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"Secular Humoresque" wrote in message ...
In article , says... On 10/21/10 10:16 PM, jps wrote: On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:27:30 -0400, Secular humorist wrote: Made it to our temporary slip on Deals without mishap thanks to watchful eye and docking lessons from local, charterboat captain I hired for a half day. I had no real experience with a semi displacement hull like the new boat has. Boat moves nicely in water. Okay, a little more detail please. OAL, engines. Sounds like you moved up to a man sized boat! Semi-displacement means you can still get up on a plane, eh? Didn't go for the 8 kt trawler. Okay...but don't ask for many more details, else the trolls will jump aboard. The boat is 37' LOA, and the diesels are Volvos, 250 hp each. In theory, she will do 20-23+ knots, but I don't really know, since the engines have not nearly completed break-in. We were running at 9 to 14 knots, mostly, varying the RPMs a lot. We actually hit 2-3 footers on the way to Deale. No biggie out on the ocean, but around here, that usually means a pretty stuff chop. The hired skipper backed her right into the slip perfectly the first time and probably could have done it blindfolded. He pulled out and I backed in askew three times, but didn't whack anything. I was too occupied to try it with the bow thruster. My BP these days hovers around 116/68...I know it was a lot higher later today. :) Why would anybody want a slow trawler, a floating RV as it were? A skilled seaman like Wayne might take advantage of long range cruising capabilities to actually go places. Krause, on the other hand............. Well lets just say his marina has a new dock queen. -- I'm the real Harry, and I post from a PC or a MAC, as virtually everyone knows. If a post is attributed to me, and it isn't from a PC or a MAC, it's from an ID spoofer who hasn't the balls to post with his current ID. The proud owner of a 37 feets something or other. The new limo liberal standard in boating. Harry |
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On 10/22/10 9:08 AM, Harry® wrote:
"Secular wrote in message ... In articleUo6dnVBDeIQYYV3RnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@earthlink .com, says... On 10/21/10 10:16 PM, jps wrote: On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:27:30 -0400, Secular humorist wrote: Made it to our temporary slip on Deals without mishap thanks to watchful eye and docking lessons from local, charterboat captain I hired for a half day. I had no real experience with a semi displacement hull like the new boat has. Boat moves nicely in water. Okay, a little more detail please. OAL, engines. Sounds like you moved up to a man sized boat! Semi-displacement means you can still get up on a plane, eh? Didn't go for the 8 kt trawler. Okay...but don't ask for many more details, else the trolls will jump aboard. The boat is 37' LOA, and the diesels are Volvos, 250 hp each. In theory, she will do 20-23+ knots, but I don't really know, since the engines have not nearly completed break-in. We were running at 9 to 14 knots, mostly, varying the RPMs a lot. We actually hit 2-3 footers on the way to Deale. No biggie out on the ocean, but around here, that usually means a pretty stuff chop. The hired skipper backed her right into the slip perfectly the first time and probably could have done it blindfolded. He pulled out and I backed in askew three times, but didn't whack anything. I was too occupied to try it with the bow thruster. My BP these days hovers around 116/68...I know it was a lot higher later today. :) Why would anybody want a slow trawler, a floating RV as it were? A skilled seaman like Wayne might take advantage of long range cruising capabilities to actually go places. Krause, on the other hand............. Well lets just say his marina has a new dock queen. do you honestly believe someone who didn't use his LTP for the last year, really purchased a new 37' boat? -- Dr. Karen Grear For a good time contact a bricklayer. Bricklayers do it longer and harder. |
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"Secular Humoresque" wrote in message ... In article , says... "Secular humorist" wrote in message nt.net... Made it to our temporary slip on Deals without mishap thanks to watchful eye and docking lessons from local, charterboat captain I hired for a half day. I had no real experience with a semi displacement hull like the new boat has. Boat moves nicely in water. -- posted from my Droid --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- Congratulations! When you make up your invited list, leave out the unappreciative rabble like JohnnyH Hey, Don, what do you think happened to his 36' Zimmerman like lobsta' boat? If you're that concerned.... ask him! |
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On 10/22/10 9:53 AM, YukonBound wrote:
"Secular Humoresque" wrote in message ... In article , says... "Secular humorist" wrote in message nt.net... Made it to our temporary slip on Deals without mishap thanks to watchful eye and docking lessons from local, charterboat captain I hired for a half day. I had no real experience with a semi displacement hull like the new boat has. Boat moves nicely in water. -- posted from my Droid --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- Congratulations! When you make up your invited list, leave out the unappreciative rabble like JohnnyH Hey, Don, what do you think happened to his 36' Zimmerman like lobsta' boat? If you're that concerned.... ask him! I sold it some time ago. i posted that fact here. We wanted something a bit more luxurious with more "interior" room. I'm pretty sure it isn't my job to keep loogy, flajim, little tosk, smithers, and the lesser turds up to date. -- Guns Don't Kill People -- Fundamentalist Religion Kills People! |
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On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:08:02 -0400, Harry®
wrote: A skilled seaman like Wayne might take advantage of long range cruising capabilities to actually go places. It is really difficult to say whether or not the alleged new boat has long range or not, but my guess would be not. Running on plane a boat of that type will burn upwards of 20 gallons per hour. Running off plane it will roll your eyeballs out of their sockets in anything but a flat calm. Been there done that. True long range trawlers almost always have some sort of stabilization system to prevent rolling at low speed, and that would be unheard of on a 37 ft boat. We met several people on our Caribbean cruise with unstabilized 50 footers and they were all having problems - fuel consumption was way too high running on plane, and the rolling was intolerable when they slowed down. A 37 footer would be a nice little boat for cruising around the Chesapeake however as long as the weather was half way decent. |
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"Secular Humouresque" wrote in message ... On 10/22/10 9:53 AM, YukonBound wrote: "Secular Humoresque" wrote in message ... In article , says... "Secular humorist" wrote in message nt.net... Made it to our temporary slip on Deals without mishap thanks to watchful eye and docking lessons from local, charterboat captain I hired for a half day. I had no real experience with a semi displacement hull like the new boat has. Boat moves nicely in water. -- posted from my Droid --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- Congratulations! When you make up your invited list, leave out the unappreciative rabble like JohnnyH Hey, Don, what do you think happened to his 36' Zimmerman like lobsta' boat? If you're that concerned.... ask him! I sold it some time ago. i posted that fact here. We wanted something a bit more luxurious with more "interior" room. I'm pretty sure it isn't my job to keep loogy, flajim, little tosk, smithers, and the lesser turds up to date. True, but they live to hear every detail of your life. Withholding might cause then to act out their frustrations on family & close friends or co-workers (if they have any... aka The Freak) I don't envy you this awesome responsibility. ;-) |
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On 10/22/10 10:50 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:08:02 -0400, wrote: A skilled seaman like Wayne might take advantage of long range cruising capabilities to actually go places. It is really difficult to say whether or not the alleged new boat has long range or not, but my guess would be not. Running on plane a boat of that type will burn upwards of 20 gallons per hour. Running off plane it will roll your eyeballs out of their sockets in anything but a flat calm. Been there done that. True long range trawlers almost always have some sort of stabilization system to prevent rolling at low speed, and that would be unheard of on a 37 ft boat. We met several people on our Caribbean cruise with unstabilized 50 footers and they were all having problems - fuel consumption was way too high running on plane, and the rolling was intolerable when they slowed down. A 37 footer would be a nice little boat for cruising around the Chesapeake however as long as the weather was half way decent. And thus, a perfect example of why I won't be posting many real details about the new boat. My wife and I have no interest in "long range cruising" on a small boat, even a larger small boat like W'hine's. If we want to do some "long range cruising," we'll book passage on the Queen Mary II. What we bought suits us, as it were. At eight knots, according to the boat manufacturer and engine distributor, the boat will burn between 3.5 and four gallons of diesel an hour. I did no fuel burn testing yesterday. We ran "off plane" for nearly two hours, in 2-3 footers, into them, with them and broadside. We were both on the flying bridge and we both commented there was a lot less roll than we expected. The roll wouldn't have been noticeable inside the cabin. -- Guns Don't Kill People -- Fundamentalist Religion Kills People! |
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On Oct 22, 8:16*am, Harry® wrote:
"Dr. Karen Grear, MD, PhD, STD" wrote in messagenews:fZednQvYm4Je7lzRnZ2dnUVZ_v2dnZ2d@gigan ews.com... On 10/21/10 10:52 PM, Secular Humouresque wrote: On 10/21/10 10:16 PM, jps wrote: On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:27:30 -0400, Secular humorist wrote: Made it to our temporary slip on Deals without mishap thanks to watchful eye and docking lessons from local, charterboat captain I hired for a half day. I had no real experience with a semi displacement hull like the new boat has. Boat moves nicely in water. Okay, a little more detail please. OAL, engines. Sounds like you moved up to a man sized boat! Semi-displacement means you can still get up on a plane, eh? Didn't go for the 8 kt trawler. Okay...but don't ask for many more details, else the trolls will jump aboard. The boat is 37' LOA, and the diesels are Volvos, 250 hp each. In theory, she will do 20-23+ knots, but I don't really know, since the engines have not nearly completed break-in. We were running at 9 to 14 knots, mostly, varying the RPMs a lot. We actually hit 2-3 footers on the way to Deale. No biggie out on the ocean, but around here, that usually means a pretty stuff chop. The hired skipper backed her right into the slip perfectly the first time and probably could have done it blindfolded. He pulled out and I backed in askew three times, but didn't whack anything. I was too occupied to try it with the bow thruster. My BP these days hovers around 116/68...I know it was a lot higher later today. :) A year ago, weren't you endorsing a special boating tax for large boats? -- Dr. Karen Grear For a good time contact a bricklayer. Bricklayers do it longer and harder. That was then this is now. Any thing larger than 37 ft. is now the rich boy gas guzzler. Too bad this boat has Diesels......but you knew that, right genius? |
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