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[email protected] justwaitafrekinminute@gmail.com is offline
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Default Maybe taking the plunge...

On Nov 26, 12:41 pm, wrote:
On Nov 26, 9:36 am, HK wrote:





Don White wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
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On Nov 25, 7:57 pm, "Don White" wrote:


How about a good old fashioned 'dory'. Very seaworthy.
then again Don, dories are cool, but your statement is subject.


I would suppose that a Dory is seaworthy, that is considering worthy
of what sea


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How about the cold stormy North Atlantic?


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Well, real dories are kind of outdated with the advent of new
lightweight, high powered, engines. A dory is a displacement hull, I
think Tom is looking at a creature called a Semi Dory. Hard to put the
low transom on a full dory I think T is sold on the forward motor
well, outboard, shortshaft, whatever design... er, uh, he modifies