On 1/11/2014 3:53 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/11/14, 3:35 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/11/14, 12:09 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:


About 25 years ago, a friend of mine was out duckhunting on the Bay in
one of those dark green aluminum "duck boats." It was cold as a roomful
of ex-wives that day, and while I don't call the circumstances, the boat
capsized and my friend and a buddy of his drowned. At his funeral, the
comments included remarks from his close friends who wondered what the
hell a married man with small children was doing out on the Bay on a
bitter cold day hunting ducks from a small boat.

Indeed.




A guy I know just died in a boating accident in Westport, CT. while duck
hunting.

He ran the local Monster Shark Tournaments for years and kept his boat
in a slip near mine in Scituate Harbor. Steve James was a very
experienced boater and I was shocked to learn of this accident.

He also recently returned from a trip to Africa, BTW.

I remember he had a nice Blackfin that he retrofitted with Yanmar
diesels, replacing the original gas engines. Boat sat very low in the
water after the conversion.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/01/07/three-duck-hunters-fall-into-westport-river-rescued-first-responders-but-conditions-unknown/f8fD65Go56gVCwzHbhOJFL/story.html





BTW, you should consider putting in a bid for that Blackfin. Many of
them were and are first-class boats, and a lot less fuss than the bigger
boats. What is it, a 29 or 32?


I think his was a 29'. There were a couple of Blackfins on our dock in
Scituate and I always liked them.

I was at the dock when he splashed it after the diesel conversion and
helped him tie up in his slip. I couldn't believe how much lower it sat
in the water. Blackfins have a low freeboard at the stern even with gas
engines. The extra weight of the diesels (and new fuel tanks) really
made it squat down.