Bryan wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
Reggie Smithers wrote:

Skipper wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:

Look, the Parker is a fine half-day fishing platform. However, for
the
particular usage contemplated in The Challenge it comes up short.
Take a
closer look at its weight, towing profile and *width* compared to
the
Grady or 2252. If given the choice, which would you prefer to tow to
remote adventures.
Uh, you're not familiar with the two boats. My Parker has a much, much
larger cabin area than that Bayliner, with full standing headroom in
the
main cabin, along with running water, a refrigerator, a stove burner,
and two fans, plus opening side windows, an opening windshield, and
opening windows and a hatch forward. There's also a full electric head
up forward. And in the cabin and exterior steering and control
stations.
Plus, my Parker has flat, open cockpit that measures nearly 11' by
about
8.5', big enough to set up a picnic table and chairs. And it has a
full
bimini. Plus there's a full-width motor bracket with ladder.
How nice, but I wouldn't want to tow it any distance. So there we are.
You've made your points about towing and I've made mine about
towability. Hopefully, the info can be used productively.

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Skipper
Skipper,
I am not sure if my question was posted, but do you have any plans to
visit Gulf of Cortes in the near future?


Well, "Reggie," you just came up a point in my book. You spelled Cortés
properly. The man was Spanish, not Mexican.

Ok, I just have to jump in (I don't have anything better to do at the
moment).
It is the Sea of Cortez (of Cortes, maybe, maybe not) or the Gulf of
California.
I'll, of course, be a little embarrassed if someone actually looks it up and
proves me wrong, but that's what I grew up with and I'm, like the man says,
stickin' to it.
I used to camp at Playa Santispac and I've been to Santa Rosalia. If anyone
isn't daunted by the logistics of getting to the area, especially you
fishermen, it is well worth the visit at least once in your travels; Bahia
del Los Angeles would be a great destination. Don't worry about the North
winds too much, but watch out for the West winds that come howlin' down off
the hills now and then. As much as I would really enjoy revisiting the area
as a boater, it's just too far for me to tow.



Here are some examples of Cortes vs Cortez.

http://www.amsafari.com/mexico.html
http://www.seawatch.org/reports/sea_of_cortez.php
Note: SeaWatch spells it both ways on the same page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Cortez
Note: According to Wikipedia " The Gulf of California (also
known as the
Sea of Cortez or Sea of Cortés; locally known in the Spanish language as
Mar de Cortés
or, much less frequently, Golfo de California) is a body of water that
separates the
Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland. It is bordered by
the states of
Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, and Sinaloa. The name
"Gulf of California"
predominates on most maps in English today. The name "Sea of Cortés" is
the one preferred
by most local residents.









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Reggie
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That's my story and I am sticking to it.

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