Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

....to scare the crap out of the "inland" boaters:

http://www.calcuttaboats.com/


Offshore boats. Not only no transom, but no hullsides near the transom.

"Mommy...I'm sooooo scared...it's not your normal Lake Lanier..."

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

Saw one at Gander Mountain. No transom, no sides. Looked kind of like a
giant surfboard with an E-Tec on the back. Is that what you call a fishing
platform?

"HK" wrote in message
. ..
...to scare the crap out of the "inland" boaters:

http://www.calcuttaboats.com/


Offshore boats. Not only no transom, but no hullsides near the transom.

"Mommy...I'm sooooo scared...it's not your normal Lake Lanier..."


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Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

Jim wrote:
Saw one at Gander Mountain. No transom, no sides. Looked kind of like a
giant surfboard with an E-Tec on the back. Is that what you call a
fishing platform?

"HK" wrote in message
. ..
...to scare the crap out of the "inland" boaters:

http://www.calcuttaboats.com/


Offshore boats. Not only no transom, but no hullsides near the transom.

"Mommy...I'm sooooo scared...it's not your normal Lake Lanier..."




It's a nightmare maker for inexperienced inland boaters.

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

"HK" wrote in message
. ..
...to scare the crap out of the "inland" boaters:

http://www.calcuttaboats.com/


Offshore boats. Not only no transom, but no hullsides near the transom.

"Mommy...I'm sooooo scared...it's not your normal Lake Lanier..."

Nice try, but-

These boats have a fold-up transom that blocks off that whole open area when
needed.
When in the up position the transom is as high as the sides.

The open area is meant to make it easier to land large fish into the boat
with minimal effort.

I hope your not trying to compare this boats design to your Parker.

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:28:01 GMT, rom penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


"HK" wrote in message
m...
...to scare the crap out of the "inland" boaters:

http://www.calcuttaboats.com/


Offshore boats. Not only no transom, but no hullsides near the transom.

"Mommy...I'm sooooo scared...it's not your normal Lake Lanier..."

Nice try, but-

These boats have a fold-up transom that blocks off that whole open area
when
needed.
When in the up position the transom is as high as the sides.

The open area is meant to make it easier to land large fish into the boat
with minimal effort.

I hope your not trying to compare this boats design to your Parker.

I think he is trying to get a rise from the "low transom"
detractors....


The Calcutta is not a low transom boat.

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:38:25 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

I think he is trying to get a rise from the "low transom"
detractors....

I think he got a sinking feeling when he saw how big that transom cut
out was...

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...

I think he is trying to get a rise from the "low transom"
detractors....

--



Not to mention momma's boys & girliemen.

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:48:33 -0400, HK wrote:

...to scare the crap out of the "inland" boaters:

http://www.calcuttaboats.com/

Odd design.

That's one I've never heard of.

Terribly light too - 2,600 lbs dry weight for a 26' boat.

Not my thing.

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:38:25 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

I think he is trying to get a rise from the "low transom"
detractors....

I think he got a sinking feeling when he saw how big that transom cut
out was...


Just think...we could have bought a floating Winnebago!

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:43:21 -0400, HK wrote:

Just think...we could have bought a floating Winnebago!

Funny you should mention that. :-)

Lubberly types often ask how much room we have on the Grand Banks when
they hear that we're living aboard for the summer. I usually tell
them it's about the same as a good sized RV which I think is about
right although I'm not much of an RV expert. We definitely have more
levels though, and are a good bit more sea worthy.

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:43:21 -0400, HK wrote:

Just think...we could have bought a floating Winnebago!

Funny you should mention that. :-)

Lubberly types often ask how much room we have on the Grand Banks when
they hear that we're living aboard for the summer. I usually tell
them it's about the same as a good sized RV which I think is about
right although I'm not much of an RV expert. We definitely have more
levels though, and are a good bit more sea worthy.


I've been on a few GBs. Nice boats for what they are, really, but to me,
they are floating Winnebagos. Different strokes. To me, being where I
want to be is more enjoyable than getting to where I want to be. I'd
rather stay at a first-class hotel than on most boats.

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:18:03 -0400, HK wrote:

I'd
rather stay at a first-class hotel than on most boats.

Nothing wrong with that. The boat does give you a wide choice of
waterfront property in some pretty nice places however.

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

"Don White" wrote in message
...

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...

I think he is trying to get a rise from the "low transom"
detractors....

--



Not to mention momma's boys & girliemen.

Nice of you to come running to help old Hank.

At least he was smart enough to run away once made the fool.

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:43:21 -0400, HK wrote:

Just think...we could have bought a floating Winnebago!

Funny you should mention that. :-)

Lubberly types often ask how much room we have on the Grand Banks when
they hear that we're living aboard for the summer. I usually tell
them it's about the same as a good sized RV which I think is about
right although I'm not much of an RV expert. We definitely have more
levels though, and are a good bit more sea worthy.



A plus and also a minus of the GB is the cabin width due to the wide
exterior walk around deck.
The 36' GB's cabin is just over 8 feet wide .... just about the width of a
class A motorhome RV.
The Navigator has a much narrower walkaround, but the main cabin interior is
almost
14 feet wide.

Your 49' cabin is probably wider, as I am sure you have a wider beam than
our 36' which is just over 12'.

Eisboch

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

The 360 has a transom. The 263 has a folding transom gate. Nice boat.
I've seen a few down this way.


"HK" wrote in message
. ..
...to scare the crap out of the "inland" boaters:

http://www.calcuttaboats.com/


Offshore boats. Not only no transom, but no hullsides near the transom.

"Mommy...I'm sooooo scared...it's not your normal Lake Lanier..."

Oh No! Transomless Boats...
 

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:13:31 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Your 49' cabin is probably wider, as I am sure you have a wider beam than
our 36' which is just over 12'.

Our beam is 15 1/2 and we lose 3 or 4 feet of that to the walk around.
The cabin is plenty big enough for us however, and the convenience of
the full walk around can not be over estimated. It's one of the
primary things that make the boat so easy to handle.