On Tue, 3 May 2016 18:00:46 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 5/3/16 5:52 PM, True North wrote:
Keyser Söze
- show quoted text -
"I don't see where an I/O drive on a trailerboat that spends its
"offtime" on a trailer in a driveway would be problematical. I wouldn't
keep an I/O boat out on a mooring or in a wet dock, but that isn't what
you are going to do.

I wouldn't take any advice on boats that Herring offers as valuable."


Yup...drysail is the term we use.
Out of the almost 8000 hours in a year, my boat might average 25 in the water. (if we really like this new boat, that might be a bit higher) In four years the Legend didn't spend one night in the water.

Just flush out the motor and lower unit after use, keep everything
greased and oiled, and wash the salt off the boat and trailer and axles
and you'll be fine.


.... and make sure all the water drains out, keep the outdrive trimmed
down etc. I think it still freezes up there, in spite of all of this
global warming. ;-)

On Wed, 04 May 2016 19:33:36 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Justan Olphart wrote:
On 5/4/2016 8:40 AM, True North wrote:
Renting a boat isn't an option up here.
Guess with the short season and limited market it just doesn't make business sense.

Substitute owning for renting and reread your own statement.


See f there is a shard ownership co operative.

I think the problem is everyone will want the boat on the same sunny
day.

On Wed, 04 May 2016 19:33:36 -0500, Califbill
wrote:
- show quoted text -
"I think the problem is everyone will want the boat on the same sunny
day."


Bingo!
Once you strip out all the rainy or high wind days on a short boating season.....the perfect days would probably amount to maybe 70 or 80 per year. I could drive about 4 or 5 hours up to Grand Bay in neighboring New Brunswick to rent a boat....even a house boat but I like the ocean. Around here we are limited to canoe rentals. Wife wouldn't like that on the ocean.

On 5/5/2016 9:08 AM, True North wrote:

On Wed, 04 May 2016 19:33:36 -0500, Califbill
wrote:
- show quoted text -
"I think the problem is everyone will want the boat on the same sunny
day."


Bingo!
Once you strip out all the rainy or high wind days on a short boating season.....the perfect days would probably amount to maybe 70 or 80 per year. I could drive about 4 or 5 hours up to Grand Bay in neighboring New Brunswick to rent a boat....even a house boat but I like the ocean. Around here we are limited to canoe rentals. Wife wouldn't like that on the ocean.

A little 17 ft boat will have to choose its ocean days carefully. You'd
be lucky to get 3 of those days all summer long.

I hate to say this but you aren't too bright.

FlatulenceJim farts..
- show quoted text -
"A little 17 ft boat will have to choose its ocean days carefully. You'd
be lucky to get 3 of those days all summer long."


Well Stinky, around here we have a history of inshore fisherman going to sea (within a few miles of land) in boats that size and not much bigger.
What kind of girlieman are y'all?

On Thu, 5 May 2016 06:08:36 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:


On Wed, 04 May 2016 19:33:36 -0500, Califbill
wrote:
- show quoted text -
"I think the problem is everyone will want the boat on the same sunny
day."


Bingo!
Once you strip out all the rainy or high wind days on a short boating season.....the perfect days would probably amount to maybe 70 or 80 per year. I could drive about 4 or 5 hours up to Grand Bay in neighboring New Brunswick to rent a boat....even a house boat but I like the ocean. Around here we are limited to canoe rentals. Wife wouldn't like that on the ocean.

I had an IBM friend in one of those boat co-ops and the only reason it
worked for him was we had a very loose schedule policy so he could
work weekends and take 2 days off in the middle of the week. Even
then, in the season he couldn't get a boat every time he wanted it and
sometimes the available boat was not what he wanted.

On 5/5/16 11:58 AM, True North wrote:
FlatulenceJim farts..
- show quoted text -
"A little 17 ft boat will have to choose its ocean days carefully. You'd
be lucky to get 3 of those days all summer long."


Well Stinky, around here we have a history of inshore fisherman going to sea (within a few miles of land) in boats that size and not much bigger.
What kind of girlieman are y'all?



He's a scaredy pussy, as evidenced by his never-ending efforts here to
hide his identity.

On Thu, 5 May 2016 08:58:03 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

FlatulenceJim farts..
- show quoted text -
"A little 17 ft boat will have to choose its ocean days carefully. You'd
be lucky to get 3 of those days all summer long."


Well Stinky, around here we have a history of inshore fisherman going to sea (within a few miles of land) in boats that size and not much bigger.
What kind of girlieman are y'all?

Guys run offshore here all the time in 17-18' boats but they
occasionally wash up on the beach in Bermuda.

On Thu, 5 May 2016 12:02:34 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 5/5/16 11:58 AM, True North wrote:
FlatulenceJim farts..
- show quoted text -
"A little 17 ft boat will have to choose its ocean days carefully. You'd
be lucky to get 3 of those days all summer long."


Well Stinky, around here we have a history of inshore fisherman going to sea (within a few miles of land) in boats that size and not much bigger.
What kind of girlieman are y'all?



He's a scaredy pussy, as evidenced by his never-ending efforts here to
hide his identity.

What do you need to know, Keyser? I've asked and offered a dozen times.

You too cowardly to answer the question?
--

Ban Krausescheiße-spouting narcissists...not guns!

On Thu, 5 May 2016 08:58:03 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

FlatulenceJim farts..
- show quoted text -
"A little 17 ft boat will have to choose its ocean days carefully. You'd
be lucky to get 3 of those days all summer long."


Well Stinky, around here we have a history of inshore fisherman going to sea (within a few miles of land) in boats that size and not much bigger.
What kind of girlieman are y'all?

Yup. His comment definitely deserved some kindergartenish name-calling. Hopefully your wife has
enough sense not to let you 'go to sea' too damn far in a 17' Bayliner.
--

Ban Krausescheiße-spouting narcissists...not guns!