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.

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Skipper

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

--
Skipper

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
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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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~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats." -- Kenneth Grahame
~~ Ventis secundis, tene cursum ~~

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.

Skipper wrote:
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.

--
Skipper

and what do we get if we move to Derby Kansas? oyu are starting to
remind me of the guy in the dodge commercial, trailering a boat in the
middle of what looks like a desert.

Skipper wrote:
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.

--
Skipper


How's the snow cover out on the back 40?
Expect to have enough runoff come spring planting?

"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.

--
Skipper

East Coast boaters put more mileage on their boats?