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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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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.

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:24:11 -0400, HK wrote:

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

Does it have full flotation?

There was an incident on Long Island Sound within the last year or two
where a boat with a similar transom got caught stern-to to a breaking
wave.

It glubbed in less than a minute due to lack of flotation.

On Aug 9, 11:23 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:24:11 -0400, HK wrote:
Well, then, I suggest you don't buy one.

Does it have full flotation?

There was an incident on Long Island Sound within the last year or two
where a boat with a similar transom got caught stern-to to a breaking
wave.

It glubbed in less than a minute due to lack of flotation.

It has to float or they would not conform to USCG regs and I can not
see a manufacturer that big getting away with it any other way.
However, this particular boat being over 20 feet, it does not need to
float level. Personally, I would be surprised if in a configuration
such as this, they did not design it to float level anyway.

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On Aug 9, 11:23 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:24:11 -0400, HK wrote:
Well, then, I suggest you don't buy one.

Does it have full flotation?

There was an incident on Long Island Sound within the last year or two
where a boat with a similar transom got caught stern-to to a breaking
wave.

It glubbed in less than a minute due to lack of flotation.

It has to float or they would not conform to USCG regs and I can not
see a manufacturer that big getting away with it any other way.
However, this particular boat being over 20 feet, it does not need to
float level. Personally, I would be surprised if in a configuration
such as this, they did not design it to float level anyway.


Over 21' does not require flotation. My 21' boat is foamed under the floor,
but the builder does not foam the new ones. He stated, that with an inboard
engine, the only part of the boat above water will be the nose. So saves
the weight of foam and the mess if you need to get under the floor.

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:22:37 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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On Aug 9, 11:23 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:24:11 -0400, HK wrote:
Well, then, I suggest you don't buy one.

Does it have full flotation?

There was an incident on Long Island Sound within the last year or two
where a boat with a similar transom got caught stern-to to a breaking
wave.

It glubbed in less than a minute due to lack of flotation.

It has to float or they would not conform to USCG regs and I can not
see a manufacturer that big getting away with it any other way.
However, this particular boat being over 20 feet, it does not need to
float level. Personally, I would be surprised if in a configuration
such as this, they did not design it to float level anyway.


Over 21' does not require flotation. My 21' boat is foamed under the floor,
but the builder does not foam the new ones. He stated, that with an inboard
engine, the only part of the boat above water will be the nose. So saves
the weight of foam and the mess if you need to get under the floor.

What year was your boat made?

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On Aug 9, 11:23 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:24:11 -0400, HK wrote:
Well, then, I suggest you don't buy one.

Does it have full flotation?

There was an incident on Long Island Sound within the last year or two
where a boat with a similar transom got caught stern-to to a breaking
wave.

It glubbed in less than a minute due to lack of flotation.

It has to float or they would not conform to USCG regs and I can not
see a manufacturer that big getting away with it any other way.
However, this particular boat being over 20 feet, it does not need to
float level. Personally, I would be surprised if in a configuration
such as this, they did not design it to float level anyway.

Over 21' does not require flotation. My 21' boat is foamed under the floor,
but the builder does not foam the new ones. He stated, that with an inboard
engine, the only part of the boat above water will be the nose. So saves
the weight of foam and the mess if you need to get under the floor.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Floating with the nose up, is floating according to the CG. Anyway,
under 20 feet it has to float level, over 20 not.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:24:11 -0400, HK wrote:

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

Does it have full flotation?

There was an incident on Long Island Sound within the last year or two
where a boat with a similar transom got caught stern-to to a breaking
wave.

It glubbed in less than a minute due to lack of flotation.


What? A boat *sank* because of wave action? This must have been the
first time ever, right? Gee, what else causes boats to sink? Do you have
a list?

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:24:11 -0400, HK wrote:

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

Does it have full flotation?

There was an incident on Long Island Sound within the last year or two
where a boat with a similar transom got caught stern-to to a breaking
wave.

It glubbed in less than a minute due to lack of flotation.



All Parkers are foam-filled under the deck.
As they are linerless boats, there's no foam in the hullsides. But
there's enough foam injected to keep the boat afloat.

Does your Grand Banks have full floatation? I mean, if you strike a log
or a reef and put a nice-sized hole in that hull, is there enough
flotation in the boat so that it stays afloat? How about if you broach
and take a few tons of water over the side, or if you suffer a
knockdown? Got enough flotation built into that boat to keep it floating
level and safe until help arrives?

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:34:25 -0400, HK wrote:

All Parkers are foam-filled under the deck.
As they are linerless boats, there's no foam in the hullsides. But
there's enough foam injected to keep the boat afloat.

Under 20 feet, the Coast Guard requires that they must be rated for
passenger, gear and maximum horsepower capacity limits. They are also
required to have built-in flotation. Boats over 20 feet long are not
subject to standards for passenger, gear and maximum horsepower and
have no flotation requirements.