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How will gasoline prices impact boating in your area?
Hopefully, it'll keep some of the stink boat yahoos home. Probably the ones
who are stretched thin financially to begin with. They're easy to spot. They're the ones in a $50,000.00 floating Camaro, which come to the dock with a 5 foot piece of plastic rope at each end of the boat. "That real rope's purty expensive". "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... From Oakland County, Michigan Will gas prices dock boats? Enthusiasts may keep craft out of water, but businesses doubt it As the weather warms and boat owners begin putting their craft in the water, the businesses that cater to them are speculating how record gas prices will affect the sport. Many said owners of large boats - like motor yachts and cabin cruisers found on bigger bodies of water such as Lake St. Clair - may change their ways. "The larger boats may cut back the length of trips or the number of ports they'll call on," said Van Snider, president of Livonia-based Michigan Boating Industries Association. Snider added, "It won't have a significant impact on smaller boats or on fishing, for example, because you're not burning a lot of fuel." Gas consumption is a big factor in Michigan, where boating generates $2.4 billion annually. In Oakland County, about 95,000 boats are registered. Curly Arbuckle, sales manager at Colony Marine in Pontiac, waved off the effects of gas pricing and appeared optimistic about the coming season. "People are tired of the way things are," said Arbuckle. "A lot have money to spend, and I think things are beginning to loosen up. We have lots of interest in our boats." Eric Wright of Waterford Township's Island Cover Marina on Cass Lake hasn't opened his gas dock yet, but, when he does, he plans to set the price per gallon at $3.20. "I like to set a price and keep it there all season," he said. "We don't sell enough to make a profit. Basically, it's a convenience for people." Wright doesn't allow boaters to bring their own gas to the marina to fill their tanks because of environmental regulations. "But some people will bring gas and fill up in the lake," he said. "There's nothing that can be done about it. But if (police officers) see you spilling, they can write a ticket." One Michigan dealer, selling only electric-powered boats near Jackson, said he believes gas prices will help sales this year. "The time is now for electric boats," said Larry Younkman, who exclusively sells Clarklake-based Duffy Electric Boats in Jackson County. "People are flipping out over them," said Younkman. "Gas is an issue now, and I feel there is a definite demand for our boats." Many marina owners dismiss the influence of higher gas prices. Craig Stigleman, owner of Aggressive Marine in Commerce Township, said most of his customers are people in "half-million-dollar homes on the lakes. "They're still going to use their boats," he said. However, Stigleman pointed to a more serious factor affecting boat sales. "Layoffs, like the 700 in Detroit or hundreds at Delphi, hurt us more than gas prices," said Stigleman. "For people who were thinking about buying a boat who may be (possibly laid off), a new boat is the last thing on their list." Click here for story: http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stori...50414021.shtml -- Bush and the NeoConvicts who control him are destroying the once-great United States. |
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... Hopefully, it'll keep some of the stink boat yahoos home. Probably the ones who are stretched thin financially to begin with. They're easy to spot. They're the ones in a $50,000.00 floating Camaro, which come to the dock with a 5 foot piece of plastic rope at each end of the boat. "That real rope's purty expensive". Ah, where do you think that plastic rope comes from? The same crude oil that is used to make the gasoline. So, that plastic rope is more "purty expensive" than that real rope. Just like all tree hugging assholes, you haven't got the slightest clue about how dependent our economy is on oil. |
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... I believe this weekend is the beginning of "Trophy Season" on the Bay. This is when you can keep a rockfish (striper) 28" or longer. As a result, every yahoo and his boddy will be out in a boat this weekend, looking to bag one. It's a great time to stay off the water and save gasoline. I never go out during the beginning of Trophy Season. What's really silly is the drive to catch stripers much larger than that for the table. Any good seafood chef knows the really big stripers don't taste as good as the smaller ones. I kinda lost interest in fishing a couple of years ago, but I seem to recall that, in Cape Cod Bay at least, you were not legally allowed to keep a striper (striped bass) that was less than 28 inches - in fact one year I think the minimum was 32 inches. Are striped bass the same as a rockfish? Eisboch |
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... I believe this weekend is the beginning of "Trophy Season" on the Bay. This is when you can keep a rockfish (striper) 28" or longer. As a result, every yahoo and his boddy will be out in a boat this weekend, looking to bag one. It's a great time to stay off the water and save gasoline. I never go out during the beginning of Trophy Season. What's really silly is the drive to catch stripers much larger than that for the table. Any good seafood chef knows the really big stripers don't taste as good as the smaller ones. Heh heh...our proven boatless liar is still trying to convince us... -- -Netsock "It's just about going fast...that's all..." http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/ |
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:17:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... I believe this weekend is the beginning of "Trophy Season" on the Bay. This is when you can keep a rockfish (striper) 28" or longer. As a result, every yahoo and his boddy will be out in a boat this weekend, looking to bag one. It's a great time to stay off the water and save gasoline. I never go out during the beginning of Trophy Season. What's really silly is the drive to catch stripers much larger than that for the table. Any good seafood chef knows the really big stripers don't taste as good as the smaller ones. I kinda lost interest in fishing a couple of years ago, but I seem to recall that, in Cape Cod Bay at least, you were not legally allowed to keep a striper (striped bass) that was less than 28 inches - in fact one year I think the minimum was 32 inches. Are striped bass the same as a rockfish? Eisboch We have what's called a 'trophy' season for one month beginning 16 April (in the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay). During that month only stripers (rockfish, striped bass) of 28" or more can be kept - one per person. In mid-May, the regular season starts in which each person can keep two rockfish. Both must be 18" or greater, and only one can be over 28". This leads some assholes to 'cull' their catch. They'll catch a 20"er and a 25"er, and keep fishing. Maybe they'll catch a 35"er. Then they'll throw the 20"er back in the water, dead of course. Folks like this strive hard to deserve the term 'asshole'. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Doug Kanter wrote: Hopefully, it'll keep some of the stink boat yahoos home. Probably the ones who are stretched thin financially to begin with. They're easy to spot. They're the ones in a $50,000.00 floating Camaro, which come to the dock with a 5 foot piece of plastic rope at each end of the boat. "That real rope's purty expensive". "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... From Oakland County, Michigan Will gas prices dock boats? Enthusiasts may keep craft out of water, but businesses doubt it As the weather warms and boat owners begin putting their craft in the water, the businesses that cater to them are speculating how record gas prices will affect the sport. Plastic rope? What? There's a replacement for manilla? Remember manilla rope? Man, that stuff was easy to splice, not like today's "plastic rope," even the good plastic rope. Had a nice hand to it. You know the plastic rope I'm talking about? The stuff that's so light, you can't throw it? Gets all kinked within days of bringing it home, and holds the shape forever? It's so much fun to watch some boaters attempting to dock with that stuff on a windy day. |
"Bert Robbins" wrote in message ... "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... Hopefully, it'll keep some of the stink boat yahoos home. Probably the ones who are stretched thin financially to begin with. They're easy to spot. They're the ones in a $50,000.00 floating Camaro, which come to the dock with a 5 foot piece of plastic rope at each end of the boat. "That real rope's purty expensive". Ah, where do you think that plastic rope comes from? The same crude oil that is used to make the gasoline. So, that plastic rope is more "purty expensive" than that real rope. Just like all tree hugging assholes, you haven't got the slightest clue about how dependent our economy is on oil. What the ****'s with you today, child? Didn't your dog give you your daily butt sex? |
Harry Krause wrote:
Geez, Bert, do we really need to see evidence of your pottymouth? Bert's an odd guy. The only times he posts, he uses foul language. Must be a barrel of fun around his marina/club. |
If fuel gets to $5-6 a gallon, it might have some effect.
People go boating knowing full well that the entire activity is expensive and cannot be justified financially from *any* perspective. If $100 a day for fuel becomes $150 a day, or even $200- very few people will stop boating as a result. After all, with $1000/month boat payments going out 12 months a year who is going to let a few hundred extra per month for fuel keep them ashore during the prime boating season? I do believe that high fuel prices will have some effect on the *type* of boats that people will buy. For the last decade or so, the only thing peole have cared much about is "how fast will it go?" I think more buyers are likely to begin considering fuel economy as well as speed when choosing boats, engines, etc. |
Hopefully, it'll keep some of the stink boat yahoos home
********** What? And abandon the pastime to folks with a 'tude? |
"HarryKrause" wrote in message ... Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it. -- But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly colored line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or other mob floatation device. Or as a waterski tow line. Eisboch |
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "HarryKrause" wrote in message ... Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it. -- But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly colored line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or other mob floatation device. Or as a waterski tow line. Eisboch Yeah, but not as docking line. If rope's not heavy enough to throw, it's useless. Sometimes, you can simply drop that plastic crap and it'll defy gravity & land in the wrong place. Too light & springy. |
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:06:38 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... "HarryKrause" wrote in message ... Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it. -- But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly colored line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or other mob floatation device. Or as a waterski tow line. Eisboch Yeah, but not as docking line. If rope's not heavy enough to throw, it's useless. Sometimes, you can simply drop that plastic crap and it'll defy gravity & land in the wrong place. Too light & springy. My emergency throw bag has a braided poly rope and I can personally speak to the effectiveness of having floating rope on a throw bag. Later, Tom |
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:06:38 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... "HarryKrause" wrote in message ... Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it. -- But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly colored line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or other mob floatation device. Or as a waterski tow line. Eisboch Yeah, but not as docking line. If rope's not heavy enough to throw, it's useless. Sometimes, you can simply drop that plastic crap and it'll defy gravity & land in the wrong place. Too light & springy. My emergency throw bag has a braided poly rope and I can personally speak to the effectiveness of having floating rope on a throw bag. Later, Tom It is also used on small anchor stakes with floating buoys and with drift anchor tow ropes (attach to anchors to allow it to be retrieved if main line breaks). |
Harry wrote:
I dunno, Chuckster. I usually burn 20-30 gallons in a day of fishing for the paltry takings in Chesapeake Bay. For $90, my wife and I can head out to any of many first-class restaurants and enjoy a first-class seafood dinner WITH a bottle of wine. I suspect I will cut back on fishing and spend my Bay boating time cruising and enjoy more time out on the Shenandoah paddling a canoe. ******************* You go boating to catch fish? :-) I'm happy to spend $XXX per day of use for my boat because it is even more enjoyable than sharing a bottle of wine in a restaurant. But then again I'm halfway immune from high fuel prices. Buring about 2 gph means I can boat all day for $100, even if diesel hits $5 a gallon. Now of course somebody will say, "But it takes you all day to get anywhere!" and they wouldn't be totally incorrect- but I'm still realizing fuel economy of about 4nmpg. Besides, being out on the boat is the payoff, whether you ever "get anywhwere", catch anything, or not. |
wrote in message oups.com... Harry wrote: I dunno, Chuckster. I usually burn 20-30 gallons in a day of fishing for the paltry takings in Chesapeake Bay. For $90, my wife and I can head out to any of many first-class restaurants and enjoy a first-class seafood dinner WITH a bottle of wine. I suspect I will cut back on fishing and spend my Bay boating time cruising and enjoy more time out on the Shenandoah paddling a canoe. ******************* You go boating to catch fish? :-) I'm happy to spend $XXX per day of use for my boat because it is even more enjoyable than sharing a bottle of wine in a restaurant. I am like most you and most other boaters and happy to be out on the water, even when the fish are not biting. Hell, if anyone tried to justify the cost/pound of the fish they cost, even excluding fuel costs, they would see that they are paying far more than restaurant prices for that fish. |
Doug Kanter wrote:
Yeah, but not as docking line. If rope's not heavy enough to throw, it's useless. Sometimes, you can simply drop that plastic crap and it'll defy gravity & land in the wrong place. Too light & springy. Dock lines & anchor rodes should be nylon...you want a bit of give/stretch in the line to reduce stress on your deck hardware. The polyproplyne stuff is recommended for things like your dinghy painter. |
"JimH" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... Harry wrote: I dunno, Chuckster. I usually burn 20-30 gallons in a day of fishing for the paltry takings in Chesapeake Bay. For $90, my wife and I can head out to any of many first-class restaurants and enjoy a first-class seafood dinner WITH a bottle of wine. I suspect I will cut back on fishing and spend my Bay boating time cruising and enjoy more time out on the Shenandoah paddling a canoe. ******************* You go boating to catch fish? :-) I'm happy to spend $XXX per day of use for my boat because it is even more enjoyable than sharing a bottle of wine in a restaurant. I am like you and most other boaters and happy to be out on the water even when the fish are not biting. Hell, if anyone tried to justify the cost/pound of the fish they caught, even excluding fuel costs, they would see that they are paying far more than restaurant prices for those fish. edit |
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:06:38 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... "HarryKrause" wrote in message ... Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it. -- But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly colored line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or other mob floatation device. Or as a waterski tow line. Eisboch Yeah, but not as docking line. If rope's not heavy enough to throw, it's useless. Sometimes, you can simply drop that plastic crap and it'll defy gravity & land in the wrong place. Too light & springy. My emergency throw bag has a braided poly rope and I can personally speak to the effectiveness of having floating rope on a throw bag. Later, Tom Right, but that's not your everyday rope, now is it, Mr Smarty? :-) |
Harry,
Real men use Hemp! :-) Paul Harry Krause wrote: Plastic rope? What? There's a replacement for manilla? Remember manilla rope? Man, that stuff was easy to splice, not like today's "plastic rope," even the good plastic rope. Had a nice hand to it. |
You are talking about polyprop. It is used a ski line because it floats
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Doug Kanter wrote: Hopefully, it'll keep some of the stink boat yahoos home. Probably the ones who are stretched thin financially to begin with. They're easy to spot. They're the ones in a $50,000.00 floating Camaro, which come to the dock with a 5 foot piece of plastic rope at each end of the boat. "That real rope's purty expensive". "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... From Oakland County, Michigan Will gas prices dock boats? Enthusiasts may keep craft out of water, but businesses doubt it As the weather warms and boat owners begin putting their craft in the water, the businesses that cater to them are speculating how record gas prices will affect the sport. Plastic rope? What? There's a replacement for manilla? Remember manilla rope? Man, that stuff was easy to splice, not like today's "plastic rope," even the good plastic rope. Had a nice hand to it. You know the plastic rope I'm talking about? The stuff that's so light, you can't throw it? Gets all kinked within days of bringing it home, and holds the shape forever? It's so much fun to watch some boaters attempting to dock with that stuff on a windy day. |
Eisboch wrote: "HarryKrause" wrote in message ... Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it. -- But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly colored line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or other mob floatation device. Or as a waterski tow line. Eisboch Some people cut it into short lengths, unwind it into its individual strands and leave a little in the path of jetskis where it gets sucked into the pumps and melts which shuts them down until the pumps are overhauled. Boy, some people. Here's a reprint from Rolling Stone magazine which has something to say about gas prices and the end of civilization... Sam http://www.bobandsheri.com/show_text...ID=100&show=bs |
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oups.com... Eisboch wrote: "HarryKrause" wrote in message ... Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it. -- But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly colored line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or other mob floatation device. Or as a waterski tow line. Eisboch Some people cut it into short lengths, unwind it into its individual strands and leave a little in the path of jetskis where it gets sucked into the pumps and melts which shuts them down until the pumps are overhauled. Boy, some people. Here's a reprint from Rolling Stone magazine which has something to say about gas prices and the end of civilization... Sam http://www.bobandsheri.com/show_text...ID=100&show=bs I'd like to buy "some people" a beer for thinking that one up. :-) |
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:22:07 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:06:38 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... "HarryKrause" wrote in message ... Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it. -- But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly colored line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or other mob floatation device. Or as a waterski tow line. Eisboch Yeah, but not as docking line. If rope's not heavy enough to throw, it's useless. Sometimes, you can simply drop that plastic crap and it'll defy gravity & land in the wrong place. Too light & springy. My emergency throw bag has a braided poly rope and I can personally speak to the effectiveness of having floating rope on a throw bag. Right, but that's not your everyday rope, now is it, Mr Smarty? :-) Well, I guess not. Oh and thanks for the compliment - I am pretty damn smart. Later, Tom |
"Don White" wrote in message ... Harry Krause wrote: Geez, Bert, do we really need to see evidence of your pottymouth? Bert's an odd guy. The only times he posts, he uses foul language. Must be a barrel of fun around his marina/club. Old enough to know that you are a sniveling little punk that can't think for himself! |
"Bert Robbins" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... Harry Krause wrote: Geez, Bert, do we really need to see evidence of your pottymouth? Bert's an odd guy. The only times he posts, he uses foul language. Must be a barrel of fun around his marina/club. Old enough to know that you are a sniveling little punk that can't think for himself! Have you ever seen a milquetoast Don White post that stands on its own or supports his unique position? Don is, after all, nothing more than an insecure follower of Krause who constantly has his head up Krause's ass and needs to find some sort of security posting positive local newspaper articles about his town. |
"JimH" wrote in message ... "Bert Robbins" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... Harry Krause wrote: Geez, Bert, do we really need to see evidence of your pottymouth? Bert's an odd guy. The only times he posts, he uses foul language. Must be a barrel of fun around his marina/club. Old enough to know that you are a sniveling little punk that can't think for himself! Have you ever seen a milquetoast Don White post that stands on its own or supports his unique position? When Don initiates a post it is one that is from new source that is not favorable to the US or one which supports his lazy union ass. Don is, after all, nothing more than an insecure follower of Krause who constantly has his head up Krause's ass and needs to find some sort of security posting positive local newspaper articles about his town. Notice that it goes, Bert's post, Harry's response to Bert's post, then Don comes along and attempts to pile on. |
Bert Robbins wrote:
snip usual c*ap... Notice that it goes, Bert's post, Harry's response to Bert's post, then Don comes along and attempts to pile on. Hee hee...I was wondering when your girlfriend JimH would break his own peace accord and attack me again. This is the 3rd or 4th truce he's broken since the New Year. You two make a good couple. |
"HarryKrause" wrote in message ... Bert Robbins wrote: "JimH" wrote in message ... "Bert Robbins" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... Harry Krause wrote: Geez, Bert, do we really need to see evidence of your pottymouth? Bert's an odd guy. The only times he posts, he uses foul language. Must be a barrel of fun around his marina/club. Old enough to know that you are a sniveling little punk that can't think for himself! Have you ever seen a milquetoast Don White post that stands on its own or supports his unique position? When Don initiates a post it is one that is from new source that is not favorable to the US or one which supports his lazy union ass. Don is, after all, nothing more than an insecure follower of Krause who constantly has his head up Krause's ass and needs to find some sort of security posting positive local newspaper articles about his town. Notice that it goes, Bert's post, Harry's response to Bert's post, then Don comes along and attempts to pile on. Frankly, Bert, I think you, Hertvik and Tuuk share the same double-digit IQ. You're the only marine I know of from the 1980s who never got an overseas billet. Were you a behavioral problem, or was it just plain stupidity? It was called USMCR. |
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:06:24 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote: "HarryKrause" wrote in message ... Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it. -- But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly colored line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or other mob floatation device. Or as a waterski tow line. ========================== Polypropylene. Also useful as a dinghy painter since it's less likely to end up in your props. It is nasty stuff though. |
"Don White" wrote in message ... Bert Robbins wrote: snip usual c*ap... Notice that it goes, Bert's post, Harry's response to Bert's post, then Don comes along and attempts to pile on. Hee hee...I was wondering when your girlfriend JimH would break his own peace accord and attack me again. This is the 3rd or 4th truce he's broken since the New Year. You two make a good couple. You do you hang around elementary school playgrounds? You are picking up their habits! |
Bert Robbins wrote:
It was called USMCR. What did the 'R' stand for.... Reject?? |
Bert Robbins wrote:
You do you hang around elementary school playgrounds? You are picking up their habits! I have no idea what their 'habits' are Bertie...why don't you tell us? |
"Don White" wrote in message ... Bert Robbins wrote: You do you hang around elementary school playgrounds? You are picking up their habits! I have no idea what their 'habits' are Bertie...why don't you tell us? I'll ask my 8 year old daughter, you have about the same intelligence and desires. |
"Bert Robbins" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... Bert Robbins wrote: snip usual c*ap... Notice that it goes, Bert's post, Harry's response to Bert's post, then Don comes along and attempts to pile on. Hee hee...I was wondering when your girlfriend JimH would break his own peace accord and attack me again. This is the 3rd or 4th truce he's broken since the New Year. You two make a good couple. Sorry Donny but you are the one who decided the *truce* was broken several weeks ago. Shortly after that you went into my bozo bin with Krause and company. I have not replied to one of your posts since I killfiled you, until now that is. And this is the first time since then that I have replied directly to you. Yes, it was a personal attack. The truth hurts, doesn't it Don? |
Good article on cost of gas. Look at the Weds, 4/13 column
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/columns/walters/ wrote in message oups.com... If fuel gets to $5-6 a gallon, it might have some effect. People go boating knowing full well that the entire activity is expensive and cannot be justified financially from *any* perspective. If $100 a day for fuel becomes $150 a day, or even $200- very few people will stop boating as a result. After all, with $1000/month boat payments going out 12 months a year who is going to let a few hundred extra per month for fuel keep them ashore during the prime boating season? I do believe that high fuel prices will have some effect on the *type* of boats that people will buy. For the last decade or so, the only thing peole have cared much about is "how fast will it go?" I think more buyers are likely to begin considering fuel economy as well as speed when choosing boats, engines, etc. |
On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 00:53:44 GMT, "Bill McKee"
wrote: Good article on cost of gas. Look at the Weds, 4/13 column http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/columns/walters/ ============================================== The wholesale cost of gasoline is widely quoted in financial papers such as the Wall Street Journal, usually price per gallon based on some large quantity like a tanker load. Last time I looked it was around $1.60 net of any highway or local sales tax. Not surprising that it's well over $2 at the pump given that wholesale level. Nor is the wholesale price surprising when the unrefined feed stock (crude oil) is over $1 per gallon. Everyone who touches the product along the way has to make some money on the transaction in order to stay in business. |
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 07:10:27 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote: From Oakland County, Michigan Will gas prices dock boats? Enthusiasts may keep craft out of water, but businesses doubt it While I find gasoline prices alittle anoying, it will not effect me and my boating at all. I am very wealthy, thus, the prices dont bother me as much. |
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Doug Kanter wrote: Hopefully, it'll keep some of the stink boat yahoos home. Probably the ones who are stretched thin financially to begin with. They're easy to spot. They're the ones in a $50,000.00 floating Camaro, which come to the dock with a 5 foot piece of plastic rope at each end of the boat. "That real rope's purty expensive". "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... From Oakland County, Michigan Will gas prices dock boats? Enthusiasts may keep craft out of water, but businesses doubt it As the weather warms and boat owners begin putting their craft in the water, the businesses that cater to them are speculating how record gas prices will affect the sport. Plastic rope? What? There's a replacement for manilla? Remember manilla rope? Man, that stuff was easy to splice, not like today's "plastic rope," even the good plastic rope. Had a nice hand to it. You know the plastic rope I'm talking about? The stuff that's so light, you can't throw it? Gets all kinked within days of bringing it home, and holds the shape forever? It's so much fun to watch some boaters attempting to dock with that stuff on a windy day. |
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "HarryKrause" wrote in message ... Yeah, the yellow crap. Floats. I hate it. -- But it does have a useful purpose. The plastic, floating, brightly colored line is recommended (or maybe even required) for use with a life ring or other mob floatation device. Or as a waterski tow line. Eisboch Yeah, but not as docking line. If rope's not heavy enough to throw, it's useless. Sometimes, you can simply drop that plastic crap and it'll defy gravity & land in the wrong place. Too light & springy. |
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