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Eisboch wrote:
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Eisboch wrote:
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Eisboch wrote:
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:38:44 -0400, HK
wrote:

Funniest of all are those who
complain about getting their feet wet
Not as "funny" as you think.

I hate getting my feet wet - seriously,

I will go to extreme measures to avoid it.
I agree with that. Especially when there are some decent CC's in
that size that stay dry and self bail quickly in the even of a
greenie. If I want to get wet, I'll go swimming.

Eisboch
Uh, please explain to me how, if you take a substantial greenie over
the bow while you are in a 21' center console boat:

1. your feet are going to stay dry (unless you lift them up and put
them on the gunnels or console), and,
Yes, which is also why I prefer a seat rather than a leaning post.
Just lift your feet up.


2. the hull is going to self-bail quickly through the rather small
scuppers one typically finds on such boats.

My limited experience has been that the "rather small" scuppers ....
(in many cases not even scuppers, but rather inefficient drains), are
slow to self bail. Doesn't matter in your case because you like wet
feet. I modified one of the open, CC's I had with some decent sized,
real scuppers to rid the deck more quickly. I don't like walking
around the back of the boat going "splosh, splosh, splosh".

Eisboch
It isn't a matter of liking my feet wet, it is the realization that in a
small, open fishing boat, they are going to get wet. Hell, when I launch
a trailer boat, I don't unhook the trailer strap from the bow ring until
the stern of the boat is afloat. So, how do I unhook the strap? I walk
out into the water and unhook it. At that point, my feet are already
wet.
Harry, you need to work on your technique. I've trailer launched and
retrieved many boats from 16 footers to 26 footers by myself and never
got even a toe wet.

Eisboch

But...it doesn't bother me if my feet get wet...

I know. But to some of us that still boat when the temps are in the 40's
.... it matters.

Eisboch


I don't trailerboat in Seattle in the summer.

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Don White wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:35:09 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:38:44 -0400, HK wrote:

Funniest of all are those who
complain about getting their feet wet
Not as "funny" as you think.

I hate getting my feet wet - seriously,

I will go to extreme measures to avoid it.
I have two pairs of the original style 'Crocs'.
Couldn't care less if I get my feet wet.
http://www.crocs.com/
1 - Allow me to repeat - I don't like getting my feet wet.

2 - I don't wear sandals. Shoes and socks.

3 - I also don't wear shorts.

4 - I would make the obligatory commentary about guys wearing sandals
and shorts, but I won't. :)

Don't wear shorts?
Good grief... how do you wade out into the water during retrieval?



Why would you do that? Back the trailer, drive it on, hook it up, turn
the winch a few times and go.

What a Day!
 

HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:38:44 -0400, HK
wrote:

Funniest of all are those who
complain about getting their feet wet
Not as "funny" as you think.

I hate getting my feet wet - seriously,

I will go to extreme measures to avoid it.
I agree with that. Especially when there are some decent CC's
in that size that stay dry and self bail quickly in the even of
a greenie. If I want to get wet, I'll go swimming.

Eisboch
Uh, please explain to me how, if you take a substantial greenie
over the bow while you are in a 21' center console boat:

1. your feet are going to stay dry (unless you lift them up and
put them on the gunnels or console), and,
Yes, which is also why I prefer a seat rather than a leaning post.
Just lift your feet up.


2. the hull is going to self-bail quickly through the rather
small scuppers one typically finds on such boats.

My limited experience has been that the "rather small" scuppers
.... (in many cases not even scuppers, but rather inefficient
drains), are slow to self bail. Doesn't matter in your case
because you like wet feet. I modified one of the open, CC's I
had with some decent sized, real scuppers to rid the deck more
quickly. I don't like walking around the back of the boat going
"splosh, splosh, splosh".

Eisboch
It isn't a matter of liking my feet wet, it is the realization that
in a small, open fishing boat, they are going to get wet. Hell,
when I launch a trailer boat, I don't unhook the trailer strap from
the bow ring until the stern of the boat is afloat. So, how do I
unhook the strap? I walk out into the water and unhook it. At that
point, my feet are already wet.
Harry, you need to work on your technique. I've trailer launched
and retrieved many boats from 16 footers to 26 footers by myself and
never got even a toe wet.

Eisboch

But...it doesn't bother me if my feet get wet...

I know. But to some of us that still boat when the temps are in the
40's .... it matters.

Eisboch

I don't trailerboat in Seattle in the summer.

Harry,
If you learned how to trailer your boat without getting your feet wet,
you might use the Park 'er more than 25 hrs a year.

What a Day!
 

HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:38:44 -0400, HK
wrote:

Funniest of all are those who
complain about getting their feet wet
Not as "funny" as you think.

I hate getting my feet wet - seriously,

I will go to extreme measures to avoid it.
I agree with that. Especially when there are some decent CC's in
that size that stay dry and self bail quickly in the even of a
greenie. If I want to get wet, I'll go swimming.

Eisboch
Uh, please explain to me how, if you take a substantial greenie
over the bow while you are in a 21' center console boat:

1. your feet are going to stay dry (unless you lift them up and put
them on the gunnels or console), and,
Yes, which is also why I prefer a seat rather than a leaning post.
Just lift your feet up.


2. the hull is going to self-bail quickly through the rather small
scuppers one typically finds on such boats.

My limited experience has been that the "rather small" scuppers ....
(in many cases not even scuppers, but rather inefficient drains),
are slow to self bail. Doesn't matter in your case because you
like wet feet. I modified one of the open, CC's I had with some
decent sized, real scuppers to rid the deck more quickly. I don't
like walking around the back of the boat going "splosh, splosh,
splosh".

Eisboch

It isn't a matter of liking my feet wet, it is the realization that
in a small, open fishing boat, they are going to get wet. Hell, when
I launch a trailer boat, I don't unhook the trailer strap from the
bow ring until the stern of the boat is afloat. So, how do I unhook
the strap? I walk out into the water and unhook it. At that point, my
feet are already wet.

Harry, you need to work on your technique. I've trailer launched and
retrieved many boats from 16 footers to 26 footers by myself and never
got even a toe wet.

Eisboch



But...it doesn't bother me if my feet get wet...


Harry,
I do have to ask, with it being a beautiful weekend, and you have this
beautiful new boat, why didn't you go boating for more then 30 min.?

What a Day!
 

"Dan" intrceptor@gmaildotcom wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:35:09 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:38:44 -0400, HK wrote:

Funniest of all are those who
complain about getting their feet wet
Not as "funny" as you think.

I hate getting my feet wet - seriously,

I will go to extreme measures to avoid it.
I have two pairs of the original style 'Crocs'.
Couldn't care less if I get my feet wet.
http://www.crocs.com/
1 - Allow me to repeat - I don't like getting my feet wet.

2 - I don't wear sandals. Shoes and socks.

3 - I also don't wear shorts.

4 - I would make the obligatory commentary about guys wearing sandals
and shorts, but I won't. :)

Don't wear shorts?
Good grief... how do you wade out into the water during retrieval?

Why would you do that? Back the trailer, drive it on, hook it up, turn
the winch a few times and go.

I'm a sailor! We don't do it the girlie way.

What a Day!
 

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:51:36 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

I'm a sailor! We don't do it the girlie way.

But you are Canadian.

Thus, being a girlie man is given.

Witness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDrIM...elated&search=

What a Day!
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:51:36 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

I'm a sailor! We don't do it the girlie way.

But you are Canadian.

Thus, being a girlie man is given.

Witness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDrIM...elated&search=

Wrong coast!
I live in the rugged east end of the country.

What a Day!
 

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:34:56 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:51:36 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

I'm a sailor! We don't do it the girlie way.

But you are Canadian.

Thus, being a girlie man is given.

Witness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDrIM...elated&search=

Wrong coast!

I live in the rugged east end of the country.

East/West - you still live in Canada.

Poofter... :)

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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East/West - you still live in Canada.

Poofter... :)


Here...just for you from 'the Land of Wooden Ships & Iron Men'!
http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/archive/2007-apr-08.html

What a Day!
 

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:53:59 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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East/West - you still live in Canada.

Poofter... :)

Here...just for you from 'the Land of Wooden Ships & Iron Men'!
http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/archive/2007-apr-08.html

Hmmm - me thinks Mr. White doth protesteth to hardeth. :)