On Feb 1, 7:45?am, Harry Krause wrote:
On 2/1/2007 10:30 AM, Chuck Gould wrote:





On Feb 1, 3:51?am, wrote:
On Jan 31, 10:49 pm, "Chuck Gould" wrote:

The Fathom 40 is a pilothouse style vessel, with traditonal workboat
proportions but somewhat modernized lines.
Very clever - now a guerilla marketing campaign. Pimping to posts he
doesn't like.

You know, you have to wonder how much money is being made here. How
much
is Mr. Gould being paid per post pimping these overpriced, useless
boats?

It's not like it hasn't been done before you know - it's called spam.

Your pathetic attempts to drag me into a flame war are noted. Glad to
see you are concerned about the content of the group. The initial post
at the beginning of this thread succinctly illustrates your level of
commitment to a purely intellectual group where a comment about a
newly available *boat* (heaven forbid!) is entirely inappropriate. Why
would I assume that anybody in a boating newsgroup would care if a new
boat line is available? What an error. Apparently, by the standards
evident in this thread, a personal attack message would be far more
appropriate content here. Sorry to have strayed so far from the flock.

Ugly boat. Angular lines, and unless that transom opening closes up, it
might be very interesting in a serious following sea.- Hide quoted text -

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Yes, Harry. The transom folds up when underway. The drop transom
feature looks like an idea that could replace the "swim step" on many
boats, (especially those with a dedicated boat deck) as well as make
boarding easier when tied stern-to. It will be interesting to see one
first hand when the hull is finished.

As far as "ugly" goes, that's in the eye of the beholder. I don't
think it's my all-time favorite style, but it's attractive enough as
far as I'm concerned. Funny thing, my minor objection is that they may
have rounded it a bit too much, while you would seem to prefer
something even less "angular". Different strokes. Being a fan of "work
boat" styling, I like the overall shape. Others won't. I guess that's
one of the reasons there is such a wide variety of boats on the
water. :-)