Montgomery 15

[WindHawk]

Not to offend anyone, but I have one wooden boat, and I'm thinking of adding some tupperware to the stable: anyone here have a Monty 15?

From what I can gather, she's one fine boat. This way, I can sail while fixing the yawl.

[Venchka]

Don't know a lot about the 15. The 17 was and is high on my list if I ever buy a plastic boat with a cabin. The 17 is a lot more boat. Possibly too much, not sure of your needs. If a 17 came along and the condition/price were right, I would jump on it.

[WindHawk]

The 17 would be nice, but it is really more than I need right now. You're right though, under the right circumstances I wouldn't pass it up.

Here's a link to their website, if anyone's interested: www.montgomeryboats.com (http://www.montgomeryboats.com)

I don't think I'd want to go to far off-coast with a 15, but it looks just about right for a small cruiser on the Great Lakes, and supposedly it can take quite a beating. I've heard that people do the California to Hawaii in the 17. That's beyond my sense of adventure.

[Jack Heinlen]

Two books I think you'd enjoy Wind, both by Webb Chiles, Open Boat Across the Pacific and The Ocean Waits . They narrate a voyage three quarter of the way around the the world in a Drascombe Lugger, an open, 19 ft. glass yawl.

While not a venture to be undertaken by most, Chiles demonstrates how with sound seamanship a small boat can accomplish remarkable things. He was also swamped several times, pitchpoled and wrecked once, and stranded. Good reads about the proposition of small boats on big water. They're out of print, but come up on the various book sites occasionally. Chiles is a pip.

[ 06-16-2004, 07:50 PM: Message edited by: Jack Heinlen ]

[WindHawk]

Thanks, Jack. They sound like good reads... Maybe I shouldn't sell myself short on this adventure on the Ocean Blue thing, Lord knows the Great Lakes can be a handfull & more at times.

[Meerkat]

Windhawk; I bumped an old thread of mine called "Shoalwaters". I thought you might enjoy it. Lots of pics.

[WindHawk]

Thanks, Meer. That's a great thread.

I grew up part of the year on the St. Clair Flats, and most of the boats being run by folks who knew what they were doing back then looked similar to his. Too much fishing & just cruising to do to keep them out of the water long enough for "pretty" once the weather warmed. Thing is, once you get bit by boats, they All look pretty!

[landlocked sailor]

Hey, its a Lyle Hess design! It must be good! Rick

[Meerkat]

Anyone been aboard an M-15? I'm curious as to how much sitting headroom there is.

[Sea Smoke]

Ok , I'll confess to lurking on the WB Forum for quite a while, since I have no woodie, only clorox bottles. One of those is a M-17, and at 6'2 I only can sit on the quarter berth. I haven't been aboard a 15, but I'd bet that you would have to be significantly smaller than me to be comfortable. The best resource for info on these is Montgomery Sailboat Owners Group (http://www.MSOG.org) . Forgive my fiberglass intrusion, and thanks for all the valuable knowledge that I have gained here. TH

[N. Scheuer]

No need to apologise Sea Smoke. My main cruising sailboat is a fiberglass 28-ft yawl, my short-notice fun boat is a cedar and ash Melonseed Skiff, and my future project is a 1950 Old Town HW with a sailing rig. I've owned the Airec-cored fiberglass yawl (a first-class example of boatbuilding) far longer than the other two.

Moby Nick