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John H wrote:
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Tim wrote:

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On 6/2/10 11:39 PM, Tim wrote:

That's profound, Harry, Now tell us about your next boating adventure.
You have your other Parker for a long time,t hen traded for a
different one. how long to you plan to keep this one?

Until I get tired of it.

I had the 25' Parker from 2003 to 2008, and bought the present 21'
Parker in 2008.

Just out of curiosity, why did you down size from a 25 to a 21?

In no particular order:

While Chesapeake Bay can get mighty choppy, it isn't a challenging or
dangerous body of water, and I tend not to go out when the waves are
three feet high or larger, so I didn't need a big fishing boat.

Because the usual seating position in a pilothouse boat is so far
forward, in a hard chop you feel it because you are in the part of the
boat that is pounding. On my 21 footer the seating is farther back, on
the part of the boat that does not leave the water while slamming
through chop.

I always scrub out the entire boat after using it. That took an hour
plus on the 25 footer, and only takes about 20 minutes on the open
center console.

The 21-footer burns about half the gas per hour at cruise that the
larger Parker burned.

I can launch and retrieve the 21-footer in my sleep. The larger boat
took a lot more effort, even though I could do it by myself.

Yeah, I can see the advantages because the 25 wasn't a mere 4 ft..
longer. It was dimensionally a lot bigger boat all around. Now that
you explained it, I can understand why.

23 is as big as I'll go on a V-bottom for that reason. I did have a 27
and for one to launch it wasn't easy . not easy at all.

If you added in the swim platform and pulpit, the 25' Parker was about
32' long overall, and 9'6" wide, amidships, and fully found, weighed
over 7000 pounds. Also, the 21-footer is a deep vee; the 25 was a mod vee.

My old Chris Craft cavalier was right at 30 ft with the swim platform.
Thatn's not counting the bow railing thart hung about 2 feet forward
of the bow, though. and my marquis doesn't have a pulpit but with the
swim platform it comes out to about 26 ft. I dont' knwo what the
wieght it. It's heavy for what it is, but I don't think it's that
stout.

i can see that launching a 3-1/2 ton craft could be a bit testy for
one person. Man, that's a lot of weight! Or at least a lot more than
what I'm used to dealing with.

It wasn't bad, actually, at my local marina. Good steep paved concret
ramps, pretty much sheltered from the wind, and full length piers
adjacent. But the 21-footer is easier.

Well what was your tow vehicle? 3-1/2 tons of boat on a slope would
take a pretty good truckand brakes I would think to hold the thing.

4WD Toyotas.

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A 'Tundra?" by chance?

I almst bout a Toyota Tundra, but figured out I really didn't ahve any
need for a pickup truck. No more than what I would really haul in the
back, i figured my station wagon is good enough.

He's got a 4Runner, same as me, unless he upgraded recently. I like the Tundra,
but I'd like it a lot better if they made it with a diesel.

They probably do make a diesel version, John for another overseas
market. It's amazing the stuff you find overseas that probably could
or should be for sale here.

I bought the X5 35d. I used to have the 4.8L gas engine. I love it.
It performs almost as well and I get about 23/gallon compared to
15.5/gallon with more expensive premium gasoline.

How much will it tow? And, did you have to go to technical school for a year to
learn how to operate it?

It will tow 6615#. It's an odd number but it's actually 3000
kilograms. I only tow about half that much so it's easy to forget it's
there.

The technology is more intuitive than the earlier models. This is the
third I have leased and it is simple compared to the other two. There
are so many options I haven't learned them all.

That's not a bad towing capacity. The 4Runner does only 7000. Glad to hear
they've applied some human factors engineering to the technology. They'd caught
a lot of heat for that in the past.

I considered a lot of vehicles before I got this one. Towing capacity
was the initial factor and then it was about comfort and safety. I
enjoyed my Acura MDX but I was disappointed with it's towing
capabilities. I wasn't thrilled with the Escalade, Navigator, Cayenne,
Touareg, QX56, Q7, or the offerings from Mercedes.