On Tue, 17 May 2005 12:47:21 -0400, "Harry.Krause"
wrote:

Capt John wrote:
On your point number two, check the resale on their twin engine powered
boats 25 feet and larger after ten years, their a hard sell. The cost
of repower makes them hard to justify.

On number three, with the exception of very high Hp to weight engines
you can still expect to get high hours out of just about all diesels
today. Look at the extended warrenty periods, five years is not
uncommon. How long can you expect them to back an outboard? And
outboards have had very checkered past when pushing heavy boats, if
your running in heavy seas frequently, at less say 4000 RPM, those
engines are hurting themselves.

On your second number three, much of the desirable sea keeping ability
of an inboard is derived from that shaft angle that you point out. That
tends to keep the hull in the water, as you flatten that angle out they
start comming out of the water at the top of waves. This is one of the
reasons that outboards are fast on flat days and very slow on the not
so nice ones. You see the outboard boats, some of them good size, lined
up like a mother duck with her ducklings behind bigger boats, they just
can't run in a good sea without beating you up. This boat will be the
same, your just paying a lot more for the beating.

If you think the outboards won't be a problem you've never fought a big
fish. A boat like this will be used for large game fish like Tuna and
billfish. Tuna are straight up and down fighters, this is even more so
with Bluefins. With billfish, the real fun starts when they get near
the boat, and you have to be able to change positions fast, outboards
get in the way. As far as tag and release, most anglers are using
larger tackle to "land" fish they intend to release in good condition.
Light tackle tends to lower the chances of the fish being released in
good shape, they just don't survive as often. The only problem with the
larger tackle, the fish tend to come to the boat very green, making
them even more difficult to handle boat side. The engines get in the
way even more so on a green fish fighting for it's life. Can it be
done, yes, but for almost the same money you can get a better boat with
more fishing room, easier to fish from, better ride, better resale,
burn less fuel and be faster on those nasty days.

As far as puking, it wouldn't be fishing if someone isn't hanging over
the side at some point in the day Half the fun is trying to figure out
early on who it'll be.



Whatever floats your boats. I've been fishing for large and small
species for 50 years, on outboards, inboards, I/O's, rowboats, canoes,
kayaks and inflatables. I adapt my techniques to accommodate the boat I
am on, and rarely run into problems because of the type of drive it has.

Once when fishing for big species, we caught something, felt like a
large shark, that went under the boat and did its best to stay there,
until it used the inboard props or rudders to saw through the line. On
an outboard boat, I would have raised the lower units completely out of
the water.

Sorry, I really don't see outboards as a problem in fishing.

They aren't a problem - never have been.

Later,

Tom