"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:38:44 -0400, HK wrote:

Funniest of all are those who
complain about getting their feet wet
Not as "funny" as you think.

I hate getting my feet wet - seriously,

I will go to extreme measures to avoid it.

I agree with that. Especially when there are some decent CC's in that
size that stay dry and self bail quickly in the even of a greenie. If
I want to get wet, I'll go swimming.

Eisboch

Uh, please explain to me how, if you take a substantial greenie over the
bow while you are in a 21' center console boat:

1. your feet are going to stay dry (unless you lift them up and put them
on the gunnels or console), and,

Yes, which is also why I prefer a seat rather than a leaning post. Just
lift your feet up.


2. the hull is going to self-bail quickly through the rather small
scuppers one typically finds on such boats.


My limited experience has been that the "rather small" scuppers .... (in
many cases not even scuppers, but rather inefficient drains), are slow to
self bail. Doesn't matter in your case because you like wet feet. I
modified one of the open, CC's I had with some decent sized, real
scuppers to rid the deck more quickly. I don't like walking around the
back of the boat going "splosh, splosh, splosh".

Eisboch


It isn't a matter of liking my feet wet, it is the realization that in a
small, open fishing boat, they are going to get wet. Hell, when I launch a
trailer boat, I don't unhook the trailer strap from the bow ring until the
stern of the boat is afloat. So, how do I unhook the strap? I walk out
into the water and unhook it. At that point, my feet are already wet.

Harry, you need to work on your technique. I've trailer launched and
retrieved many boats from 16 footers to 26 footers by myself and never got
even a toe wet.

Eisboch