"Zombie of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:13:27 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


Here's a spirit lifting photo to offset the mounds and mounds of snow
outside right now.

My two grandsons, Erik and Ben, fishing off the Boston Whaler a couple of
years ago ....

http://www.eisboch.com/erikbenboat.jpg

Heh - gotta love it huh?

It that a Dauntless?



Yes. 16 foot model. I bought it in 2001 and gave it to my son-in-law
(father of the two boys) in 2004. They love that boat.

That thing is incredibly fast for a 115 hp engine. The only thing I didn't
like about the engine was that it was one of those Merc models that ran on 2
cylinders below about 1800 RPM, then the other two would cut in over that.
First time I took it out of Scituate Harbor it almost threw me out of the
boat. I wasn't expecting the sudden acceleration when I started opening the
throttle. It leaps from almost planing to flat out ripping in a nanosecond.

You get used to it, but the first time totally caught me by surprise.

Eisboch