This summer/early fall sounds like a good time to plan for a San Juan venture- it would be fun to do in company! And Connie, your note brought tears to my eyes. These boats of ours are at their best as vehicles for joyous memories and dreams of future adventures. Thanks to your stories here, I will imagine the two of you on a glorious reach across Moosehead Lake. May that in that in 2021, our wakes be straight, our winds fair, and many a fine memory stored up for future winter remembrance. Re cockpit drains in an m15, were I to want to customize for open water, I’d go with David n fill some of the aft most cockpit and/or raise the cockpit sole. Anyone who has had the wind pipe up with 3 or 4 in the cockpit knows a 15 is sensitive to weight aft, and the drain goes in reverse with too much of it n water starts swirling around your feet. Easily solved by moving the crew weight forward and coaxing someone to stand in the companionway- shrinking the cockpit and moving the center of volume forward would similarly help if one ever were pooped and filled (If you haven’t do read Mike Mann’s book- this is what he did for his trip to Hawaii). That said, it would be a pity to loose that roomy cockpit unless blue water is a big part of her future. Curious if anyone has every filled the cockpit of an m15, and what the story was- and for that matter, if anyone has every flipped or sank one. I’ve never heard such a story, unlike say, those P boats the uninitiated often compare to ours :). Alex On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 4:32 PM Mark Dvorscak <mdvorscak56@gmail.com> wrote:

I remember Bones. That was a delightful time for sure. Time marches on and things change but we sure have some great memories from those cruises. Sure glad you shared that BCC with us!

On Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 06:48 bownez@juno.com <bownez@juno.com> wrote:

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Hello Larry and all the wrinkle boaters!

Yes, my San Juan adventure in 2005 will always be treasured! What an experience to helm a BCC for 8 days! Remember spotting those Orcas in Haro Straight?

Miss my M17 and M23, but they are in good hands and being enjoyed....

Be safe, and be well all.

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