On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:15:43 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

You are allowed to purchase your property, pay the taxes and the upkeep, but
the town determines what you can do and not do with it for the most part.

I got into a bit of a tussle with my town's zoning board over the
three 150+ towers I wanted to put up when I was actively contesting.

All it took was one 'phone call from an attorney explaining the site
process, the Federal rules regarding height/safety, etc., all of which
I was well within the guidelines and the problem went away.

The BOZ then tried to pass a local ordinance requiring excessive
safety requirements and they found themselves in a court suit from
another ham in town which cost them a ton of money - poof - away went
the ordinance.

In my case it wouldn't be much of a tower compared to what I had, but
still....

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:15:43 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

You are allowed to purchase your property, pay the taxes and the upkeep,
but
the town determines what you can do and not do with it for the most part.

I got into a bit of a tussle with my town's zoning board over the
three 150+ towers I wanted to put up when I was actively contesting.

All it took was one 'phone call from an attorney explaining the site
process, the Federal rules regarding height/safety, etc., all of which
I was well within the guidelines and the problem went away.

The BOZ then tried to pass a local ordinance requiring excessive
safety requirements and they found themselves in a court suit from
another ham in town which cost them a ton of money - poof - away went
the ordinance.

In my case it wouldn't be much of a tower compared to what I had, but
still....

The various town boards here would have a fit and I am sure they would try
every angle to block it despite the Federal rules. I'd love to try putting
up a ham radio tower on my property, just to watch the reactions. I'd tell
them I need to put it in a wetland area to establish a good ground plane.

Eisboch

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:29:19 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

The various town boards here would have a fit and I am sure they would try
every angle to block it despite the Federal rules. I'd love to try putting
up a ham radio tower on my property, just to watch the reactions. I'd tell
them I need to put it in a wetland area to establish a good ground plane.

ROTFL!!!

Hey, you were looking for something new to do. :)

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:29:19 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

The various town boards here would have a fit and I am sure they would try
every angle to block it despite the Federal rules. I'd love to try
putting
up a ham radio tower on my property, just to watch the reactions. I'd
tell
them I need to put it in a wetland area to establish a good ground plane.

ROTFL!!!

Hey, you were looking for something new to do. :)

yup. In fact, the '46 Ford is being picked up this afternoon by Horseless
Carriage for shipment to the new owner in Texas. Down to two "special" cars
now .... the 67 GTO and the Porsche 911.

Lately, my time has been taken up giving Grand Banks tours. Lotsa keel
kickers out there, but no buyers yet.

Eisboch

On Aug 22, 12:32 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:u9loc3prpdd3kcrgjhugkkd1380qqaofnd@4ax .com...

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:29:19 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

The various town boards here would have a fit and I am sure they would try
every angle to block it despite the Federal rules. I'd love to try
putting
up a ham radio tower on my property, just to watch the reactions. I'd
tell
them I need to put it in a wetland area to establish a good ground plane.

ROTFL!!!

Hey, you were looking for something new to do. :)

yup. In fact, the '46 Ford is being picked up this afternoon by Horseless
Carriage for shipment to the new owner in Texas. Down to two "special" cars
now .... the 67 GTO and the Porsche 911.

Lately, my time has been taken up giving Grand Banks tours. Lotsa keel
kickers out there, but no buyers yet.

Eisboch

My neighbor has a mint, origional stock, early 70's elcamino, garaged,
low miles, etc, if anyone is interested email me for pics and
details... We are in CT USA. since we are talking cars and storage of
boats and cars etc..

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:32:38 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Lately, my time has been taken up giving Grand Banks tours. Lotsa keel
kickers out there, but no buyers yet.

Are you selling the GB36 as well?

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:32:38 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Lately, my time has been taken up giving Grand Banks tours. Lotsa keel
kickers out there, but no buyers yet.

Are you selling the GB36 as well?


We have both boats on the block. If one sells, we'll most likely keep the
other. I like them both, for different reasons. If both should sell this
season, it presents a new dilemma .... what to look for next. Maybe a GB
49?

I am just tired of worrying about two of them.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:32:38 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Lately, my time has been taken up giving Grand Banks tours. Lotsa keel
kickers out there, but no buyers yet.

Are you selling the GB36 as well?


We have both boats on the block. If one sells, we'll most likely keep the
other. I like them both, for different reasons. If both should sell this
season, it presents a new dilemma .... what to look for next. Maybe a GB
49?

I am just tired of worrying about two of them.

Eisboch




Good strategy. I take it that you alone do not maintain both boats as that
alone seems like it would be a full time job. ;-)

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:14:07 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

We have both boats on the block. If one sells, we'll most likely keep the
other. I like them both, for different reasons. If both should sell this
season, it presents a new dilemma .... what to look for next. Maybe a GB
49?

I am just tired of worrying about two of them.

As we both know there is no such thing as the perfect boat. If you
are really going to cut back to one you have to think long and hard
about how you want to use it, and how much maintenance you are
comfortable with.

The larger GBs like the 46, 49 and up are great liveaboard/cruising
boats but slow and high maintenance. If we ever give up on long
distance cruising I'd seriously think about going back to a mid-30s
sportfish. They are big enough to be sea worthy and halfway
comfortable in bad weather, big enough for weekend cruising, as well
as being reasonably fast and fun for just zipping around..

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:34:24 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Try something smaller and faster.
If you are not going to cruise north/south, and spend a lot of time
RV'ing through the waterways, why bother with anything more than 30 feet?

I've already got a 27 ft Searay for running around in moderate to flat
conditions. It's a good day boat for where we live, running mostly in
the river and on Pine Island Sound.

It's been my experience however that you really need something up in
the 30s to get a consistently good ride (running on plane) in the Gulf
of Mexico. I have several neighbors with light weight 34s and they do
OK most of the time as long as the waves are 3 ft or less. Above that
and they get beat up and have to slow down. Our old Bertram 33 would
go OK in 3 to 5 ft waves but even that would get tiresome after a
while, and it was a fuel guzzler because of the weight and deep V
bottom.