On Mar 6, 11:06*am, HK wrote:
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On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:18:11 -0500, HK wrote:

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On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:12:56 -0500, HK wrote:

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On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:24:08 -0500, Wayne.B
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On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:01:01 -0600, Vic Smith
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The Everglades boat looked a bit top-heavy anyway, and rafts look to
be about 60-100 lbs, depending.
It is ironic that very few boats under 35 ft carry life rafts but they
are the ones that most need them. * *There are soft pack rafts that
weigh less than 50 lbs. * All life rafts however have a significant
hidden expense: They must be repacked and recertified every 1 to 3
years depending on the manufacturer and model.
It's part of the same logic that leads people to think that a smaller
boat needs smaller bilgepumps.

Indeed.

One aspect of the Parkers I've owned that I appreciated is their
bone-dry bilges. Unless I open a hatch and pour water down into it, I
don't seem to get any water into the bilges of my 21-footer. There's no
liner. I supposed if I started filling up the center console, at some
point water would go down the rigging tubes into the bilge, but that
doesn't happen a whole lot.

???

What does that have to do with what I said?

No water in the bilge for the bilge pumps to pump out. I've got two
bilge pumps in my Parker, and they never get any exercise unless while
the boat is on the trailer and the bow is up in the air, I pour a couple
of buckets of water into the bilge. I use a lot of water to wash out the
boat after each use, and the bilge is always bone dry afterwards. I
know, because I keep an eye on the drain plug opening.

You are still completely disconnected from the subject.

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You're hideously obese, too.