Hello from Finland.

I just took a look of a finnish boating magazine from year 1991 and was
really allerted. There was a story about US-made boat which could not
pass a finnish yachtclub inspection at all.

This boat is made by SYLVAN MARINE Lagrande, GA. Model 17VFC / VFC 175

There is very low transom freeboard. If you put a 140 hp engine which
you can do according to the U.S. Coast Guard plate, the stern probably
takes water inside thru the two holes which probably are supposed to
drain the boat not fill it with water. There is no motor well.

I can't undestand that this boat has U. S. Coast Guard plate. How is
this possible? Here I have some pictures:

http://www.mattikaki.fi/starcraft/

--
Matti Kaki at iki dot fi http://www.sci.fi/~oh2bio
=========== Location: 60.414 N 25.097 E ===========
Navigare Necesse Est - Vivere Non Est Necesse

Matti Kaki wrote:
Hello from Finland.

I just took a look of a finnish boating magazine from year 1991 and was
really allerted. There was a story about US-made boat which could not
pass a finnish yachtclub inspection at all.

This boat is made by SYLVAN MARINE Lagrande, GA. Model 17VFC / VFC 175

There is very low transom freeboard. If you put a 140 hp engine which
you can do according to the U.S. Coast Guard plate, the stern probably
takes water inside thru the two holes which probably are supposed to
drain the boat not fill it with water. There is no motor well.

I can't undestand that this boat has U. S. Coast Guard plate. How is
this possible? Here I have some pictures:

http://www.mattikaki.fi/starcraft/




Takes a while for those 1991 magazines to get to your address, eh?

On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:08:30 +0300, Matti Kaki
wrote:

60.414 N 25.097 E

That's a bit north of Helsinki, Finland.
Man, this low transom issue is becoming an international furor.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:08:30 +0300, Matti Kaki
wrote:

60.414 N 25.097 E

That's a bit north of Helsinki, Finland.
Man, this low transom issue is becoming an international furor.

--Vic

Yup, that low transom problem really needs to be addressed. Too many
people seem to think it is normal for water to come flood the boat thru
the transom in 1 ft. waves.

Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:08:30 +0300, Matti Kaki
wrote:

60.414 N 25.097 E

That's a bit north of Helsinki, Finland.
Man, this low transom issue is becoming an international furor.

--Vic


Did you look at the photos he posted? The boat is just this side of
decrepit, and the reason water coming in can get to the battery is
because someone removed the hatch that covers the opening in the deck.
He'll fit in well here with the rest of the inlanders.

On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:56:41 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:08:30 +0300, Matti Kaki
wrote:

60.414 N 25.097 E

That's a bit north of Helsinki, Finland.
Man, this low transom issue is becoming an international furor.

--Vic


Did you look at the photos he posted? The boat is just this side of
decrepit, and the reason water coming in can get to the battery is
because someone removed the hatch that covers the opening in the deck.
He'll fit in well here with the rest of the inlanders.

I looked. Lotsa old crappy boats out there.
You do know I was joking?
Probably the Finn was joining in the fun, but I'm not up on Finns and
their humor.
For the record, I'm not an experienced boater, but given your
experience and your comments I have no trouble with your low transom,
and I think Tom's is even lower.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:56:41 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:08:30 +0300, Matti Kaki
wrote:

60.414 N 25.097 E

That's a bit north of Helsinki, Finland.
Man, this low transom issue is becoming an international furor.

--Vic


Did you look at the photos he posted? The boat is just this side of
decrepit, and the reason water coming in can get to the battery is
because someone removed the hatch that covers the opening in the deck.
He'll fit in well here with the rest of the inlanders.

I looked. Lotsa old crappy boats out there.
You do know I was joking?
Probably the Finn was joining in the fun, but I'm not up on Finns and
their humor.
For the record, I'm not an experienced boater, but given your
experience and your comments I have no trouble with your low transom,
and I think Tom's is even lower.

--Vic


I think women worry more about low transoms than men.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:56:41 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:08:30 +0300, Matti Kaki
wrote:

60.414 N 25.097 E
That's a bit north of Helsinki, Finland.
Man, this low transom issue is becoming an international furor.

--Vic

Did you look at the photos he posted? The boat is just this side of
decrepit, and the reason water coming in can get to the battery is
because someone removed the hatch that covers the opening in the deck.
He'll fit in well here with the rest of the inlanders.
I looked. Lotsa old crappy boats out there.
You do know I was joking?
Probably the Finn was joining in the fun, but I'm not up on Finns and
their humor.
For the record, I'm not an experienced boater, but given your
experience and your comments I have no trouble with your low transom,
and I think Tom's is even lower.

--Vic


I think women worry more about low transoms than men.

Eisboch




Sinking transoms on a woman...not a fun thing.

Eisboch wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:56:41 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:08:30 +0300, Matti Kaki
wrote:

60.414 N 25.097 E
That's a bit north of Helsinki, Finland.
Man, this low transom issue is becoming an international furor.

--Vic

Did you look at the photos he posted? The boat is just this side of
decrepit, and the reason water coming in can get to the battery is
because someone removed the hatch that covers the opening in the deck.
He'll fit in well here with the rest of the inlanders.
I looked. Lotsa old crappy boats out there.
You do know I was joking?
Probably the Finn was joining in the fun, but I'm not up on Finns and
their humor.
For the record, I'm not an experienced boater, but given your
experience and your comments I have no trouble with your low transom,
and I think Tom's is even lower.

--Vic


I think women worry more about low transoms than men.

Eisboch


Are wide transoms also a concern? Anyone aware of any legal
restrictions, personal preferences aside?

On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 08:35:35 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



I think women worry more about low transoms than men.

Not just transoms.
For their 50th anniversary Bill and Kate rented the honeymoon cottage
they had stayed at after their wedding, hoping to rekindle those
romantic days.
Arriving in the evening, they unpacked the car, and settled in.
After a candlelight dinner, Kate showered, went in the bedroom
and put on a sexy negligee.
She poked her head out the bedroom door, and shouted at Bill, who had
fallen asleep on the couch while watching TV.
"Bill! It's bedtime, honey."
Bill struggled awake, shaking the sleep from his head, and Kate
quickly slipped under the covers.
After a quick shower while his dentures soaked, Bill went to the
bedroom, lay down on the covers next to his snoring Kate, and quickly
fell asleep.
Bill was up at daybreak, found a nearby newspaper machine,
and bought the paper. Back at the cottage he made coffee
and sat at the kitchen table reading the news.
Kate soon entered, still in her negligee, cooked up some English
muffins with butter and strawberry preserves, and oatmeal with
brown sugar. She set the food down on the table for Bill and herself,
and poured more coffee. As Bill continued to read the newspaper,
Kate sat down at the table and looked about the room.
"My, my! That horse figurine was here when we honeymooned!"
And I remember this wallpaper! My, how they've kept this cottage up."
She glanced at the bedroom door, then through the entry into the
living room at the couch there, and memories of their honeymoon
stirred, and a warm feeling overcame her.
"Bill! Put down that paper! Look around and try to remember our
honeymoon!"
Bill put down his paper, took off his reading glasses and looked
around.
He saw that a horse figurine had replaced the 40" Muskie that he
remembered being on that wall, and that they had removed the
knotty pine paneling and put up wallpaper.
Kate mustered up her "sexy" voice and said,
"Brings back memories, doesn't it? Frankly, it's making me hot."
Bill looked over at her and finally saw that Kate was actually
wearing a low-cut negligee.
"Dammit, Kate. It's no wonder you're hot. You've got one tit in the
oatmeal and the other in the coffee."

Sorry if you heard it before, and I dressed it up a bit making it
longer. Whoa. Could Chuck be affecting me?

--Vic