On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:26:21 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

I suppose if you are an inexperienced boater you'd think the motor well
design adds something.

The low transom / open transom was never popular on the West Coast. To many
large seas probably.

If Harry were on the west coast he'd have a proper boat also. On the
Patuxent River, or a calm day on the Chesapeake, it doesn't really
matter that much. And of course, lest we forget, he's very
experienced.