Jim wrote:

"RPS" wrote in message
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Jim wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:24:58 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

I would think that If Tom thought Parker was a worthy boat

If they changed the color from that monkey vomit beige to white, well
maybe I'd consider one. :)

It's just fun tweaking Harry about his boat - he gets so defensive
it's amusing.

My boat is what it is - never claimed it to be something different -
it's a great bay boat with decent range and a decent ride in heavier
weather. And it's pretty quick which is also a plus.

The fact that it's unique pleases me. My son mentioned something to
me the other day and he was right - this is the first boat I've ever
owned for longer than five years - I've had it for eight and I'm not
ever going to get rid of it.

It's good that you are happy with your boat. I'm glad you didn't have
to settle for a "monkey puke" Parker. I wish you many more happy
moons with your boat.

I actually think Harry's Parker is a great bay boat when the water is
calm. The only recommendation I would have for Harry is to get rid of
that ugly bimini. you normally see those on runabouts, not a proper
fishing boat. Besides looking tacky, the tie downs for the bimini
totally eliminates the advantage of a CC. You have to decide if you
want to fish in the bow or the stern of the boat, and hope the fish
doesn't want to move around as you reel him in. I would guess most
people want to fish from the bow, your docksiders stay drier that way.

Even with the bimini, if I was Harry, I would spend substantially less
time talking about fishing and more time actually fishing or using his
boat. Sure it might be warm on some days and it is common to have
afternoon showers during the spring and summer,if you only go out on a
"perfect day", you will very rarely go boating.

Don't you think his surrey top would look cute with a string of pink pom
poms around the perimeter?

Only during the Christmas Parade in Baltimore Harbor, but then again you
could do the same thing if you had a first class T-Top.