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On Aug 9, 6:36 am, HK wrote:
Side view:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...00CC/DSC_02302...


Harry, is this an optical illusion? Is that guy maybe sitting in the
splash well?

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=22

I have never seen a boat that size without a splash well.


It's not an illusion, this boat is extremely wet in anything but light chop.
I was in one with one other person and we continually had waves breaking
over the transom while drift fishing in 2' waves.


Sure you were.

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On Aug 9, 6:36 am, HK wrote:
Side view:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...00CC/DSC_02302...


Harry, is this an optical illusion? Is that guy maybe sitting in the
splash well?

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=22

I have never seen a boat that size without a splash well.


It's not an illusion, this boat is extremely wet in anything but light
chop.
I was in one with one other person and we continually had waves breaking
over the transom while drift fishing in 2' waves.


Sure you were.

Yes indeed, drove to Stuart Fl with a friend where he bought it brand new-
stayed at the Marriott on Hutchinson Island and fished our asses of for 2
days.

I love the boat, I just feel it's overpriced and too wet.

and

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Calif Bill wrote:
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rom wrote:
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rom wrote:
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Side view:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...-08-080001.jpg
I like these boats but with this model you can't keep your feet dry.
Waves are always coming over the transom.
Interesting. I've owned three recent vintage outboard boats, all
smaller than the Parker, and with 20" instead of 25" transoms. I used
them mostly in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast and I recall
one time when I got a little wave action in over the transom. Of
course, I always made an effort to keep waves from breaking against
the stern.

I doubt it will be an issue on the new ride.
Maybe you haven't seen your new boat in the water-

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=22

Doesn't take more than a 10" wave from behind to come over the transom
Damn, from that photo it does look like it is completely open around the
engine mount. I have always seen the engine cut out enclosed so it is
not open to the cabin. Hopefully that photo is not representative of
the way it really is, because if this is the way it really is, one could
expect to have wet feet from any kind of following sea.

Odd thing is that is an East Coast design. Rare to see a transom cutout
in the west. And when the transom is cut out, there are splash boards to
stop waves coming in the back.


You gotta love it when a horse's ass like Reggie Retardo comments about
any aspect of salt water boating.

But he may boat more than 15 hours a year.

rom wrote:
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rom wrote:
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On Aug 9, 6:36 am, HK wrote:
Side view:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...00CC/DSC_02302...

Harry, is this an optical illusion? Is that guy maybe sitting in the
splash well?

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=22

I have never seen a boat that size without a splash well.

It's not an illusion, this boat is extremely wet in anything but light
chop.
I was in one with one other person and we continually had waves breaking
over the transom while drift fishing in 2' waves.

Sure you were.

Yes indeed, drove to Stuart Fl with a friend where he bought it brand new-
stayed at the Marriott on Hutchinson Island and fished our asses of for 2
days.

I love the boat, I just feel it's overpriced and too wet.

and




Well, then, I suggest you don't buy one.

Calif Bill wrote:
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Calif Bill wrote:
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rom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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rom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Side view:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...-08-080001.jpg
I like these boats but with this model you can't keep your feet dry.
Waves are always coming over the transom.
Interesting. I've owned three recent vintage outboard boats, all
smaller than the Parker, and with 20" instead of 25" transoms. I used
them mostly in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast and I recall
one time when I got a little wave action in over the transom. Of
course, I always made an effort to keep waves from breaking against
the stern.

I doubt it will be an issue on the new ride.
Maybe you haven't seen your new boat in the water-

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=22

Doesn't take more than a 10" wave from behind to come over the transom
Damn, from that photo it does look like it is completely open around the
engine mount. I have always seen the engine cut out enclosed so it is
not open to the cabin. Hopefully that photo is not representative of
the way it really is, because if this is the way it really is, one could
expect to have wet feet from any kind of following sea.
Odd thing is that is an East Coast design. Rare to see a transom cutout
in the west. And when the transom is cut out, there are splash boards to
stop waves coming in the back.

You gotta love it when a horse's ass like Reggie Retardo comments about
any aspect of salt water boating.

But he may boat more than 15 hours a year.



Only if he commutes to work on a ferry. Reggie Retardo doesn't have a boat.

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:50:21 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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rom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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rom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Side view:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...-08-080001.jpg
I like these boats but with this model you can't keep your feet dry.
Waves are always coming over the transom.

Interesting. I've owned three recent vintage outboard boats, all smaller
than the Parker, and with 20" instead of 25" transoms. I used them
mostly in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast and I recall one time
when I got a little wave action in over the transom. Of course, I always
made an effort to keep waves from breaking against the stern.

I doubt it will be an issue on the new ride.

Maybe you haven't seen your new boat in the water-

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=22

Doesn't take more than a 10" wave from behind to come over the transom

Damn, from that photo it does look like it is completely open around the
engine mount. I have always seen the engine cut out enclosed so it is not
open to the cabin. Hopefully that photo is not representative of the way
it really is, because if this is the way it really is, one could expect to
have wet feet from any kind of following sea.

Odd thing is that is an East Coast design. Rare to see a transom cutout in
the west. And when the transom is cut out, there are splash boards to stop
waves coming in the back.

Thank you - splash boards.

Couldn't remember the name of them to save my life.

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 13:12:06 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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"HK" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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rom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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rom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Side view:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...-08-080001.jpg
I like these boats but with this model you can't keep your feet dry.
Waves are always coming over the transom.
Interesting. I've owned three recent vintage outboard boats, all
smaller than the Parker, and with 20" instead of 25" transoms. I used
them mostly in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast and I recall
one time when I got a little wave action in over the transom. Of
course, I always made an effort to keep waves from breaking against
the stern.

I doubt it will be an issue on the new ride.
Maybe you haven't seen your new boat in the water-

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=22

Doesn't take more than a 10" wave from behind to come over the transom
Damn, from that photo it does look like it is completely open around the
engine mount. I have always seen the engine cut out enclosed so it is
not open to the cabin. Hopefully that photo is not representative of
the way it really is, because if this is the way it really is, one could
expect to have wet feet from any kind of following sea.

Odd thing is that is an East Coast design. Rare to see a transom cutout
in the west. And when the transom is cut out, there are splash boards to
stop waves coming in the back.


You gotta love it when a horse's ass like Reggie Retardo comments about
any aspect of salt water boating.

But he may boat more than 15 hours a year.


The other 100 hours was spent 'drift fishing' with the engine off. Give
Harry a break. He's never given any reason to doubt his honesty. Has he?
--
John H

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:03:04 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Harry, in the pictures on the Parker site,
http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa...l.jsp?boatid=2
it appears that the 21'er is the same as the 23'er without the engine
mount. Why would you get a boat that has no protection from the water
coming thru the transom? Hell, even the 18'er appears to have the engine
mounted in such a way as to keep the water out.

Come on guys - it's a nice boat.

It's not what some of us would buy for any number of reasons, but
that's Harry's choice, not ours.

Picking on that one detail seems kind of petty.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:03:04 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Harry, in the pictures on the Parker site,
http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa...l.jsp?boatid=2
it appears that the 21'er is the same as the 23'er without the engine
mount. Why would you get a boat that has no protection from the water
coming thru the transom? Hell, even the 18'er appears to have the engine
mounted in such a way as to keep the water out.

Come on guys - it's a nice boat.

It's not what some of us would buy for any number of reasons, but
that's Harry's choice, not ours.

Picking on that one detail seems kind of petty.


As if I am concerned about the opinions of Reggie Retardo, John
Herringbrain, or the rest of the drylanders. :}

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:24:50 -0400, HK wrote:

Calif Bill wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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rom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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rom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Side view:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...-08-080001.jpg
I like these boats but with this model you can't keep your feet dry.
Waves are always coming over the transom.
Interesting. I've owned three recent vintage outboard boats, all
smaller than the Parker, and with 20" instead of 25" transoms. I used
them mostly in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast and I recall
one time when I got a little wave action in over the transom. Of
course, I always made an effort to keep waves from breaking against
the stern.

I doubt it will be an issue on the new ride.
Maybe you haven't seen your new boat in the water-

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=22

Doesn't take more than a 10" wave from behind to come over the transom
Damn, from that photo it does look like it is completely open around the
engine mount. I have always seen the engine cut out enclosed so it is
not open to the cabin. Hopefully that photo is not representative of
the way it really is, because if this is the way it really is, one could
expect to have wet feet from any kind of following sea.
Odd thing is that is an East Coast design. Rare to see a transom cutout
in the west. And when the transom is cut out, there are splash boards to
stop waves coming in the back.

You gotta love it when a horse's ass like Reggie Retardo comments about
any aspect of salt water boating.

But he may boat more than 15 hours a year.



Only if he commutes to work on a ferry. Reggie Retardo doesn't have a boat.

Harry, in the pictures on the Parker site,
http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa...l.jsp?boatid=2
it appears that the 21'er is the same as the 23'er without the engine
mount. Why would you get a boat that has no protection from the water
coming thru the transom? Hell, even the 18'er appears to have the engine
mounted in such a way as to keep the water out.
--
John H