Around 1/19/2006 1:37 PM, JIMinFL wrote:

The only possible answer would be D. When and where did you last splash your
boat, Skipper.

"Skipper" wrote in message
...

Select at random 10 pre 1990 East Coast boats and 10 West Coast boats of
similar vintage. Notice how invariably the East Coast boats are more
dilapidated, age stained and grungy. Line them up and realize you can
pretty well determine the East Coast boats from the West Coast boats by
condition alone. Why is this so?

A- The best boat architects are on the West Coast.
B- Most East Coasters simply don't know how to care for their boats.
C- The best built boats are from the West Coast.
D- East Coasters must contend with horrible boating conditions.
E- All of the above.

Obviously a troll, but I'll bite since it's at least on-topic.
Assuming Skippy's premise is accurate (I know, I know; Huge assumption!)...

Well, it can't be A, C, or E: Great boats (and designs) come from all
over the nation and world, nothing region specific.

I'm leaning towards D as well, though it's not so much because of
horrible boating conditions, but extreme boat mooring/storing
conditions. What with the East coast's tendency towards harsh winters,
nasty hurricanes, etc., conditions for boat storage on the West coast
are just milder in general. Bigger boats can be (and are) left in the
water year-round, and trailer boats only need a tarp to keep out the rain.


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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:17:27 -0800, Garth Almgren wrote:


Well, it can't be A, C, or E: Great boats (and designs) come from all over
the nation and world, nothing region specific.

Ah, but a great boat can be designed for a specific region.

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:16:18 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:


You have to understand a bit about our Snipper. He's a blue-water
wannabe, but without the ability or assets to move to the coast and buy
a decent boat. Thus, he's bitter, and tries to conceal it. Not too well,
though.

LOL! And how much time do you spend on the water Krause?

Ill bet I have more ocean hours that you do.

And at least Skipper has a boat.
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"It's just about going fast...that's all..."

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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:11:14 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:


Another chapter of Snipper's "Idiot's Delight."

Three words...pot, kettle, black.
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:59:24 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:


Zimmerman doesn't design his hulls. In fact, he doesn't make his hulls.

And where did you find that on the Internet?
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"It's just about going fast...that's all..."

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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:57:34 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:


This from a guy whose last and only alleged boat was a ...Bayliner?

This from a guy who doesn't even have a boat?
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"It's just about going fast...that's all..."

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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:46:50 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:


Been reading again, eh, Snipper?

Just like your many cut-n-pastes Krause.

What's your current boat?

I believe you last claim was a 65 knot Zimmerman, with a sat-com
downlink, and a GPS that doesn't have the right time, but you can
still use it to trim the boat.

ROTFLMAO!
__

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."

http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:01:41 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

I believe you last claim was a 65 knot Zimmerman, with a sat-com
downlink, and a GPS that doesn't have the right time, but you can
still use it to trim the boat.

ROTFLMAO!


Again, you're wrong. Time for you to pull Maryjane's pigtails, eh?

Both of you guys come off as being 4th graders in a peeing contest.

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

id put a davis design, or a zimmerman, or hinckley or just about any
other east coast design up against those tubs you pretend are
-cruisers- anyday, including those horrible riding barge boat
catamarans that chuck is particularly fond of.


You obviously don't have much time in cruising catamarans,,,The ride is
exceptional. I don't care to own one either, my only multi hulled
anything was a Hobie. I'll stick to my monohull, but there are times
when I would love to have the ride characteristics of a cat...they make
the bump from a sloppy sea practically disappear...

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:22:52 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:01:41 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

I believe you last claim was a 65 knot Zimmerman, with a sat-com
downlink, and a GPS that doesn't have the right time, but you can
still use it to trim the boat.

ROTFLMAO!


Again, you're wrong. Time for you to pull Maryjane's pigtails, eh?

Both of you guys come off as being 4th graders in a peeing contest.

Amen.
--
John H

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