On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:25:33 -0400, HK wrote:

I prefer the Diesel Ducks.

Then you should get one.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:25:33 -0400, HK wrote:

I prefer the Diesel Ducks.

Odd - I wouldn't have thought of you as a Disco fan.

HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:06:11 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:06:17 -0400, HK wrote:

I'll leave the stripes to the Grand Banks crowd.
Stripes?

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/w...AaOGTlo0Zt2LlI
Damn, I can't figure out which boat I want. Now if the Grand Banks
only had a stripe on it, it would be so easy.

I couldn't find the stripe either, and the transom looks entirely too
seaworthy.


Hey, if you like barges, yours is one of the ones to get. Me, I'd rather
stay in a good hotel.


Harry,
It sounds like you don't enjoy boating, you enjoy going out for a 30-45
min. "fishing trip" every few months.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:06:11 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:06:17 -0400, HK wrote:

I'll leave the stripes to the Grand Banks crowd.
Stripes?

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/w...AaOGTlo0Zt2LlI
Damn, I can't figure out which boat I want. Now if the Grand Banks only
had a stripe on it, it would be so easy.

I couldn't find the stripe either, and the transom looks entirely too
seaworthy.

Wayne,
I was wondering about your transom. Since you don't have a big hole in
your transom, if a big way comes over the front of your boat, won't you
sink like a rock?

PS - If that woman on the front of your boat is your wife, you will
really have Harry jealous.

HK wrote:

Uh...there's more freeboard on my parker than on the correspondingly
sized Grady CC, even the 22-foot Grady. What the Gradys have is a
transition, or dip, in the gunnels as they move towards the aft end of
the boat, and therefore a more interesting shearline. I believe it is
called a Palm Beach shearline, or something similar.

Up forward, I have more freeboard, and in the stern I also have more
freeboard. I'll have to measure it with a tape, but my Parker dealer
also sells Gradys, and I looked at a couple of them before making my
choice.

Harry Krause,
I meant to ask you, if the Parker is as close to perfect as a boat can
be, why would anyone want to bring along aluminum folding chairs?

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:25:33 -0400, HK wrote:

I prefer the Diesel Ducks.

Then you should get one.


If I were interested in a floating RVBarge, I would. Or maybe an
American Tug. I like their looks better than the larger GBs.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:

Uh...there's more freeboard on my parker than on the correspondingly
sized Grady CC, even the 22-foot Grady. What the Gradys have is a
transition, or dip, in the gunnels as they move towards the aft end of
the boat, and therefore a more interesting shearline. I believe it is
called a Palm Beach shearline, or something similar.

Up forward, I have more freeboard, and in the stern I also have more
freeboard. I'll have to measure it with a tape, but my Parker dealer
also sells Gradys, and I looked at a couple of them before making my
choice.

Harry Krause,
I meant to ask you, if the Parker is as close to perfect as a boat can
be, why would anyone want to bring along aluminum folding chairs?


The aluminum chairs work together with the aluminum hats to keep the
governments GPS signals from take control of you. Everybody knows that
GPS satellites have dual purposes.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:43:17 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

I was wondering about your transom. Since you don't have a big hole in
your transom, if a big way comes over the front of your boat, won't you
sink like a rock?


I carry a chain saw for emergencies like that. It can immediately cut
a large hole anywhere to let the water out. It's something they teach
in damage control school.


PS - If that woman on the front of your boat is your wife, you will
really have Harry jealous.

She is, and he is. We were married several years ago when when she
was 14.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:43:17 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

I was wondering about your transom. Since you don't have a big hole in
your transom, if a big way comes over the front of your boat, won't you
sink like a rock?


I carry a chain saw for emergencies like that. It can immediately cut
a large hole anywhere to let the water out. It's something they teach
in damage control school.


PS - If that woman on the front of your boat is your wife, you will
really have Harry jealous.

She is, and he is. We were married several years ago when when she
was 14.


I would have guessed early 60s.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:14:05 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:43:17 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

I was wondering about your transom. Since you don't have a big hole in
your transom, if a big way comes over the front of your boat, won't you
sink like a rock?


I carry a chain saw for emergencies like that. It can immediately cut
a large hole anywhere to let the water out. It's something they teach
in damage control school.

Also comes in handy for those low bridge clearances.

PS - If that woman on the front of your boat is your wife, you will
really have Harry jealous.

She is, and he is. We were married several years ago when when she
was 14.

~~ cough - spit - hack - cough ~~

ROTFL!!