"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Bryan" wrote in message
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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.

--
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.


Amen on the winds. Driving from San Filipe to Ensenada years go, my 1975
Chevy van had a hard time going up the steep hills with a 50-60 mile per
hour head wind.


I used to surf and camp at Cabo Colonet on the Pacific side (of course). It
was a barren piece of land with little to show for it's existence other than
a fish camp shack, a shipwreck (there's a YMCA story in that one), and some
uncrowded surf. The conversation generally consisted of the following:
"Sure is windy." "Yep, sure is." The Pacific side isn't all that bad for
wind, but when those winds come howling down the east facing side of the
mountains, you get stories about 1975 vans and headwinds!

I don't remember the name of those winds, but whoever mentioned the
"tostitos" (god I like this ng) really wasn't that far off; sort of along
the lines of thoe Mel Torme winds in Greece.