On Apr 30, 9:38�am, Harry Krause wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Apr 30, 8:33?am, Harry Krause wrote:

So, when are you visiting Noah's boat factory?- Hide quoted text -

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Not any time soon. There are enough mythical boats being reported on
already in this NG. A Hatteras and a lobster boat come immediately to
mind. There's a greater chance of finding Noah's boat than of
discovering one of those.

I make no apology, by the way, for posting details of things observed
in various boat factories. This is a *boating newsgroup. Not a soft
porn, septic tank, driveway, handgun, political troll and flame fest
convention.

Thus writes Chuck "My SPAM No Steeenk" Gould, the boat factory visiting
pimp of rec.boats.

Perhaps your observations of boats and boat factories might have a bit
of credibility if you weren't such a goody two shoes about it, eh? The
few times I have visited boat factories, I noticed what I thought were
"short cuts" that would affect quality, and I said so.

Perhaps if you had visited more than a "few times" you would
understand that
there are several schools of thought about the best way to build a
boat.
Nobody sets out to deliberately build a bad boat. With your expertise
developed after a "few visits" you aren't qualified to comment on
whether such and such a practice at such and such a plant represents a
bad or short cut technique. Nor am I.

A good report includes what processes were observed, and if there is a
reason that the builder feels that process is particularly appropriate
for the vessel or system in question that is also a reasonable thing
to report.


Have you ever
panned a boat whose manufacturer you were trying to get to advertise in
your pub?


Most of the things people find "wrong" with boats are subjective in
nature.
We often comment on things that are subjectively less pleasing, (which
you would know if you were one of our regular readers). Just because I
don't care as much for a boat with small side decks (for example)
doesn't mean that it's a bad boat or that it wouldn't appeal to
somebody more interested in cabin volume than in exterior deck space.
Not responding to my personal tastes doesn't make something a "bad
boat"- or if it did you wouldn't see anything except 8 knot trawlers
given a favorable nod.

I write 40-50 boat reviews a year. Don't presume to judge all of them
by the couple dozen or so I posted here (to mixed responses from
"great!" to "damn spammer!") over a period of 2-3 years.