On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:06:43 -0500, "Gary"
wrote:


Ok, I've mostly been ignoring this newsgroup for a while. But in the last
couple day's
I've started or participated in a few off topic threads. To to adjust my
rec.boats karma
I'll try to start a few boating threads.


Our Chris Craft, which we finally got restored and running last summer, is a
bit loud. It doesn't bother me much but it seems most of our "guests" don't
find it annoying. I'm trying to decide whether to put in a muffler or not.
In the Yes column is the noise reduction. In the No column is the pain &
expense -- but mostly that we loose the "authentic" and "ogirinal" feel. ~
We tried to restore her keeping things pretty close to original - but we
weren't a slave to that. And I really don't care about winning any
boat-shows.

When I performance boat, I dont run mufflers. It helps know the law
enforcment in the area too, as I do, so I can get away with it. When I
fish, or cruise, I use mufflers tho.