Hey Tom,

It was one of those six foot wakes that made me decide to join the Coast
Guard many years ago.

I was in high school and dating a cutie. We were out in my father's Larson
21, anchored and "fishing" in a narrow section of the ICW. One of those 60
foot yatch-ettes came blasting past. After a ride in the air we washed up
ten feet on the mudbank. Getting the boat off the mud was a dirty job, and
dear old dad was real impressed with the oyster shell scratches on the hull.
Needless to say, I didn't get anywhere with the cutie that day.
--
Capt. Frank

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
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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