On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:15:53 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:23:33 -0800, Peter Guitzmyer
wrote:


Who makes non-commercial diesel walkaround fishing boats in the
25-30ft range?


Good question.

I can't think of is Ocean Master, but that's not a true walkaround.

By "walkaround," I'm guessing the original poster means a fishing boat
with a narrow cabin you can walkaround without being up adjacent to the
gunnels.

You need a walkway 15"-18" wide to really be able to "walkaround."
That's close to three feet of walkway for both sides. You'd end up with
a damned narrow and mostly unusable cabin.

But the idea is great. One of the few things I don't like about my
Parker is the hike from the cockpit to the bow along the gunnels. Scary
walk on a rough day.

BTW, when I asked the Parker factory why it dropped diesels from its
larger boats, I was told that the increase in hp available from
outboards obviated the necessity for fuel-oil burners. Dunno about
that...I'd prefer my Parker with a nice 350 hp diesel straight
shaft...if it had a keel. I have no use for I/O's in salt water.

The real reason is cost - a diesel is at least an additional $10/15K
above and beyond the cost of a outboard.

Later,

Tom

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:15:53 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:23:33 -0800, Peter Guitzmyer
wrote:


Who makes non-commercial diesel walkaround fishing boats in the
25-30ft range?


Good question.

I can't think of is Ocean Master, but that's not a true walkaround.

By "walkaround," I'm guessing the original poster means a fishing boat
with a narrow cabin you can walkaround without being up adjacent to the
gunnels.

You need a walkway 15"-18" wide to really be able to "walkaround."
That's close to three feet of walkway for both sides. You'd end up with
a damned narrow and mostly unusable cabin.

But the idea is great. One of the few things I don't like about my
Parker is the hike from the cockpit to the bow along the gunnels. Scary
walk on a rough day.

BTW, when I asked the Parker factory why it dropped diesels from its
larger boats, I was told that the increase in hp available from
outboards obviated the necessity for fuel-oil burners. Dunno about
that...I'd prefer my Parker with a nice 350 hp diesel straight
shaft...if it had a keel. I have no use for I/O's in salt water.

Peter,

FYI, I wouldn't trust anything Krause has to say about boats. He is a proven
liar in this group, and known as a fake. He has been caught many times
plagiarizing photos and text. If he's not spewing lies, he's posting OT, or
insulting someone who disagrees with him. He contributes nothing worthwhile
to the group, and it has been proven he doesn't even own a boat, let alone a
Parker.

I'm not saying the information he gave you is wrong...he sometimes does a
cut-n-paste from somewhere on the web, to "prove" he knows something about
boats...but he usually gets caught doing that as well.

He's just a jealous, pathetic troll here...your best bet is to kill file
him, and be done with it.

Welcome to the group, and take care.

--
-Netsock

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