"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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the back yard.

You should tidy it up a bit!




Regards


Donal
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"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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the back yard.

You should tidy it up a bit!


I spray painted the old tires lying about green and red for Christmas.
Looks real classy.


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Merry Christmas......
Scotty

John Deere green?

CN


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message ...

"Donal" wrote in message
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"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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the back yard.

You should tidy it up a bit!


I spray painted the old tires lying about green and red for Christmas.
Looks real classy.


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Merry Christmas......
Scotty

Is there any other?

And Farmall red.


"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
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John Deere green?

CN


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message
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"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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the back yard.

You should tidy it up a bit!


I spray painted the old tires lying about green and red for
Christmas.
Looks real classy.


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Merry Christmas......
Scotty

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"JG" wrote in message

Yup, you're clearly very upset with me. Why's that?

You really do need to seek some professional help, Jon.

Starting to rant there Maxipad? You keep saying the same thing over and
over.

Take my advice and I'll quit saying it. You really do need help.

Max

"DSK" wrote in message

To some extent, yes. However when the horsepower available is far in
excess of anything the prop & the hull are going to keep up with, then
what is the purpose?

You're preaching to the choir on this point. But to make conversation, some
folks just seem to thrive on power, despite the skewed relationship between
power vs. hull design vs. displacement, etc. I demo'd a Nordic Tug 37 this
past summer and was impressed by how fast the thing could actually go when
planing. But it threw a monstrous wake, was noisy, and would probably get
to a typical destination only about half an hour faster than if at hull
speed. The premium, however, was fuel cost: about 6 times that of 8kts.
for roughly twice the speed. Not a good trade, IMO.

Yep. So? Lots of people like to brag about how much horsepower they have.

True. When I had my Sea Ray 330 Express Cruiser, I admit to telling folks
that it had 680 hp on tap. Time has mellowed my needs, however. My 24 hp
Universal diesel in the sailboat seems ample for a boat of this size. Of
course I'd rather be sailing when cruising, but that is highly infrequent on
Lake Michigan.

Ah well, when you mentioned trawlers and how expnsive their fuel bill must
be, I thought it was kinda the point.

No. Katy mentioned how expensive they are. I disputed her comment to some
degree, then threw in my $40 per annum fuel costs as an aside.

Not that difficult.

Nope. It will be in the 40'-44' range, which should easily do 7kts. under
power, and somewhat better under sail in the right conditions. We've looked
at a Cheoy Lee Pedrick 41, a Passport (Perry) 40, and a Baltic Doug Peterson
42, any of which would fit the bill.

There are a lot of better boats available *much* cheaper IMHO.

The quality of the Sagas is excellent, and they are very fast for boats with
such an accomodating cruising interior. That said, they are all too new.
Ten years from now they'll be reaching my pocketbook, but for now we're
looking at boats from the early Nineties or late Eighties.

To power the warp drive?

Warp drive. LOL. No, to power the flux capacitor, which requires ten
gigawatts to be able to jump to . . .

Max

"Donal" wrote in message news:cqfqcn$mom$1

My apologies! I forgot that you don't speak English.

What do you call the area at the rear of your house?

Landfill?

Max

"DSK" wrote in message

"Maxprop" scribbled thusly:
Of those you list, Henri Wauquiez is far and away the best builder.
Dufour, Lagoon, and the others are Beneteau/Jeanneau-quality boats.

What's wrong with Jeanneau? That name has gone on a lot of different boats
built in different plants. Some are very respectably well-built.

They aren't bad, but they really are no better than Beneteau or Dufour.
They are all boats priced to sell in a range that is similar to or slightly
more than Catalina and Hunter boats. I prefer them to the two American
boats, but probably not enough to buy one.

Never heard of Multiplast. Looks interesting.

I saw something about them in a Brit sailing magazine a few years back.
Mostly racing or handicap designs, IIRC. Oz can correct me if I'm wrong.
They looked okay, but without seeing them in the flesh (fiberglass?) who
knows.

Careful, you're getting a Boobsie complex.

Not really. I don't have any one of those boats, not that I wouldn't love
to own one. If I were Bubbles, I'd claim to have one of each, all given to
me by gorgeous women who can't live without my body.

I think there is relatively little point in comparing custom built boats
to mass-produced ones.

Granted some of them are custom or semi-custom. Especially Morris,
Hinckley, Shannon, and Kantor. The others are generally production boats,
but far from the production levels as, say, Beneteau, which is the largest
producer of yachts in the world.


That said, the best built boat I have ever personally inspected was an
Oyster. But Kirie has also done impressive job on many of their boats, and
the Dufour built Dynamique is the equal of any other semi-custom you can
name.

Haven't seen the Dynamique--only photos. Agreed that Oyster is an
impressive boat. The finest boat I've ever seen was a Stellar, unless we're
talking about megayachts.


Max your emotional commitment to political jokes is getting the better of
you again....

Huh?

Max

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Isn't Wauquiez (like Jenneau) now owned (and built) by Beneteau?

News to moi, but it wouldn't surprise me. Beneteau is the largest rec. boat
builder in the world.

Max

I've got Ford tractor blue....when you spray it on the snow it makes a fake
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"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Is there any other?

And Farmall red.


"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
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John Deere green?

CN


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message
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"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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the back yard.

You should tidy it up a bit!


I spray painted the old tires lying about green and red for
Christmas.
Looks real classy.


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Merry Christmas......
Scotty