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Montgomery 15 - Hull Number 288
Really home ports in Northern California and is skippered by Rich Cottrell a familiar name on the MSOG E-mail forum. The rest of the story is best told by Rich:
"The wind at Lake Don Pedro in North Central California, had just piped up to 10 to 13 knots, when a Catalina 25 sailed out of the marina. The skipper said he had never seen such a pretty little sailboat like mine and asked to take some pictures. This was Saturday morning May 6, 2006. I'm wearing my new M15 sailing cap I got from Sean Mulligan and I was returning from sailing two days of Lake Don Pedro. It turns out the Catalina skipper, Mark Eichman, and I are both members of the Lake Don Pedro Sailing Club so it was quite easy to make arrangements to get the copies of these photos. He is an excellent photographer.
The sails and pennant are new and were made by Potomac Sailmakers in Alexandria, Virginia, Jack Wong (703) 750-2171 . The swallow tail pennant is called a Fire Stick. Doug Kelch flies one as well on his M15 Seas the Day. The sails shown are 4.5 ounce. The Jib is a lapper at approximately 37 square foot. These are the sail I use on the often strong winded San Francisco Bay. I normally use my lighter sails on inland lakes, however the day these photos were taken was an exception - What fun".
"The wind at Lake Don Pedro in North Central California, had just piped up to 10 to 13 knots, when a Catalina 25 sailed out of the marina. The skipper said he had never seen such a pretty little sailboat like mine and asked to take some pictures. This was Saturday morning May 6, 2006. I'm wearing my new M15 sailing cap I got from Sean Mulligan and I was returning from sailing two days of Lake Don Pedro. It turns out the Catalina skipper, Mark Eichman, and I are both members of the Lake Don Pedro Sailing Club so it was quite easy to make arrangements to get the copies of these photos. He is an excellent photographer.
The sails and pennant are new and were made by Potomac Sailmakers in Alexandria, Virginia, Jack Wong (703) 750-2171 . The swallow tail pennant is called a Fire Stick. Doug Kelch flies one as well on his M15 Seas the Day. The sails shown are 4.5 ounce. The Jib is a lapper at approximately 37 square foot. These are the sail I use on the often strong winded San Francisco Bay. I normally use my lighter sails on inland lakes, however the day these photos were taken was an exception - What fun".
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Story by Rich Cottrell
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Story by Rich Cottrell
Photos by Mark Eichman
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