Imagine my surprise when I opened my mailbox and found a Wrinkle Boat on the cover of the August issue of SAIL. It tuned out to be a Norseboat 21.5. Not only that, but there were a number of articles on our kind of small boat sailing. Beach Cruising by Roy Hoddinolt about sailing in a Sea Pearl 21, Nuts & Bolts of Sail Camping by Ida Little & Michael Walsh in the Bahamas for months. Yrvind the Swede sailing in home built boats 14 to 19 across oceans and even around the Horn. A Side Bar in which most of the small boats we subscribe too were mentioned, Sage 17 even had an ad in this issue. It also contained an article Something for the Weekend about a ½ dozen boats one would read about in SCA or GOB which I also subscribe to. Since the cat is out of the bag about my getting SAIL you might as well know that I also get Cruising World and have been thinking about getting Classic Boats :-) George Merry Helen II 96 M15 #602
On 7/16/2015 4:58 PM, George Iemmolo wrote: Hi George, Now that is surprising news about SAIL. In the past, and that's when I quit subscribing, they just talked about bigger and ever bigger sailboats till the only "acceptable" sailboats in their eyes were something in the 40 foot and up size that cost at least $150K - without equipment. Maybe they lost so many subscribers that they had to rethink their editorial policy, and swallowing their pride, now can talk about a 21 foot boat. Oh what a denouement ....! Connie
Imagine my surprise when I opened my mailbox and found a Wrinkle Boat on the cover of the August issue of SAIL. It tuned out to be a Norseboat 21.5. Not only that, but there were a number of articles on our kind of small boat sailing. “Beach Cruising” by Roy Hoddinolt about sailing in a Sea Pearl 21, “Nuts & Bolts of Sail Camping” by Ida Little & Michael Walsh in the Bahamas for months. “Yrvind the Swede” sailing in home built boats 14’ to 19’ across oceans and even around the Horn. A Side Bar in which most of the small boats we subscribe too were mentioned, Sage 17 even had an ad in this issue. It also contained an article “Something for the Weekend” about a ½ dozen boats one would read about in SCA or GOB which I also subscribe to.
Since the cat is out of the bag about my getting SAIL you might as well know that I also get “Cruising World” and have been thinking about getting “Classic Boats” :-)
George
Merry Helen II
96 M15 #602
Connie I was thinking the same thing that they found the Magazines covering smaller boat have been doing well. Also due to economic conditions and the aging of the fleet so to speak that downsizing is growing and as we know a smaller boat is easier to get on the water with the absence of a the need to round up crew to manage the boat. George -----Original Message----- From: Conbert Benneck [mailto:chbenneck@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 5:51 PM To: griemmolo2@gmail.com; For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Smanll Boats in a Big Boat Mag. On 7/16/2015 4:58 PM, George Iemmolo wrote: Hi George, Now that is surprising news about SAIL. In the past, and that's when I quit subscribing, they just talked about bigger and ever bigger sailboats till the only "acceptable" sailboats in their eyes were something in the 40 foot and up size that cost at least $150K - without equipment. Maybe they lost so many subscribers that they had to rethink their editorial policy, and swallowing their pride, now can talk about a 21 foot boat. Oh what a denouement ....! Connie
Imagine my surprise when I opened my mailbox and found a Wrinkle Boat on the cover of the August issue of SAIL. It tuned out to be a Norseboat 21.5. Not
On 7/16/2015 9:18 PM, George Iemmolo wrote: George, ...and not even considering that the Marina and storage charges just keep going up and up every year. Recently, someone on the M-List who was looking for an M15 told me that his California Marina charges for his 38 foot catamaran were now $1000 a month! That was the main reason he wanted to downsize and reduce his sailing costs. When we downsized from our 29-footer in 1992, I had calculated that Marina dock space / winter storage fees / maintenance and upgrade materials / cost us $50 a day during the New England sailing season to enjoy sailing... What might be the costs be like today? After finding / buying / and enjoying our M15 my calculation of M15 operating costs got to almost $0. Winter storage was next to the garage with a cover over the boat. The only charges we paid to go sailing were ramp fees (free in many cases), and dockage fees when we were at a place like Lake Champlain, and they were - for a 15-footer - very small. More sailing enjoyment; and lower costs. That's the way to go. It seems as if SAIL finally got the message. Happy sailing Connie
Connie
I was thinking the same thing that they found the Magazines covering smaller boat have been doing well. Also due to economic conditions and the aging of the fleet so to speak that downsizing is growing and as we know a smaller boat is easier to get on the water with the absence of a the need to round up crew to manage the boat.
George
-----Original Message----- From: Conbert Benneck [mailto:chbenneck@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 5:51 PM To: griemmolo2@gmail.com; For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Smanll Boats in a Big Boat Mag.
On 7/16/2015 4:58 PM, George Iemmolo wrote:
Hi George,
Now that is surprising news about SAIL.
In the past, and that's when I quit subscribing, they just talked about bigger and ever bigger sailboats till the only "acceptable" sailboats in their eyes were something in the 40 foot and up size that cost at least $150K - without equipment.
Maybe they lost so many subscribers that they had to rethink their editorial policy, and swallowing their pride, now can talk about a 21 foot boat. Oh what a denouement ....!
Connie
Imagine my surprise when I opened my mailbox and found a Wrinkle Boat on the cover of the August issue of SAIL. It tuned out to be a Norseboat 21.5. Not
Try the magazine, "Small Craft Advisor", published in Port Townsend, Washington. Contact them at: P.O. Box 1343 Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360) 379-1930 Or buy a copy at your local boating store or book and magazine store. Steve M-15 # 335 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conbert Benneck" <chbenneck@gmail.com> To: <griemmolo2@gmail.com>; "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 3:50 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Smanll Boats in a Big Boat Mag.
On 7/16/2015 4:58 PM, George Iemmolo wrote:
Hi George,
Now that is surprising news about SAIL.
In the past, and that's when I quit subscribing, they just talked about bigger and ever bigger sailboats till the only "acceptable" sailboats in their eyes were something in the 40 foot and up size that cost at least $150K - without equipment.
Maybe they lost so many subscribers that they had to rethink their editorial policy, and swallowing their pride, now can talk about a 21 foot boat. Oh what a denouement ....!
Connie
Imagine my surprise when I opened my mailbox and found a Wrinkle Boat on the cover of the August issue of SAIL. It tuned out to be a Norseboat 21.5. Not only that, but there were a number of articles on our kind of small boat sailing. “Beach Cruising” by Roy Hoddinolt about sailing in a Sea Pearl 21, “Nuts & Bolts of Sail Camping” by Ida Little & Michael Walsh in the Bahamas for months. “Yrvind the Swede” sailing in home built boats 14’ to 19’ across oceans and even around the Horn. A Side Bar in which most of the small boats we subscribe too were mentioned, Sage 17 even had an ad in this issue. It also contained an article “Something for the Weekend” about a ½ dozen boats one would read about in SCA or GOB which I also subscribe to.
Since the cat is out of the bag about my getting SAIL you might as well know that I also get “Cruising World” and have been thinking about getting “Classic Boats” :-)
George
Merry Helen II
96 M15 #602
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