My son in South Carolina is keeping an eye out for a boat that I might
be interested in. Here's one he just found and emailed me about.

Right.

Beautiful boat but a bit much for dear old dad ...

http://www.paulmanncustomboats.com/p...nter/completed

In article ,
says...

My son in South Carolina is keeping an eye out for a boat that I might
be interested in. Here's one he just found and emailed me about.

Right.

Beautiful boat but a bit much for dear old dad ...

http://www.paulmanncustomboats.com/p...nter/completed

Your boy has good taste, that's for sure!!!!

On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 13:01:04 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

My son in South Carolina is keeping an eye out for a boat that I might
be interested in. Here's one he just found and emailed me about.

Right.

Beautiful boat but a bit much for dear old dad ...

http://www.paulmanncustomboats.com/p...nter/completed


You could pack in a lot of bikini babes in the Bahamas with that sweety!

(Since mom would rather be riding a horse anyway :)

John (Gun Nut) H.
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Hope you're having a great day!

On Sunday, 23 June 2013 18:49:14 UTC-3, John H wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 13:01:04 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



My son in South Carolina is keeping an eye out for a boat that I might

be interested in. Here's one he just found and emailed me about.



Right.



Beautiful boat but a bit much for dear old dad ...



http://www.paulmanncustomboats.com/p...nter/completed





You could pack in a lot of bikini babes in the Bahamas with that sweety!



(Since mom would rather be riding a horse anyway :)



John (Gun Nut) H.

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Hope you're having a great day!

So.. now you're encouraging him to chase after "bikini babes"?
Sure hope Mrs. E doesn't pop in here anymore.

"True North" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 23 June 2013 18:49:14 UTC-3, John H wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 13:01:04 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:



My son in South Carolina is keeping an eye out for a boat that I
might

be interested in. Here's one he just found and emailed me about.



Right.



Beautiful boat but a bit much for dear old dad ...



http://www.paulmanncustomboats.com/p...nter/completed





You could pack in a lot of bikini babes in the Bahamas with that
sweety!



(Since mom would rather be riding a horse anyway :)



John (Gun Nut) H.

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Hope you're having a great day!

So.. now you're encouraging him to chase after "bikini babes"?
Sure hope Mrs. E doesn't pop in here anymore.

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Mrs.E. is very comfortable with the knowledge that there isn't a
bikini babe on the planet who would be interested in me.

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 13:01:04 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

My son in South Carolina is keeping an eye out for a boat that I might
be interested in. Here's one he just found and emailed me about.

Right.

Beautiful boat but a bit much for dear old dad ...

http://www.paulmanncustomboats.com/p...nter/completed


You could pack in a lot of bikini babes in the Bahamas with that sweety!

(Since mom would rather be riding a horse anyway :)

John (Gun Nut) H.

Your sig should be "NEW gun nut because FOX told me to be"

Richard, That's really a nice luxury blue water battle wagon!

But it kinda reminds me of when Jed Clampet was considering buying a battleship. And during the sea trials, Jethro said "Wow uncle Jed, we could do us some mighty tall huntin' and fishin' with this rig!"

"Tim" wrote in message
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Richard, That's really a nice luxury blue water battle wagon!

But it kinda reminds me of when Jed Clampet was considering buying a
battleship. And during the sea trials, Jethro said "Wow uncle Jed, we
could do us some mighty tall huntin' and fishin' with this rig!"

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Funny.

It's a beautiful boat (at least in the pictures) but not anything I'd
be interested in. Too big, too expensive to run, too expensive to
maintain .... the list goes on and on.

I was looking for a Sabreliner but am having a change of heart after
looking at a couple. The more I think about the Grand Banks 36 we
had, the more I realize that at this stage of life it's much more my
style. Even my favorite past boat , the 52' Navigator, was a little
too big to singlehand comfortably. I did it many times, but it's much
easier with a boat savvy crewmate. Of course the underpowered,
single screw Grand Banks wasn't the easiest boat to back into a slip
with, especially with wind or current, but it was sure inexpensive to
run. Plus, learning to become somewhat proficient in "back and fill"
was fun and a challenge.

As much as I envy Wayne and his extensive cruises on his larger GB
(with much larger diesel twins), I don't see that kind of long range
cruising in my future. It really all depends on where we end up
living in the next few years.

Not in a big rush. When the right one comes along, I'll know it.

On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 20:26:45 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

As much as I envy Wayne and his extensive cruises on his larger GB
(with much larger diesel twins), I don't see that kind of long range
cruising in my future. It really all depends on where we end up
living in the next few years.

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If I were to give up long range cruising for one reason or another, a
nice sportfish like that might be very interesting. They usually
have the speed to get you out to the Bahamas and back in a reasonable
length of time. There is some great fishing out there, along with a
lot of cruising and diving possibilities.

Good looking boat, BTW.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 20:26:45 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

As much as I envy Wayne and his extensive cruises on his larger GB
(with much larger diesel twins), I don't see that kind of long range
cruising in my future. It really all depends on where we end up
living in the next few years.

===

If I were to give up long range cruising for one reason or another, a
nice sportfish like that might be very interesting. They usually
have the speed to get you out to the Bahamas and back in a reasonable
length of time. There is some great fishing out there, along with a
lot of cruising and diving possibilities.

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Back when I was totally bat **** boating crazy and the Navigator was
in Florida, I took the USCG course over the winter to get a 6 pack
license. My intention was to get a sportsfish type boat for use
during the summer while we were in MA and do some fishing charters
with my brother as first mate. All went as planned and I ended up
getting a brand new 37' Egg Harbor Sportsyacht. It had twin 420 hp
Caterpillar diesels and on the sea trial topped out at 34 knots.
Cruise was more like 26 to 28 knots. But I quickly learned that
cruise became more like 17-19 knots at best in the waters of Cape Cod
Bay, Buzzards Bay or the "Canyons" most of the time. Anything faster
was an uncomfortable ride and the hull was slamming into the waves. I
think I was spoiled by the Navigator because it could cruise at 19
knots in a much higher sea state and still provide a very stable,
comfortable ride. The Egg was great on those rare, occasional days
with 1 to 2 foot waves but that doesn't happen often.

After two summers I realized that chartering wasn't my bag for a
number of reasons. The boat takes a beating when fishing and most of
the people that wanted to go out on a fishing trip also liked to get
half **** faced. I didn't want the responsibility, so I sold the
boat and brought the Navigator back to MA.

But, we did catch a lot of fish, including our first tuna with that
boat.

This is the Egg Harbor model I had:

http://meetbliss.com/EggHarbor/EggMain.jpg