On Sun, 22 May 2016 06:55:44 -0400, Justan Olphart
wrote:

On 5/21/2016 9:54 PM, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
Justan Olphart
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" Yabut he boats mainly in a protected cesspool of a harboUr."

Only a small fraction of my boating is in the harbour. That's why I
have a trailer boat. We have two large bays a short distance southwest
of the city plus numerous lakes, a few rivers and numerous coastal areas.


Yet you log 20 hours, or so, per year. What a waste.
He should sell his car-trailer-boat combo and get one of those old army
ducks if he likes to travel hither and yon to find water to float in. I
don't know why all little boats under 20' aren't fitted with wheels at
the least. The Amphicar was a great idea. I wonder why the concept
wasn't expanded upon. Harry could have used his family fortune to
develop a powered wheeled boat for consumer use instead of ****ing it
away on his personal toys. He could have been rich and Donnie could have
been happy with something that meets all of his vehicular needs.
Alas, I guess it wasn't meant to be. :-)

The problem with most of these combo vehicles is they suck at both
tasks. One of my IBM buddies knew the guy who ran the Naples "duck".
It was a maintenance nightmare. These things were combat vehicles that
were designed to last a few days in a war before they were blown up.
Day in and day out, splashing in salt water several times a day takes
a toll. They are lousy trucks and lousy boats ... but they do both.
The same was true of the Amphicar and all of those car/airplane deals.