"John H." wrote in message
...
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

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:21:40 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"John H." wrote in message
.. .
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?

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...

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.

On Aug 21, 10:43 am, "Don White" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:65rlc35u26355d8t3q691b72b71795cru5@4ax .com...



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.

Gonna' get that Princecraft? Been in that boat, it is a great ride.

wrote in message
ps.com...
On Aug 21, 10:43 am, "Don White" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
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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.

Gonna' get that Princecraft? Been in that boat, it is a great ride.


Guess I'd better if Tom drags it all the way up here!

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
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?

Gotta get him up to Canada to escape all the oppression.

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

Don White wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
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...

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:23:46 GMT, 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
...
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...

You mean, you won't even give them 'Beano'? Or, are *you* the one who's
going to eat all the beans?

Any thoughts on this:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/186cc.html ?
--
John H

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:32:34 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Any thoughts on this:

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

I like the newer models. I haven't been in that model, but I have
driven and fished out of this one

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/2020cc.html

and liked it a lot. It's fairly well thought out, but it fits the CC
is a CC is a CC model to a T.

However, it is well appointed. I don't like the lack of rear deck
space - my Ranger has more rear deck space as you can see from this
picture, but it's not the most comfortable boat to ride in.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Ranger.JPG

The one thing I didn't like about it was the console seating. I don't
know how tall your wife is, but if she wants to sit on that type of
seat, it can be uncomfortable for the ladies with short legs - there's
no place to put your feet.

The side-to-side issue for me is getting around that console - it's a
little awkward and if you put a cooler ahead of the console for a
day's messing around, you have amost no deck space. But that's a
problem most CC of this type suffer from - another neat thing about my
Ranger is that it has a built in cooler ahead of the console and you
can walk around it with little or no problems. If you put a T-top on
it, that's another space issue.

Female spousal amenities are also lacking, but I don't image you will
be heading out for much more that four/five hours at a time. If you
want to spend a day on the water, you need to look at something
bigger.

I'll tell you the truth - just based on conversations we've had here
in the past about boats and what not, I think you'd be much happier
with something like this:

http://www.bostonwhaler.com/Rec/default3.asp?boatid=8

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:16:26 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:32:34 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Any thoughts on this:

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

I like the newer models. I haven't been in that model, but I have
driven and fished out of this one

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/2020cc.html

and liked it a lot. It's fairly well thought out, but it fits the CC
is a CC is a CC model to a T.

However, it is well appointed. I don't like the lack of rear deck
space - my Ranger has more rear deck space as you can see from this
picture, but it's not the most comfortable boat to ride in.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Ranger.JPG

The one thing I didn't like about it was the console seating. I don't
know how tall your wife is, but if she wants to sit on that type of
seat, it can be uncomfortable for the ladies with short legs - there's
no place to put your feet.

I'll probably have to buy one of the footrests that slide up and down a
pedestal, and then modify it to fit. Either that or get a small cooler for
her feet. She's been most adaptable when it comes to boating.

The side-to-side issue for me is getting around that console - it's a
little awkward and if you put a cooler ahead of the console for a
day's messing around, you have amost no deck space. But that's a
problem most CC of this type suffer from - another neat thing about my
Ranger is that it has a built in cooler ahead of the console and you
can walk around it with little or no problems. If you put a T-top on
it, that's another space issue.


I'd be putting a bimini on the boat, which has it's own drawbacks with
respect to fishing. But, I've had to put up with biminis before. They're
liveable, just somewhat a pain in the ass.


Female spousal amenities are also lacking, but I don't image you will
be heading out for much more that four/five hours at a time. If you
want to spend a day on the water, you need to look at something
bigger.

With the wife on board, we'd be going to a boater's beach. I'd never
envision a trip of more than an hour or two to get to one. Trolling is a
different matter, but she's not into that anyway.

I'll tell you the truth - just based on conversations we've had here
in the past about boats and what not, I think you'd be much happier
with something like this:

http://www.bostonwhaler.com/Rec/default3.asp?boatid=8

Which Whaler is that. I couldn't get directly to the boat without going
through the home page. Then I didn't know which boat it was! I'm for sure
getting something less than 19'.

Thanks for the time put in to the answer, and the advice. Always
appreciated.
--
John H