On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:55:18 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:47:38 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Don White wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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I should be back home and on my way by Labor Day.

Good enough?
Sounds great. I'll send you a direct e-mail re options.
Is Tom in Gitmo again?

Yes - I'm down here with my special torture technique.

A steady diet of refried bean burittos.

After a couple of days, even in the open air, they will talk.

Heh, heh, heh...

Where the hell are you? I'll be in Norfolk tomorrow, and Gene has
classes and can't meet me. Are you in the 'hood? Hell, I'll pop for a
nice shore lunch just for the privilege of seeing how ugly and ungainly
you actually are!

In the "hood" in the sense of kinda.

I'm back in Lexington - probably until Sunday, maybe Monday. Had to
come down to look at a boat, then do this house deal which got sticky
and my son has a project going on at his place that I'm baby sitting
the contractors on.

If I decide to head up 95, I'll give you a shout and we'll hook up
somehwere along the way for lunch.

It's all in the timing - I hate the 95 corridor through Washington and
will do almost anything to avoid it including taking the back country
route up 77.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:21:40 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
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The kids, when presented with the option of taking over the full cost
of
storage and getting a boat, have decided they don't want the boat. I
can't
blame them. This past summer they've been out only a handful of times.
At
$3000/year (roughly) for storage and maintenance, that makes the use of
a
boat pretty expensive.

So, the 21' Proline 211, walkaround cuddy, with a Mercruiser 5.7L and
Alpha 1 outdrive will be sold or traded in. The engine has somewhere in
the neighborhood of 500 hours thereon. Not sure exactly, 'cause I've
not
used it in the past couple months, although the kids have.

If there's any interest here, let me know!

The marina also sells Key West boats, so the ProLine might get traded
in on
one. It's not a Scout, but he Key West is quite similar, with mostly
the
same amenities. I'm thinking of this one:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/186cc.html

Clicking on the 'Printable Brochure' provides some more pictures with
an
overhead shot.

Alas, an open transom isn't even on the list of options.
--
John H
Looks like we have something in common. We're both boatless. For me,
it's the first time in about 10 years.
A local guy was scouting out a couple of Sandpiper 565s in Quebec and
Michigan... but wanted to see an example up close before the long road
trip.
After my Rendezvous, and when it was painfully obvious the wife wasn't
about to become excited with the prospect of sailing on a semi-regular
basis, I decided to offer my boat to this local guy. He was happy to
get a newer boat and save himself the long voyage to pick up one from
the wild interior of the country.
Sure seems lonely out there in the driveway without a boat to look at.
Hopefully I'll have a nice little open boat parked there before too
long.
So long 'Pipe Down'...I hope you spend a lot more time in the water in
the coming years than you have in the past four summers.
see the two of us at Rosseau lake in the Muskoka Region of Ontario
earlier this month...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...nonRosseau.jpg

I should be back home and on my way by Labor Day.

Good enough?



Anyone looking for a sweet family boat might like this slightly used Grady
over at Tri-State:

http://www.tristatemarine.com/20ftgw2005turn.html


Boat looks brand new.

Now there's a boat you might coax a lady to go out in.


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"Jim" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Anyone looking for a sweet family boat might like this slightly used
Grady over at Tri-State:

http://www.tristatemarine.com/20ftgw2005turn.html


Boat looks brand new.

Now there's a boat you might coax a lady to go out in.


Yep!

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Anyone looking for a sweet family boat might like this slightly used Grady
over at Tri-State:

http://www.tristatemarine.com/20ftgw2005turn.html


Boat looks brand new.


The wife would probably like that boat. I don't trust her though. I'd have
to be sure she'd be spending a lot of time on it before I could justify that
expense on a 'working class hero' pension.
On the other hand it would be a good incentive for her to keep working for
the next few years. :-)

I would like to discuss this, Harry. Susan

Harry Krause wrote:
The kids, when presented with the option of taking over the full cost of
storage and getting a boat, have decided they don't want the boat. I can't
[quoted text clipped - 40 lines]

Good enough?

Anyone looking for a sweet family boat might like this slightly used
Grady over at Tri-State:

http://www.tristatemarine.com/20ftgw2005turn.html

Boat looks brand new.

For the 'truckers' in this newsgroup...............

.....hangin' out with the big boys at truck stops on the way to
Ontario...............
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...thebigboys.jpg

"Don White" wrote in message
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"John H." wrote in message
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The marina also sells Key West boats, so the ProLine might get traded in
on
one. It's not a Scout, but he Key West is quite similar, with mostly the
same amenities. I'm thinking of this one:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/186cc.html

Clicking on the 'Printable Brochure' provides some more pictures with an
overhead shot.

Alas, an open transom isn't even on the list of options.
--
John H

Looks like we have something in common. We're both boatless.


The ladies on those 18 foot Key West boats all seem to be saying.....will
you get back to the dock alread....I have to pee! ;-)

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:15:57 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:


"Don White" wrote in message
.. .

"John H." wrote in message
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The marina also sells Key West boats, so the ProLine might get traded in
on
one. It's not a Scout, but he Key West is quite similar, with mostly the
same amenities. I'm thinking of this one:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/186cc.html

Clicking on the 'Printable Brochure' provides some more pictures with an
overhead shot.

Alas, an open transom isn't even on the list of options.
--
John H

Looks like we have something in common. We're both boatless.


The ladies on those 18 foot Key West boats all seem to be saying.....will
you get back to the dock alread....I have to pee! ;-)


So you stop, let them get in the water, and take a pee. No big deal. Of
course, not all the waterways are as pristine as Lake Erie, so for you
folks in Cleveland, it may *be* a big deal.
--
John H

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:38:12 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

JimH wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
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"John H." wrote in message
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The marina also sells Key West boats, so the ProLine might get traded in
on
one. It's not a Scout, but he Key West is quite similar, with mostly the
same amenities. I'm thinking of this one:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/186cc.html

Clicking on the 'Printable Brochure' provides some more pictures with an
overhead shot.

Alas, an open transom isn't even on the list of options.
--
John H
Looks like we have something in common. We're both boatless.


The ladies on those 18 foot Key West boats all seem to be saying.....will
you get back to the dock alread....I have to pee! ;-)






I always carried a porti-potti on my "headless" boats. This time we're
trying a stowable chemical porti-potti. I like the concept much better
than the tank full of liquids, as it were.

Other than their lightness and the fact that they have three piece
hulls, the only problems I see with those Key Wests involve the lack of
"floor space" because of the "casting deck" up forward, and the bitty
motor well/splash board in front of the transom. It doesn't look like it
has the capacity to handle the outflow of one of my beer drinking
buddies, let alone the wake of a floating RV. My last SeaPro had a
transom like that. When water wanted to wash aboard, it did. It doesn't
look as it if has much freeboard, either.


Given the amount of time you spend boating and the knowledge you've
acquired about fishing, your opinion is invaluable.

The jump seats aft are removeable, giving more room for walking. What
appears to be a 'bitty motor well' is a 30 gallon live well. I found
casting from the front of a boat worked quite well, even with the cuddy
cabin on the ProLine. The casting deck can also be covered with an optional
cushion, making it a great place for grandkids to sit.

Remember, this is a multi-purpose boat! Note all the rod holders. And, with
the removal of the aft jump seats one can haul four more rods. Just think,
trolling with eight rods on an 18' boat!

Hell, I may get it sooner than I thought to take advantage of trophy
striper season in the Bay next spring!
--
John H

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:12:36 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Remember, this is a multi-purpose boat! Note all the rod holders. And, with
the removal of the aft jump seats one can haul four more rods. Just think,
trolling with eight rods on an 18' boat!

Been there, done that - it sucks. :)

In my way of thinking, it's important to have those amenities that
appeal to the distaff side of humanity. I know on the Contender, that
was one thing Mrs. Wave really liked about the boat - it was like her
bathroom at home.

I know you have an issue with towing and associated problems with
launching and retrieving, but it may pay you to look at stepping up a
couple of feet just to get the step down console.