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From: (Bob D.)

Aww.. come on! A 20 foot boat out in Lake Erie only in nice conditions?
If you overnight in it you might as well take it out in a little bit of
weather 'cause you and I both know on Lake Erie you going to hit it
anyway!

Bob Dimond

My opinion only. The 2052 Capri was to light for Lake Erie in anything over 3'.
Yes I could go out on the lake but would not have an enjoyable time. On the
thousands of Michigans inland lakes or the Detroit River the Capri was a great
boat. I personally chose not to go out on Lake Erie when it was rough. When I
had my first Bayliner a 2450 Ciera a totally different story. Same with the 26
the 28 or my current 30. They could and did and do handle the rough stuff. Made
a run to Kelleys Island the weekend before last. Left on Friday catching the
remmnants of hurricane Isabel. Four to six foot rollers. When I pulled into
Kelleys a couple of guys helped me to tie up to the dock. They wondered why I
would come across in such lousy conditions. I told them, "I was doing
research." What research they asked, "I was researching whether or not
Bayliners hold together in rough conditions." I made it there, they had a good
laugh and that was that. Heck, my son followed me in his jet ski. I tried to
talk him out of it but he wanted to make the trip. It was too rough for him to
keep up so I had to stop several times for him to catch up.

Again, the Capri is a nice boat but the smaller ones are not rough water boats
IMO. Knowing how nasty Lake Erie can get in a very short time I chose not to
put myself in harms way with that boat.

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