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On Sep 11, 9:24 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
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I was fishing on the CT River the other night and saw two 21 footers
just like your boat Harry. One with a big 2 stroke, one a 4. Both
coming in at evening, right after another. They did seem to sit heavy
in the water, moving nicely through the light chop before sunset. They
even had low transoms! Still could give a little "life" to the lines
on the boat, someone should tell Parker that it is ok to look nice
too! Just a couple of inches of um, pride in the bow would look
great, and that square ass, oh well, still look like a good tool for
the sound and beyond, even if it does not photograph well :O
I'm not sure what you mean by giving a "little life" to the lines. The
boats are exactly what they look like...center console fishing boats. I'll
take a couple of photos of the bow for you and maybe you can tell me what
you have in mind, okay? :}
IMO, that's the problem with some of these boats .... no distinguishing
lines. From a distance they pretty much look the same. Instead of
designing in some uniqueness, some manufacturers are content with putting
their name or logo in big letters on the side. (Parker, Robolo, etc.)

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If you were more familiar with the boats, at least the Parkers, you
would pick up on lines and uniqueness.

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On Sep 11, 9:24 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
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I was fishing on the CT River the other night and saw two 21 footers
just like your boat Harry. One with a big 2 stroke, one a 4. Both
coming in at evening, right after another. They did seem to sit heavy
in the water, moving nicely through the light chop before sunset. They
even had low transoms! Still could give a little "life" to the lines
on the boat, someone should tell Parker that it is ok to look nice
too! Just a couple of inches of um, pride in the bow would look
great, and that square ass, oh well, still look like a good tool for
the sound and beyond, even if it does not photograph well :O
I'm not sure what you mean by giving a "little life" to the lines. The
boats are exactly what they look like...center console fishing boats.
I'll
take a couple of photos of the bow for you and maybe you can tell me
what
you have in mind, okay? :}
IMO, that's the problem with some of these boats .... no distinguishing
lines. From a distance they pretty much look the same. Instead of
designing in some uniqueness, some manufacturers are content with
putting
their name or logo in big letters on the side. (Parker, Robolo, etc.)

Eisboch- Hide quoted text -

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^^ Yeah,what he said ^^



If you were more familiar with the boats, at least the Parkers, you would
pick up on lines and uniqueness.

A Parker is a fine boat, but rather nondescript IMO (particularly the
smaller CCs). If I were king of Parker, I'd modify something to give it a
distinguishing look and drop the big side decal. Just me.

Eisboch

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On Sep 11, 9:24 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

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I was fishing on the CT River the other night and saw two 21 footers
just like your boat Harry. One with a big 2 stroke, one a 4. Both
coming in at evening, right after another. They did seem to sit heavy
in the water, moving nicely through the light chop before sunset. They
even had low transoms! Still could give a little "life" to the lines
on the boat, someone should tell Parker that it is ok to look nice
too! Just a couple of inches of um, pride in the bow would look
great, and that square ass, oh well, still look like a good tool for
the sound and beyond, even if it does not photograph well :O
I'm not sure what you mean by giving a "little life" to the lines. The
boats are exactly what they look like...center console fishing boats.
I'll
take a couple of photos of the bow for you and maybe you can tell me
what
you have in mind, okay? :}
IMO, that's the problem with some of these boats .... no distinguishing
lines. From a distance they pretty much look the same. Instead of
designing in some uniqueness, some manufacturers are content with
putting
their name or logo in big letters on the side. (Parker, Robolo, etc.)

Eisboch- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
^^ Yeah,what he said ^^


If you were more familiar with the boats, at least the Parkers, you would
pick up on lines and uniqueness.

A Parker is a fine boat, but rather nondescript IMO (particularly the
smaller CCs). If I were king of Parker, I'd modify something to give it a
distinguishing look and drop the big side decal. Just me.

Eisboch




All the CCs look virtually the same, but for size and scale. If you saw
mine next to the 23 footer, other than the length, you would be hard
pressed to see any differences. The 25 footers look the same but are
more massive.

I don't much like the big horsey side decals, either. On any boat.

There's very little flash on Parkers, but you can see where the money
went if you know where to look and what to look for. As an example, the
folding footrest on the front of my livewell is absolutely massive, so
massive it is obvious it simply will not break. The hull is three piece,
not two piece. All the hardware is oversized top of the line stainless,
and on and on and on.

I'm not saying Parkers are the best boats around, but for what they are,
they are damned hard to surpass unless you spend a hell of a lot more
money.

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There's very little flash on Parkers, but you can see where the money went
if you know where to look and what to look for. As an example, the folding
footrest on the front of my livewell is absolutely massive, so massive it
is obvious it simply will not break. The hull is three piece, not two
piece. All the hardware is oversized top of the line stainless, and on and
on and on.

I'm not saying Parkers are the best boats around, but for what they are,
they are damned hard to surpass unless you spend a hell of a lot more
money.


No argument from me .... they are well built, solid boats. They just need a
little facelift to give them a more distinguishing profile, IMO.

Eisboch

On Sep 11, 10:22 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

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There's very little flash on Parkers, but you can see where the money went
if you know where to look and what to look for. As an example, the folding
footrest on the front of my livewell is absolutely massive, so massive it
is obvious it simply will not break. The hull is three piece, not two
piece. All the hardware is oversized top of the line stainless, and on and
on and on.

I'm not saying Parkers are the best boats around, but for what they are,
they are damned hard to surpass unless you spend a hell of a lot more
money.

No argument from me .... they are well built, solid boats. They just need a
little facelift to give them a more distinguishing profile, IMO.

Eisboch

Maybe there is a market for retrofits

http://www.retro-designs.com/rr/rd_grill.jpg

Remember these?

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On Sep 11, 10:22 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

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There's very little flash on Parkers, but you can see where the money
went
if you know where to look and what to look for. As an example, the
folding
footrest on the front of my livewell is absolutely massive, so massive
it
is obvious it simply will not break. The hull is three piece, not two
piece. All the hardware is oversized top of the line stainless, and on
and
on and on.

I'm not saying Parkers are the best boats around, but for what they
are,
they are damned hard to surpass unless you spend a hell of a lot more
money.

No argument from me .... they are well built, solid boats. They just
need a
little facelift to give them a more distinguishing profile, IMO.

Eisboch

Maybe there is a market for retrofits

http://www.retro-designs.com/rr/rd_grill.jpg

Remember these?


Despite the fleeting urge, I don't feel like playing with PhotoShop this
morning.

Eisboch

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On Sep 11, 10:22 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

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There's very little flash on Parkers, but you can see where the money went
if you know where to look and what to look for. As an example, the folding
footrest on the front of my livewell is absolutely massive, so massive it
is obvious it simply will not break. The hull is three piece, not two
piece. All the hardware is oversized top of the line stainless, and on and
on and on.
I'm not saying Parkers are the best boats around, but for what they are,
they are damned hard to surpass unless you spend a hell of a lot more
money.
No argument from me .... they are well built, solid boats. They just need a
little facelift to give them a more distinguishing profile, IMO.

Eisboch

Maybe there is a market for retrofits

http://www.retro-designs.com/rr/rd_grill.jpg

Remember these?



I love it, but it would make for a wet ride.

I prefer this look. And there is a stripe...if you look for it.

http://tinyurl.com/33g68q

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I don't much like the big horsey side decals, either. On any boat.


I had an 18' Robolo CC for a couple of years. The first modification I did
was to tediously remove the huge "Robolo" decals from the sides.
Unfortunately, a faint ghost image of the name decal remained, despite my
many attempts to buff it out.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I don't much like the big horsey side decals, either. On any boat.


I had an 18' Robolo CC for a couple of years. The first modification I did
was to tediously remove the huge "Robolo" decals from the sides.
Unfortunately, a faint ghost image of the name decal remained, despite my
many attempts to buff it out.

Eisboch




A shark's jaw decal on the bow?

http://tinyurl.com/3ypyxx

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:22:06 -0400, HK wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I don't much like the big horsey side decals, either. On any boat.


I had an 18' Robolo CC for a couple of years. The first modification I did
was to tediously remove the huge "Robolo" decals from the sides.
Unfortunately, a faint ghost image of the name decal remained, despite my
many attempts to buff it out.

Eisboch




A shark's jaw decal on the bow?

http://tinyurl.com/3ypyxx

Though I couldn't care less about the vanity part that might drive an
individual to want something distinctive/stand-out in the appearance
of his boat, it's an interesting subject.
I always liked Buick portholes, Olds hood stripes, Bimmer and Jag
grillwork, etc, but ended up buying Chevys, because I personally
see them as best "value" for my car purposes. Not suggesting that car
purpose and boat purpose always translate well, but they might for me.
One might consider the Carolna Skiff the Chevy of shallow draft
basic transportation boats, and the Mac 26 as Chevy of shallow draft
quasi-sailboats with some basic weekender accommodations.
One of my kids has a '93 Corsica that is hard to recognize as such,
with the ground effects, spoiler, pin down hood, scoop, various
striping. And that's not even considering the Getrang 5-speed he
put in to replace the auto.
To me it's still a '93 Corsica, which has its own value.
But he does all the work himself, nicely, and has a right to be proud
of it.
Anyway, outside of after-purchase tricking out - I was thinking some
stainless rails on the bow - what could Parker have done to make your
boat stand out from the others, without compromising the boat's
intended purpose? Since I'm not around water, I don't know or fully
understand the hull shape side of it in terms of what compromises
would have to be made to make a 21' V distinctive at - say 200 yards
distance..

--Vic