"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Bryan wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
Reggie Smithers wrote:

Skipper wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:

Look, the Parker is a fine half-day fishing platform. However, for
the
particular usage contemplated in The Challenge it comes up short.
Take a
closer look at its weight, towing profile and *width* compared to
the
Grady or 2252. If given the choice, which would you prefer to tow
to
remote adventures.
Uh, you're not familiar with the two boats. My Parker has a much,
much
larger cabin area than that Bayliner, with full standing headroom in
the
main cabin, along with running water, a refrigerator, a stove
burner,
and two fans, plus opening side windows, an opening windshield, and
opening windows and a hatch forward. There's also a full electric
head
up forward. And in the cabin and exterior steering and control
stations.
Plus, my Parker has flat, open cockpit that measures nearly 11' by
about
8.5', big enough to set up a picnic table and chairs. And it has a
full
bimini. Plus there's a full-width motor bracket with ladder.
How nice, but I wouldn't want to tow it any distance. So there we
are.
You've made your points about towing and I've made mine about
towability. Hopefully, the info can be used productively.

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Skipper
Skipper,
I am not sure if my question was posted, but do you have any plans to
visit Gulf of Cortes in the near future?


Well, "Reggie," you just came up a point in my book. You spelled Cortés
properly. The man was Spanish, not Mexican.

Ok, I just have to jump in (I don't have anything better to do at the
moment).
It is the Sea of Cortez (of Cortes, maybe, maybe not) or the Gulf of
California.
I'll, of course, be a little embarrassed if someone actually looks it up
and proves me wrong, but that's what I grew up with and I'm, like the man
says, stickin' to it.
I used to camp at Playa Santispac and I've been to Santa Rosalia. If
anyone isn't daunted by the logistics of getting to the area, especially
you fishermen, it is well worth the visit at least once in your travels;
Bahia del Los Angeles would be a great destination. Don't worry about
the North winds too much, but watch out for the West winds that come
howlin' down off the hills now and then. As much as I would really enjoy
revisiting the area as a boater, it's just too far for me to tow.


Sigh. Once again, Cortés was Spanish, not Mexican. Therefore his last name
is spelled Cortés, not Cortez. Cortes is the Mexican spelling of the name,
but not the way the man himself spelled it.

But, Harry, the sea, not the man, is called the Sea of Cortez. It doesn't
matter that he was a Spaniard. The Gulf of California is called the Sea of
Cortez. Now I will concede that this spelling is prevalent on English
language maps and documents, and that Spanish language maps and documents
may very well disagree with the spelling. Still, you remind me of me back
in the day when I took my last university English course. One of the topics
we covered was the evolution of language. It was very upsetting to me, the
dumbing down of the language; but I had to concede that language, whether it
was alright with me, or not, does evolve, and words and their meanings,
uses, pronunciations, even spellings, does change as a result of external
pressures. So, whether Senor Cortes was Spanish or Mexican makes no
difference to me; I still have to look up the Sea of Cortez under the Cortez
spelling. By the way, did you really find my comment on spelling more
interesting than my suggestion that boating in the Gulf of California would
be a great idea for anyone interested in such an endeavor?