bajaman wrote:
Jesus....some of you so called "boaters"....
A boat needs to have a nice big ass fire breathing big block in it to even
be CALLED a boat! If you all don't like the sound, I suggest you crawl
aboard a sail-bote and leave the water to the rest of us...lol!
I've owned many different boats and with the exception of one (my first) all
with big blocks, all with open exhaust....the way God intended.
The sound is good, and manly men appreciate this. Girly men don't...it is
as simple as that. What....you'd put a muffler on a race car? You guys
want to hear loud? Go to some F1 races and hear those beautiful V10s
screaming at 18,000 rpm. Or go to some Top Fuel/Funny Car races. Loud
exhaust = good fun. But yes, it is up to the owner to have consideration
for other more "sensitive" types, of course. No need to blow the gel-coat
off someone else whilst idling thru the marinas.


A muffler on a race car? I think not; the noise is part of the
excitement. My company used to supply many of the pickup boats when the
unlimited hydros came to town. The noise was deafening! But then came
the turbines - much faster - Miss Budweiser blew by the old piston
boats. But it just wasn't the same. The noise added to the experience.
But that's racing - not pleasure boating.
And the pleasure that you derive with your increased db levels comes at
the expense of annoying most other boaters.
I sold many performance boats to people with fat wallets and the Mr. T
starter kits. So yes, I contributed to the problem. The waste of
resources (80 gph) and the intrusion on other boaters eventually
bothered me to the point that I could no longer effectively sell this
type of boat.
If it is a sign of manliness to not care about other people - then I
guess I just joined the ranks of the girly men. Sheesh! Such arrogance.

Good luck and good boating,
Jim