"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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My guess is that there are less than 30 actual boaters at this site,
and another 25-30 wannabe's or hang-arounds.

Hi.... I'm not a boater, I just play one on TV!

Oh wait, I meant I'm a boater but I play the part of a lurker in here.

On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:58:09 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Or a Viking, Hatteras, Egg Harbor... :)

Way cool but they are thirsty little fellows and don't have as much
liveaboard cruising room. Mostly they are designed for three or four
people to go offshore fishing for a few days. We looked at a bunch of
Hatts before getting the GB49. The best part was the obligatory
climb up the tuna towers. :-)

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:02:24 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:58:09 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Or a Viking, Hatteras, Egg Harbor... :)

Way cool but they are thirsty little fellows and don't have as much
liveaboard cruising room. Mostly they are designed for three or four
people to go offshore fishing for a few days. We looked at a bunch of
Hatts before getting the GB49.

Yeah they are and I've looked at a couple - the fuel economy, or lack
thereof, scares me a little. I'm trying to be somewhat economical
about the fuel thing - not because of cost so much as just the thought
of burning through 300/400 gallons of diesel just for a fishing trip.


The best part was the obligatory climb up the tuna towers. :-)

That's one thing that I would probably not opt for.

To be honest, I'm probably going to end up with another Contender or
similar boat.


Cheaper to just buy the wife and a companion lots of cruise trips.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:02:24 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:58:09 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Or a Viking, Hatteras, Egg Harbor... :)
Way cool but they are thirsty little fellows and don't have as much
liveaboard cruising room. Mostly they are designed for three or four
people to go offshore fishing for a few days. We looked at a bunch of
Hatts before getting the GB49.

Yeah they are and I've looked at a couple - the fuel economy, or lack
thereof, scares me a little. I'm trying to be somewhat economical
about the fuel thing - not because of cost so much as just the thought
of burning through 300/400 gallons of diesel just for a fishing trip.


The best part was the obligatory climb up the tuna towers. :-)

That's one thing that I would probably not opt for.

To be honest, I'm probably going to end up with another Contender or
similar boat.

What size boat are you thinking of buying?

On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:31:56 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I'm trying to be somewhat economical
about the fuel thing - not because of cost so much as just the thought
of burning through 300/400 gallons of diesel just for a fishing trip.

It will definitely increase your "cost per fish" to well above market
price. :-)

We were following a nice looking 50+ Viking sportfish through a slow
speed area yesterday as we were coming home from the weekend. I got a
real adrenaline rush watching him accelerate up onto plane at the end
of the speed zone. There were a *lot* of horsepower at work as he
came up out of the hole in no time at all. Very impressive.

Wayne.B wrote:

We were following a nice looking 50+ Viking sportfish through a slow
speed area yesterday as we were coming home from the weekend. I got a
real adrenaline rush watching him accelerate up onto plane at the end
of the speed zone. There were a *lot* of horsepower at work as he
came up out of the hole in no time at all. Very impressive.

Ibet what ever engine[s] he had on board were pushing that diesel fuel
though the injectors, like giant hydrolic rams!

Wayne.B wrote:
We were following a nice looking 50+ Viking sportfish through a slow
speed area yesterday as we were coming home from the weekend.


is that what Chuck describes as a "Blue-water Battlewagon?"

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:26:56 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:31:56 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I'm trying to be somewhat economical
about the fuel thing - not because of cost so much as just the thought
of burning through 300/400 gallons of diesel just for a fishing trip.
It will definitely increase your "cost per fish" to well above market
price. :-)

We were following a nice looking 50+ Viking sportfish through a slow
speed area yesterday as we were coming home from the weekend. I got a
real adrenaline rush watching him accelerate up onto plane at the end
of the speed zone. There were a *lot* of horsepower at work as he
came up out of the hole in no time at all. Very impressive.

And they are really good looking boats.

I'm afraid that my search will become an avocation at some point.

And to add to my problems, I really want something with outboards
which is going to be a problem.

I don't know - we'll see.

Does your wife want a "floating condo" so she can enjoy weekends on the
lake? If so, on the larger lakes it is common for people to own two
boats, one for living aboard, and then a bass boat or center console for
fishing or a runabout for water toys and sking. Unfortunatley, those
boats that are great for living aboard, normally do not make good
fishing boats.

Tim wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
We were following a nice looking 50+ Viking sportfish through a slow
speed area yesterday as we were coming home from the weekend.


is that what Chuck describes as a "Blue-water Battlewagon?"


Yes, but the term "Bluewater Battlewagon" is a common term among
offshore fisherman, it is not Chuck's.

On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:46:03 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Mrs. Wave wants a "cruiser".

Mr. Wave wants another fishing machine.

I'm looking for a compromise boat which seems to be an impossible task
leaving me with either (1) having a boat custom built which would be
ridiculous in terms of cost or (2) buying one or the other.

Try to find a good Hatteras 55 sportfish. That was the only sportfish
we looked at that also had truly decent cruising accomodations.
Unfortunately it was just a tad too big to fit comfortably on our
dock, and the fuel burn was up around 3 gals per mile with its 12V71
turbos.