....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...

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.

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.

"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