On Oct 10, 1:05?pm, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:49:07 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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Chuck Gould wrote:

Your opinion has certainly "evolved" since the days when you proudly
proclaimed your ownership of a Hatteras in rec.boats. :-)

Indeed, Chuck. After a four year war "for oil" that continues, $3+ prices
at the pump, and the hard right working harder than ever to deny the
impact of global warming, it just seems "smarter" to downsize one's energy
consuming toys. I wouldn't mind seeing a substantial luxury tax or energy
surtax on oversized pleasure vehicles, luxury yachts, private planes, et
cetera.

The surtax should be on the cost of the fuel in excess of X amount of
gallons used per month, not the item the fuel is used in.

Eisboch

Harry, if you're still reading - many of those trawlers are powered with
small diesels, burning almost nothing. Do you consider Wayne's or Chuck's
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I realize over 4 nmpg. I'd be surprised to learn that Harry's boat is
more economical than that.

While Harry has the financial resources to own whatever he likes,
including a small fleet of boats, many of the people who are so
against medium size and larger boats adopt that position as a result
of poorly informed conclusions. People who own large boats are
stereotypically dismissed as folks with way too much money. (Large
boat = anything larger than the one the person complaining about large
boats happens to own). In reality, most of us with moderate or larger
size boats are juyst normal folks who have made different choices and
spent money with different priorities.

It amazes me how a guy driving down the freeway in a 40-foot, $350,000
motor home is perceived as a "retired working stiff, living the
America retirement dream while touring the country." Put the same guy
in a 40-foot, $150,000 boat and all of a sudden he's part of he
"wealthy elite, out of touch with the common man and wasting
resources."