On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:06:28 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:11:04 -0600, observer penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


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|Just to continue a sec....
|Not to brag but 99 % of my memories were on a small runabout but I was
|also fortunate enough to also have some on a 53' Hatteras several
|times and to be honest, I'd rather have the small boat but I'm glad to
|have had the large boat memories because I can speak from experience
|(without the cost g) .

There is a lot to be said for a smaller boat, if you don't need the
bulk. My son has repoed his 17 footer in anticipation of duck hunting.
I'll miss it on the days I don't really feel like wrestling with my
boat. Oh, well....

I couldn't agree more with you about the smaller boat. To me, the big
boat is a hassle because you really need a mate to tie/untie and maybe
for the clean up after an outing. And usually before pulling out of
the slip, the owner (my uncle) would go thru a brief list of things to
check before going on an excursion. To me, the smaller boat is so
much easier to take care of and for local running around (which I
did), much more appealing.... I mean you really don't want to pull out
a 50 or so footer to go around the bay or bays g. If nothing else
it will look funny .