On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:59:19 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:29:39 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Parker owners have no sense of style. :)

We surely know of one case where the owner also lacks class. Style is
in the eye of the beholder however. There is something about the high
transom Parker's no nonsense utilitarian appearance that holds a
certain amount of appeal, sort of like a good work boat. The low
transom, low deadrise models however are for river wussies.

The odd thing is that Steiger started out the same way - making solid,
sound workaday boats and they evolved, changed and developed.

A Parker is a Parker - look at one built 10 years ago and yesterday
and they are the same boat - nothing has changed.

I'm not saying Parker isn't a quality boat - it is, although I have my
reservations about some things just like I do about other quality
boats. There are issues with my Ranger and when I owned the
Fisharound, there were several issues I had with that boat - didn't
mean they were lousy boats.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about. This company basically
builds "lobsta" boats down Maine way. They've taken the basic concept
hull and developed this:

http://www.bigpondboatshop.com/mysticmooring2.htm

This is another example of why a Parker is a Parker.

This is a 1995 Parker 23 cuddy.

http://tinyurl.com/ywcmez

This is a 2008 Parker 23 cuddy.

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=10

With the exception of the stern bracket, they are the same boat
thirteen years apart.

You would think that Parker could at least update the design, change
things around - or even better, paint their boats a different color.