HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:05:36 -0500, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 22:00:02 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

It still would be interesting to sea trial the two similar boats
that was the subject of this thread ... the Parker with a 16
degree and the Steigers with a 21 degree deadrise.
I think we know how that would turn out. Bring on another case of
shock absorbers.
The 16-degree Parkers do very well in the chop. Very sharp bow
entry, tabs, and you move right along at a decent clip.

It's too bad you don't know dick about small boat boating on places
where the 16-degree deadrise hulls are popular. Very, very popular.
The biggest selling Parkers hereabouts are the 16-degree deadrise
21 and 23 footers.
While the defense of your favorite boat line is admirable, dude - you
really have to think before you make a statement like that.

That just ain't true.

What part do you disagree with, Tom?

That the guys here with the 16-degree deadrise hulls use their sharp
entry bows and trim tabs to ride through the chop? That the boats are
very popular? That the biggest selling Parkers around here are the 21
and 23 footers with the 16-degree deadrise hulls?

Many of the best guides in the Bay, the entire Bay, are running the
23-foot Parkers with 16-degree deadrise bottoms.

My previous Parker had the 16 degree deadrise hull. If the chop got
noticeable, I just used the tabs to lower the bow and we kept on
keeping on, in conditions that would have had you bouncing right out
of your overwide Wrangler.

That's what tabs are for? I didn't know that.

Eisboch


Mostly, I used them to balance out passenger load, because the sort of
chop we have in the bay wasn't that noticeable in my barge of a 25'
fishing boat. It was a heavy 25 footer.

With the deeper vee and a more rearward seating position on my
21-footer, I have yet to use the tabs out on the bay. I have messed with
them a little while in the harbors, but for an entirely different reason.

Harry,
I would think Eisboch's comment was tongue in cheek.