....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..."

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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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.

"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.

"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.

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...

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...

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

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Not to mention momma's boys & girliemen.

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.

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!

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.