On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:19:58 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Jim" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Well, not mine, but it was mine at one time.

Years ago we had a little 17' Sailfish CC with an older 70 horse
Evinrude. It was a great boat, very stable and tracked perfectly.
The boat was a '93, but the engine was older ... I think an '87. When I
bought it, I had the powerhead completely rebuilt because it wasn't
running well.

I sold it after a couple of years to my older son's father-in-law for a
thousand bucks. He's been trailering it to Maine every summer for the
past 10 years or so and used it regularly for fishing on a lake up there.

Yesterday, he gave the boat, trailer and motor to my younger son (who
used to use it as a teenager). Still looks good and runs fine.
My son is all excited.

I always liked that boat. It is almost a copy of Boston Whaler's
original hull design, but for some reason is much more stable than a
Whaler. I sold it because we had purchased a new, 16' Whaler Dauntless.
The Sailfish is much more stable as a fishing platform.

So, what goes around, comes around.

Was that the one you went vertical in at the mouth of El Rio Norte?

That's the one. Came down so hard I hit my head on the stainless CC bar and
knocked me out for a sec or two

Cool.

I've never gone vertical, but I did manage to launch the first
Contender I owned into the air and out of the water for about 8 feet
or so in East Passage of Narragansett Bay. Fortunately, it landed
almost flat level.

Scared the hell out of me. :)