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On Oct 22, 8:45*am, Secular Humoresque
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On 10/21/10 10:16 PM, jps wrote:
On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:27:30 -0400, Secular humorist
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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 you want that when you have a 36' Zimmerman like lobsta' boat?

This must be snotty " machine Gun " Ingerfool posting.

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"Secular humorist" wrote in message
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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.

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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!

For some odd reason, he doesn't seem to respond when you ask him about
the lobsta' boat. Do you find it odd that when he really has something,
he feels the need to prove it by pictures? But if you ask him about his
Maryland red barn, or lobsta' boat, etc. there's no proof of such.

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On 10/22/10 9:53 AM, YukonBound wrote:


"Secular Humoresque" wrote in message
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"Secular humorist" wrote in message
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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.

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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.

You're a ****ing liar and you as well as everyone here knows it.

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On 10/22/10 9:53 AM, YukonBound wrote:


"Secular Humoresque" wrote in message
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In article ,
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"Secular humorist" wrote in message
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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. ;-)

Please show the post where the infamous 36' lobsta' boat was sold.

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On 10/22/10 10:50 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:08:02 -0400,
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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.

snerk

Maiden voyage
 

On Oct 21, 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.

jps, I'm surprised you don't just go 'over there' where he's posted
all the details, pictures, etc.

Maiden voyage
 

On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:41:45 -0400, Secular Humouresque
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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.

That's probably about right for 8 kts but you will carbon up your
turbos and rings in no time at all if you run at that speed for long
durations. Fuel will look cheap compared to the overhaul.

If I were you, I'd be out on it today. Once you get the hang of
docking a twin engine boat it should be easy to take out by yourself,
and you can probably run all day on only $300 to $600 of fuel. What
the heck, it's only money big spender.

Maiden voyage
 

On 10/22/10 2:17 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:41:45 -0400, Secular Humouresque
wrote:

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.

That's probably about right for 8 kts but you will carbon up your
turbos and rings in no time at all if you run at that speed for long
durations. Fuel will look cheap compared to the overhaul.

If I were you, I'd be out on it today. Once you get the hang of
docking a twin engine boat it should be easy to take out by yourself,
and you can probably run all day on only $300 to $600 of fuel. What
the heck, it's only money big spender.


Busy today; I'm not retired. Sunday looks good. Temps supposed to be a
little higher, too.

I'm pleased *you* are so concerned about how much I might spend on fuel
while boating, w'hine, but I'm not concerned. I rarely run a boat's
engines "all day," and on those occasions when I do, I have the money to
pay for the fuel.


--
Guns Don't Kill People -- Fundamentalist Religion Kills People!

Maiden voyage
 

On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:28:28 -0400, Secular Humouresque
wrote:

That's probably about right for 8 kts but you will carbon up your
turbos and rings in no time at all if you run at that speed for long
durations. Fuel will look cheap compared to the overhaul.

If I were you, I'd be out on it today. Once you get the hang of
docking a twin engine boat it should be easy to take out by yourself,
and you can probably run all day on only $300 to $600 of fuel. What
the heck, it's only money big spender.


Busy today; I'm not retired. Sunday looks good. Temps supposed to be a
little higher, too.

I'm pleased *you* are so concerned about how much I might spend on fuel
while boating, w'hine, but I'm not concerned. I rarely run a boat's
engines "all day," and on those occasions when I do, I have the money to
pay for the fuel.

I'm sure some of our resident archivists will be able to dig up the
post where you explained why you sold the 24 ft Parker because it
burned too much fuel.

Maiden voyage
 

On 10/22/10 2:35 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:28:28 -0400, Secular Humouresque
wrote:

That's probably about right for 8 kts but you will carbon up your
turbos and rings in no time at all if you run at that speed for long
durations. Fuel will look cheap compared to the overhaul.

If I were you, I'd be out on it today. Once you get the hang of
docking a twin engine boat it should be easy to take out by yourself,
and you can probably run all day on only $300 to $600 of fuel. What
the heck, it's only money big spender.


Busy today; I'm not retired. Sunday looks good. Temps supposed to be a
little higher, too.

I'm pleased *you* are so concerned about how much I might spend on fuel
while boating, w'hine, but I'm not concerned. I rarely run a boat's
engines "all day," and on those occasions when I do, I have the money to
pay for the fuel.

I'm sure some of our resident archivists will be able to dig up the
post where you explained why you sold the 24 ft Parker because it
burned too much fuel.


It was that my Harry could not afford the fuel, as a good global
citizen, no one should own a boat that big unless he was a commercial
fisherman. My Harry believed that anyone with a large boat, should be
taxed till they could no longer afford it.

He also believes we should outlaw handguns.

--
Dr. Karen Grear
For a good time contact a bricklayer.
Bricklayers do it longer and harder.