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newbie buying a used cruiser-what size best?
On 13 Mar 2004 14:26:06 -0800, (Trevor) wrote:
I haven't boated much (just boating on friends boats)and want to get
an idea of a managagable size boat to purchase. Is 31 ft too long, or
should I purchase a 27 or 28 footer to begin?
On second thought, and because there doesn't seem to be a lot going on
in the NG this morning, I've changed my mind on this.
Buy a 50 footer - hell, if you can afford it, buy one of those used
120 foot Sheik yachts from Urbootie. It's not like any of those
foreign captains around Newport can operate the damn things properly
anyway. It's full speed, six foot wakes and if you are a small boat
that gets tossed eight feet into the air as they go by, tough. "I'm
on a schedule - the Boss's wife needs a facial - or a face, I forget
which."
There is a rant in there somewhere - I'm just not up to it this
morning.
Never mind.
Later,
Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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"Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt..."
Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653
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