Corsair23 wrote:

Well... you wouldnt want to read what the retards up in Detroit at the
Smallmouth Derby did last week on Lake Erie. 3 boats sunk (towed in by
OUR Coast Guard for free ...yet they charge us.) 1 guy lost the 240
Verado engine right off the back of his boat.
These were dummies that took BASS BOATS out in 3.5 to 5 foot chop.
You just DONT DO THAT on Erie.

S.



While they are pretty and fast, the utility of real bass boats is
limited to flat, inland lakes. And some of the "flats" and bay boats
built by bass boat companies and others aren't much better in terms of
freeboard or bows built to take on the kind of waves you're likely to
encounter in salt water or bodies of water like the Great Lakes. The
answer is to have enough experience to know where you can and where you
cannot safely go with the boat you have.

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:11:11 -0400, HK wrote:

And some of the "flats" and bay boats
built by bass boat companies and others aren't much better in terms of
freeboard or bows built to take on the kind of waves you're likely to
encounter in salt water or bodies of water like the Great Lakes.

Well, maybe.

My Ranger is is 8'6" beam at 19'9" and is flat out stable. That is
what causes the problems - their inherent stability. The fact that
they have scant freeboard isn't true either - my Ranger has 24" of
freeboard in the interior which is sufficient for most seas a small
boat will run in.

The problem is that you can't take a bass boat with limited interior
(read space) and expect it to perform the same as a bay boat in
similar conditions.

With respect to sea keeping abilities, anything short of 3' and I'm
happy. Passengers might not be happy, but I'm perfectly fine with
that. I've fished The Race, shot the Charleston Breachway and run the
East Passage of Narragansett Bay in my Ranger in heavy seas - 3-4'
short period piles of water.

Don't confuse bass boats with bay boats.

"Corsair23" wrote in message
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Well... you wouldnt want to read what the retards up in Detroit at the
Smallmouth Derby did last week on Lake Erie. 3 boats sunk (towed in by
OUR Coast Guard for free ...yet they charge us.) 1 guy lost the 240
Verado engine right off the back of his boat.
These were dummies that took BASS BOATS out in 3.5 to 5 foot chop.
You just DONT DO THAT on Erie.

S.


They are out there this week. Big Bass tourney all week off the Vermilion
River. Small craft advisory today with 3-5 footers and wind gusts to 25
mph.

Yep, these guys are real aholes.