"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message
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"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:09:03 GMT, Don White
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On 27 Aug 2006 10:47:03 -0700, "basskisser"
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JohnH wrote:

On 27 Aug 2006 09:12:34 -0700, "basskisser"
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NOYB wrote:

"Don White" wrote in message
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Think small
No thanks. Thinking small is for the unmotivated in life.
You think that because someone has a boat that they really
like,
although it may be smaller than yours is "unmotivated"? Do you
think
that just because someone isn't financially overextended is
"unmotivated"? I think that people who overextend just for
appearances
are fools.
bk, do you think that NOYB was trying to be controversial in his
statement?
Maybe he was just saying how *he* feels about life, and not
passing any
judgements on others.

Why the attacks?

It's a nice Sunday...chill out.
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No, John, he certainly was, and always has, passed judgements on
others.
I'm discussing only the post you responded to, not the past few
years.

I'm surprised that you'd take a philosophical comment like,
"Thinking
small
is for the unmotivated in life" as a personal attack or the
passing of
judgement on you.
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John
Since I was the one who advised to "think small", I thought NOYB
was
jabbing at me. Maybe I should have said 'think modestly'.
Obviously some here have no need to even consider that, but I stand
by
my common sense advice.
Nah. He came back with a bit of philosophy to counteract the bit you
gave
him. He's already bought his boat, so 'thinking small' wouldn't work
for
this one anyway. Thinking small is what I'm doing for my *next*
boat -
maybe a 17-18'er.
It's actually what I'm thinking for my next boat too. Instead of
having a
30 foot offshore boat, and 17' nearshore/inshore boat, I'm thinking
about
buying something in the 25-26 foot range to replace both boats. I
could get
a trailer for it, and tow it to the keys or the east coast for a
change of
scenary.
Thinking small is for the unmotivated.
Good point. I'll get the 25-26 footer to tow to East Coast on
weekends, and look into buying a 40-something foot sportfish for over
here.




You could buy my Parker.

I like your boat, but if I downsize, I'm sticking with two engines and
cabin accommodations similar to what I have now. The Everglades 265 EX
is the one that I have my eye on. It gets about 70% better fuel economy
than my Grady (at 25-30mph it gets 2.7+ mpg vs. 1.6 mpg for the Grady),
tops out about 10 mph faster (55.7mph with twin 225 Yamaha's), and it's
insurable because it's under 30'.


Why would you possibly want twin 225s? If you are running at 25-30 mph as
a good cruise speed, twin 150s will do the job. My Parker burns 9-10gph at
those speeds, with a single 225, and tops out at a flat 40 mph (19gph).

Because the boat tops out at 55 mph, and still gets 1.3 mpg at that speed.
This has been an awful year for grouper fishing. Guys are routinely running
60-80 miles to get 'em. I've been out on days where the gulf is flat calm,
and running 50+ mph would make the day a lot more enjoyable.

The Edgewater with twin 150's still hits 45+ mph, but overall fuel economy
isn't much different (aside from a lower cruise speed for top fuel economy).