgomery 15 or is could it be something else? The owner does not know much about it. Any advice is sincerely appreciated. Thanks- Rob
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I think that I recall a M 15 named Guppy. It could be that, or it could be that I have a faulty memory. Thomas Howe Mailto:Thomas@TEHowe.com O --------(\ ---------- ~ (\ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (\ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of rob cram Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:55 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Thinking of buying a Montgomery 15 Greetings: I currently live in Sacramento, CA. I own and sail (or at least try to) a C-15. It is a fun boat, but the wife hates the tippy feel to the boat, and am having problems finding crew at times. Saw a Montgomery 15 parked by the lake, and since been doing research. Have heard a lot of good things about the boat. I did find one for sale, but it is listed as a Montgomery 15 Guppy. Looking at the pictures, it appears to have a smooth hull, not a lapstrake hull. It is definetly not a Guppy 13, and looks to have a retractable keel. My main question is, could this be a true Montgomery 15 or is could it be something else? The owner does not know much about it. Any advice is sincerely appreciated. Thanks- Rob _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
Rob, I was at Brown's Ravine launch site last weekend taking pictures of the M-15 in the parking lot rigging for my M-15. I want to duplicate the jib downhaul and halyard lines back to the cockpit. I also have the same trailer but my rig is older. Got mine cleaned up over a 3 year period. It came from the desert down by Edward AFB. It was used but not much cared for. The trailer was the worst of it. The hull was mostly cosmetic work. The center board was another matter. I had to replace the old cb which had to be removed by a professional. I got a new cb by Bob Eeg and had it put in. I love the tippy feel !!! I am Hull # 189, 1981 by Jerry M. Fair Winds. --Larry Hughston in Sacramento -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of rob cram Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 9:55 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Thinking of buying a Montgomery 15 Greetings: I currently live in Sacramento, CA. I own and sail (or at least try to) a C-15. It is a fun boat, but the wife hates the tippy feel to the boat, and am having problems finding crew at times. Saw a Montgomery 15 parked by the lake, and since been doing research. Have heard a lot of good things about the boat. I did find one for sale, but it is listed as a Montgomery 15 Guppy. Looking at the pictures, it appears to have a smooth hull, not a lapstrake hull. It is definetly not a Guppy 13, and looks to have a retractable keel. My main question is, could this be a true Montgomery 15 or is could it be something else? The owner does not know much about it. Any advice is sincerely appreciated. Thanks- Rob _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
rob: if the boat has no lapstrake it is not a montgomery 15. visit my boat's web site for pictures and my discussion of the M15s sailing character - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred i have seen a fair number boats incorrectly called montgomerys. if memory serves there was a Vivacity listed as a M21 on the MSOG 'for sail' site for a bit last year. i've even seen potter 15's listed as M15s on cragslist. i've even had folks come up to me when i'm out and say, "is that a potter?" after i hand them a towel after 'spitting in their general direction' i kindly explain the difference between potters and Mboats ;-) when i purchased SCRED i emailed jerry about the hull number (SCRED's is a bit odd, and she shares #288 w/another boat). jerry stated he has never heard of 'knock off' Mboats. dave scobie M15 #288 - SCRED visit Scred's www-site: www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred rob cram <rcram2002@yahoo.com> wrote: Greetings: I currently live in Sacramento, CA. I own and sail (or at least try to) a C-15. It is a fun boat, but the wife hates the tippy feel to the boat, and am having problems finding crew at times. Saw a Montgomery 15 parked by the lake, and since been doing research. Have heard a lot of good things about the boat. I did find one for sale, but it is listed as a Montgomery 15 Guppy. Looking at the pictures, it appears to have a smooth hull, not a lapstrake hull. It is definetly not a Guppy 13, and looks to have a retractable keel. My main question is, could this be a true Montgomery 15 or is could it be something else? The owner does not know much about it. Any advice is sincerely appreciated. Thanks- Rob
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