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Wandering Sagebrush

Wandering Sagebrush

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22 Cruiser
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Constant Craving
One of my friends sent me some photos of a neglected Montgomery 15 sailboat. I know that Lloyd and perhaps a few others are Montgomery owners. Hopefully the owner will sell the boat, and let someone bring it back to life...

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Ouch! That is a real project. You hate to see one neglected like that.

Some of you know that one of those was sailed from Long Beach to Hawaii by the son of a friend of mine.
 
thataway":1k6tnaxz said:
Ouch! That is a real project. You hate to see one neglected like that.

Some of you know that one of those was sailed from Long Beach to Hawaii by the son of a friend of mine.
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Bob, that was Mike (Mann?) if I remember correctly. The boat is still sailing in Hawaii. I think he made the passage in 33 days. Pretty fast for that short of a waterline!
 
I haven't ever had one but always wanted to try one. Terry of Rock-C has a 15
 
lloyds":2ib2jev0 said:
I haven't ever had one but always wanted to try one. Terry of Rock-C has a 15
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Oops, that is who I was thinking of, just got the names scrambled... Apologies!
 
Yep, Mike Mann. Steward Mann, was a neurologist who I worked with in Long Beach. I saw that the 15 he sailed is for sale currently in Hawaii.

Here is Mike's story:

http://msog.org/yarns/hawaii15.cfm
 
He didn't use a hockey stick for a rudder did he? :wink:
 
It's been a while since I had read the Hawaii trip story. Thanks for posting that Bob. Looking around on that site i found a picture of two of my "ex's", (Pelican, an M-15 #348 and Deena), We used to meet with a group of Montgomery's and West White Potters up on Lake Pend Orielle, north Idaho.

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Thid article has a set of photos that I took. Had mostly forgotten all that now.

http://msog.org/trippics/pendoreille070 ... le0703.cfm

Harvey
SleepyC:moon
 
I think I have mentioned it here before, but in case. There is a Montgomery 17, yellow, here at John Wayne Marina that is in only slightly better shape. No for sale sign recently. It has had 2 or 3 owners since I have been here. Still is always tempting.

Harvey
SleepyC:moon

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I've owned my M15 for about two years now. Last year I spent six days sailing from Olympia to Seattle & back. This June I spent ten days in the San Juan's with a group of Potters. In July, I sailed seven days in the central sound. The one thing I learned is a small sailboat begins to shrink after a few days. My back hurts just thinking about it :-) The Monty is a pretty good sailed. I know several people on this board have owned one. FYI: there is a M 17 for sail in Corvallis OR. Check out Craig's list.
 
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