My dad is thinking about buying a sportboat.
Want to be able to waterski
Carry say 8 persons
But also maybe fish on open sea (Carib)
Also butget wise he is thinking of a Bayliner 215 Classic.
I'm wondering what is the (open) seaworthiness of such a Bayliner?

TIA
Frank

Snoopy wrote:

My dad is thinking about buying a sportboat.
Want to be able to waterski
Carry say 8 persons
But also maybe fish on open sea (Carib)
Also butget wise he is thinking of a Bayliner 215 Classic.
I'm wondering what is the (open) seaworthiness of such a Bayliner?

TIA
Frank


Low, but more because of its design (which is shared by lots of
manufacturers) than its nameplate. Boats of that size and style in the
hands of newbies are best kept within sight of shore.

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:02:24 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Snoopy wrote:

My dad is thinking about buying a sportboat.
Want to be able to waterski
Carry say 8 persons
But also maybe fish on open sea (Carib)
Also butget wise he is thinking of a Bayliner 215 Classic.
I'm wondering what is the (open) seaworthiness of such a Bayliner?

TIA
Frank


Low, but more because of its design (which is shared by lots of
manufacturers) than its nameplate. Boats of that size and style in the
hands of newbies are best kept within sight of shore.

What specifically about it's design? The hull design ? If so are the
comparable boats from other manufactures with better hull design for
offshore.
At which specs should we be looking at for better offshore
performance.

Snoopy wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:02:24 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Snoopy wrote:

My dad is thinking about buying a sportboat.
Want to be able to waterski
Carry say 8 persons
But also maybe fish on open sea (Carib)
Also butget wise he is thinking of a Bayliner 215 Classic.
I'm wondering what is the (open) seaworthiness of such a Bayliner?

TIA
Frank


Low, but more because of its design (which is shared by lots of
manufacturers) than its nameplate. Boats of that size and style in the
hands of newbies are best kept within sight of shore.

What specifically about it's design? The hull design ? If so are the
comparable boats from other manufactures with better hull design for
offshore.
At which specs should we be looking at for better offshore
performance.



Closed bow, more freeboard, taller bow, more bow flare, fewer seats
(fewer people onboard), larger fuel tanks, double batteries, full
electronics.
I don't know that boat's specifics, but I'd bet it has fuel capacity of
less than 50 gallons and a large V6 or small V8 engine.
Of course, I'm not sure what you mean by open sea. Are youplanning to go
20 or more miles offshore? What have you in mind?

Also Sprach Harry Krause :

Closed bow, more freeboard, taller bow, more bow flare, fewer seats
(fewer people onboard), larger fuel tanks, double batteries, full
electronics.
I don't know that boat's specifics, but I'd bet it has fuel capacity of
less than 50 gallons and a large V6 or small V8 engine.

Oh, I would have KILLED to have had a camera with me today.

Driving home from a nice weekend in the San Juan islands today, we passed
a guy towing a 24' Bayliner. The guy had not one, not two, but THREE
portable gas tanks bungee corded to his swim platform. Two jerry cans and
one 6 gallon portable tank with hose. Only thing better would have been
if he had his fenders hanging out on the interstate at 70MPH.

Of course MY Bayliner now has adequate tankage, thanks to a lot of
retrofit work while I was replacing the rotten floor and stringers last
year. I figure that 36 gallons is adequate for a 19' boat with a 140HP
outboard. Better than the 12 gallon tank that it came with, anyway.

Dan


--
The Apocalypse is INVISCID!

-- Gary Yngve

(on modeling nuclear explosions with the Navier-Stokes equations.)

Marshall Banana wrote:

Also Sprach Harry Krause :

Closed bow, more freeboard, taller bow, more bow flare, fewer seats
(fewer people onboard), larger fuel tanks, double batteries, full
electronics.
I don't know that boat's specifics, but I'd bet it has fuel capacity of
less than 50 gallons and a large V6 or small V8 engine.

Oh, I would have KILLED to have had a camera with me today.

Driving home from a nice weekend in the San Juan islands today, we passed
a guy towing a 24' Bayliner. The guy had not one, not two, but THREE
portable gas tanks bungee corded to his swim platform. Two jerry cans and
one 6 gallon portable tank with hose. Only thing better would have been
if he had his fenders hanging out on the interstate at 70MPH.

Of course MY Bayliner now has adequate tankage, thanks to a lot of
retrofit work while I was replacing the rotten floor and stringers last
year. I figure that 36 gallons is adequate for a 19' boat with a 140HP
outboard. Better than the 12 gallon tank that it came with, anyway.

Dan


Hmmm...did the boat being hauled have a Kansas plate on its trailer?

Your 19-footer had a 12-gallon tank? Cripes.

i had an older 20ft cuddy. took in in Half Moon Bay for fishing in chops
and12ft swells.


Jim




Snoopy wrote:

My dad is thinking about buying a sportboat.
Want to be able to waterski
Carry say 8 persons
But also maybe fish on open sea (Carib)
Also butget wise he is thinking of a Bayliner 215 Classic.
I'm wondering what is the (open) seaworthiness of such a Bayliner?

TIA
Frank

I don't believe this thread exists. [head shakes]

On 17 Jul 2004 23:06:36 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

I don't believe this thread exists. [head shakes]


Ok you exists (unfortunately)
Now crawl back under your stone! [sigh]

I don't believe this thread exists. [head shakes]

Worse yet, I'm sure that somebody is about to chime in and *insist* that a
21-foot Bayliner has a diesel engine.