On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:00:10 -0500, Jim wrote:

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Tom Francis wrote:
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:39:18 -0500, Boater
wrote:


Maybe you need to get out of a marina that only caters to Parker
owners and see the brighter world around you.

I think you used too many words in that sentence. Let me correct it.

"Maybe you need to get out and actually use your Parker"

What a vision. A marina full of monkeypuke yellow boats with low transoms.

And battleship gray engines. :)

"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:00:10 -0500, Jim wrote:

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Tom Francis wrote:
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:39:18 -0500, Boater
wrote:


Maybe you need to get out of a marina that only caters to Parker
owners and see the brighter world around you.

I think you used too many words in that sentence. Let me correct it.

"Maybe you need to get out and actually use your Parker"

What a vision. A marina full of monkeypuke yellow boats with low transoms.

And battleship gray engines. :)

Why would you buy a Canadian Engine. May insult you.

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:36:26 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:00:10 -0500, Jim wrote:

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Tom Francis wrote:
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:39:18 -0500, Boater
wrote:


Maybe you need to get out of a marina that only caters to Parker
owners and see the brighter world around you.

I think you used too many words in that sentence. Let me correct it.

"Maybe you need to get out and actually use your Parker"

What a vision. A marina full of monkeypuke yellow boats with low transoms.

And battleship gray engines. :)

Why would you buy a Canadian Engine. May insult you.

At least the Canadians did something right.


Besides - it's white. :)

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:26:44 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

And battleship gray engines. :)

Officially, there is no such color. Battleships, pickups, and
everything between, are painted ' Haze Gray '.

Casady

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:07:02 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:26:44 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

And battleship gray engines. :)

Officially, there is no such color. Battleships, pickups, and
everything between, are painted ' Haze Gray '.

Well I'll be danged - didn't know that.

Also didn't know this:

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Qu...4289/Camo.html

Never knew they painted bow waves on ships.

Interesting.

Tom Francis wrote:
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:07:02 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:26:44 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

And battleship gray engines. :)
Officially, there is no such color. Battleships, pickups, and
everything between, are painted ' Haze Gray '.

Well I'll be danged - didn't know that.

Also didn't know this:

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Qu...4289/Camo.html

Never knew they painted bow waves on ships.

Interesting.


"Officially, there is no such color."

Nonsense.

Officially, I can go into a paint store and buy a can of paint whose
color is described as "Battleship Gray."

Here's a piece of floor covering in Battleship Gray:

http://www.dickblick.com/zz404/04/

paint:

http://www.ipaint.us/epgubagrga.html

Pettit, a well known supplier of marine paints, shows:

http://www.petitprod.com/atomz_searc...p-f=ISO-8859-1


But, of course, there is no such color.

"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:07:02 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:26:44 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

And battleship gray engines. :)

Officially, there is no such color. Battleships, pickups, and
everything between, are painted ' Haze Gray '.


I have a hazy memory of two "official" greys used on Navy ships. One was
"deck grey" or something which was a different shade than the one used on
the hull.

Eisboch

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:15:13 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

Never knew they painted bow waves on ships.

Germans did that with Bismarck.

Casady

Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:15:13 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

Never knew they painted bow waves on ships.

Germans did that with Bismarck.

Casady


To fool the ocean?

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:24:48 -0500, Boater
wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:15:13 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

Never knew they painted bow waves on ships.

Germans did that with Bismarck.

Casady


To fool the ocean?

To mislead an enemy as to the speed. If it works, the torpedoes and
shells will miss. It might work somewhat, and the different paint job
is no costlier.

Casady