A big round of applause to Gary for starting the East Coast Rendezvous or Chesapeake Bay Cruise as most of us know it......how many years ago was it, Gary? You are more than welcome aboard Busca anytime, buddy.....it was great to see you Saturday night! Tod (anchored in Lewis Creek along with Howard, Dennis, and John, looking for lots of rain shortly. Plan thus far is to sail down to the Potomac on Thu after the tropical depression passes along with Dennis then who knows what for a week after that......having a wonderful time!!!!!) -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+htmills=bright.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+htmills=bright.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of TOMMYVAL@aol.com Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 9:43 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: M-17 For Sale Stan, Yea, I am sorry too. I only went out once this year and very little over the life of the boat. Early on I was working all the time and now its hard on the back. I almost had some second thoughts after Saturday's Hess Fest. We had a great sail up the river. I sailed up with Al Williams on his 17 and Al was nice enough to let me sail quite a bit. (Thanks again, Al). Many nice BCC's and NorSea's and of course the class of the fleet, the Montgomery's. It was good to see Bob Eeg again. A nice time was had by all. Sorry you and Carol could not make it. The good news is if I don't sell by mid to late Oct, then I will just have to keep her. Im hoping a can do the deed quickly because the longer it lingers the more time I have to dwell on what I'm doing and thats not good. Anyway we will see. One way or another I will be back on the water either in Bellerin or (God forbid) a power boat. the power option makes it physically easier but it is no where as much fun but I will get to anchor out and still hang will hang out with M boaters. If Im lucky I can bum a ride with some of the local M guys. As you know all the M boaters is what makes having a Montgomery so special but if I dont have a M boat I will just have to crash all the East Coast get togethers. Of course I will come in under the cover of darkness and meet you guys at the bar. Anyway hope to see you guys soon, take care Gary _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats

Out sailing the Flicka Sunday, spotted a _______ (not sure of the make of sloop, maybe Catalina) with a platform built up high off the stern. On the platform was mounted what looked like a wood kitchen chair. It looked a little absurd, but not as ugly as it sounds. And the owner looked very comfortable perched atop. I can forward photos off-list to anyone interested. I have two low-res small (easy to transmit) pics that are good for a grin and a "what'll they think of next"?