"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:39:10 -0500, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Why Parker doesn't put some styling on their boats is beyond me - in
particular for the money they want for it. Thing looks like somebody
put a box on top of a box with a pointy thing at one end then painted
it one solid color of dull beige.

I'm sure if you begged, Parker would metalflake a hull, put stripes on
the cabin, and maybe add tailfins on the gunnels. Then you would have
yourself a boat as stylish as...a Ranger. :}

Here's a Parker.

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=17

Here's a similar Steiger.

http://steigercraft.com/main/docs/bo....cfm?boatid=45

Ain't no comparison - the Steiger has some style and flair to it.

Even in monochrome.

Couple of a few year old Parker diesels around here. They have been
expensive disasters. The engine is so tight to the bilge that the water
that gets in, which is a lot, causes the pan to rust out. New stainless pan
is about $1700, plus a few hundred to pull the engine to replace. Couple
have had or have estimates for $25k to fix the problems. Besides boats
should not look like a 1961 model in 2007. Our local boat show in going on
at the Alameda Fair grounds. Those that have gone have been underwhelmed by
the amount of boats and overwhelmed by the prices. $85k for the new
MasterCraft fishing boat.