Around 1/19/2006 1:37 PM, JIMinFL wrote:

The only possible answer would be D. When and where did you last splash your
boat, Skipper.

"Skipper" wrote in message
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Select at random 10 pre 1990 East Coast boats and 10 West Coast boats of
similar vintage. Notice how invariably the East Coast boats are more
dilapidated, age stained and grungy. Line them up and realize you can
pretty well determine the East Coast boats from the West Coast boats by
condition alone. Why is this so?

A- The best boat architects are on the West Coast.
B- Most East Coasters simply don't know how to care for their boats.
C- The best built boats are from the West Coast.
D- East Coasters must contend with horrible boating conditions.
E- All of the above.

Obviously a troll, but I'll bite since it's at least on-topic.
Assuming Skippy's premise is accurate (I know, I know; Huge assumption!)...

Well, it can't be A, C, or E: Great boats (and designs) come from all
over the nation and world, nothing region specific.

I'm leaning towards D as well, though it's not so much because of
horrible boating conditions, but extreme boat mooring/storing
conditions. What with the East coast's tendency towards harsh winters,
nasty hurricanes, etc., conditions for boat storage on the West coast
are just milder in general. Bigger boats can be (and are) left in the
water year-round, and trailer boats only need a tarp to keep out the rain.


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