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"Larry" wrote in message ... Wayne.B wrote in : Generally speaking, small boats such as outboards are far less sea worthy than larger boats because: The transoms are either wide open or cut down. The cockpits are wide open, the freeboards are lower. They have smaller and fewer bilge pumps, often only one. They have smaller and fewer batteries. Cockpit decks are not water tight. Control cables have holes in liners that allow a lot of water entry. Outboards have all the engine weight at the stern, making them stern heavy. Well, duhh....(c; How much tax money did this scientific revelation cost us? Remember the gummit report on why children fall off bicycles?...hee hee. Must be the same bureaucrats. Larry -- Merry Christmas! http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qi_NhFS4xEE I recall a similar report on why people burn their mouths on pizza. Something about the cheese being too hot.. shrug db |
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D-unit wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message ... Wayne.B wrote in : Generally speaking, small boats such as outboards are far less sea worthy than larger boats because: The transoms are either wide open or cut down. The cockpits are wide open, the freeboards are lower. They have smaller and fewer bilge pumps, often only one. They have smaller and fewer batteries. Cockpit decks are not water tight. Control cables have holes in liners that allow a lot of water entry. Outboards have all the engine weight at the stern, making them stern heavy. Well, duhh....(c; How much tax money did this scientific revelation cost us? Remember the gummit report on why children fall off bicycles?...hee hee. Must be the same bureaucrats. Larry -- Merry Christmas! http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qi_NhFS4xEE I recall a similar report on why people burn their mouths on pizza. Something about the cheese being too hot.. shrug db That's a problem in this newsgroup, too. Too much cheese from non-boaters like "reggie." |
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:41:10 -0500, HK wrote:
D-unit wrote: "Larry" wrote in message ... Wayne.B wrote in : Generally speaking, small boats such as outboards are far less sea worthy than larger boats because: The transoms are either wide open or cut down. The cockpits are wide open, the freeboards are lower. They have smaller and fewer bilge pumps, often only one. They have smaller and fewer batteries. Cockpit decks are not water tight. Control cables have holes in liners that allow a lot of water entry. Outboards have all the engine weight at the stern, making them stern heavy. Well, duhh....(c; How much tax money did this scientific revelation cost us? Remember the gummit report on why children fall off bicycles?...hee hee. Must be the same bureaucrats. Larry -- Merry Christmas! http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qi_NhFS4xEE I recall a similar report on why people burn their mouths on pizza. Something about the cheese being too hot.. shrug db That's a problem in this newsgroup, too. Too much cheese from non-boaters like "reggie." Harry, why all the name changes? -- John H |
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:50:47 -0500, John H.
wrote: Harry, why all the name changes? How do you know it's Harry? --Vic |
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Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:50:47 -0500, John H. wrote: Harry, why all the name changes? How do you know it's Harry? --Vic Herring notices when I switch from my desktop to my laptop, but just about everything else happening in the world is way, way over his head. |
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On Dec 12, 12:59 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote: Wayne.B wrote: From Docksider Reports: http://www.docksidereports.com/small...ety_at_sea.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Generally speaking, small boats such as outboards are far less sea worthy than larger boats because: The transoms are either wide open or cut down. The cockpits are wide open, the freeboards are lower. They have smaller and fewer bilge pumps, often only one. They have smaller and fewer batteries. Cockpit decks are not water tight. Control cables have holes in liners that allow a lot of water entry. Outboards have all the engine weight at the stern, making them stern heavy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Further on, same source: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Were I a lawyer, I could make a hell of a good legal argument that boats that meet this description are not seaworthy to be out in the ocean. But hundreds of them are out there every day and only a handful of them meet with calamity. So why don't more of them founder? Mainly due to dumb luck. It takes the right circumstances at the right time to create the disaster. Like that loose bilge pump wire I mentioned earlier. One of those circumstances is when the fisherman stops and puts his stern to the waves. Water is sloshing over the transom and what he is not realizing is that the bilge is slowly filling up with water through all those holes and leaks. It doesn't take much water in the bilge before the hull looses enough buoyancy that one bigger wave comes over the transom and fills up the cockpit. At this point, the sheer weight of the water has turned moderate leakage into the hull into cascades of water. The hull is now even lower in the water and the next wave is the coup de gras. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be careful out there, especially the LTs among us. I am trying to figure out what possible advantage an LT boat offers. Why wouldn't they include an engine well, it can't be that expensive.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - When you are trying to arrange 15-25 square feet in a under twenty foot boat, a couple of feet makes a huge difference... |
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On Dec 12, 2:12 pm, HK wrote:
wrote: On Dec 12, 1:29 pm, harry krause wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: harry krause wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: Wayne.B wrote: From Docksider Reports: I am trying to figure out what possible advantage an LT boat offers. Why wouldn't they include an engine well, it can't be that expensive. Only an inexperienced boater would believe that the splash guard on a small outboard boat is going to keep water off the deck. My 1972 runabout did a great job of keeping the water out. The engine well was just as high as the transom. I know there is no one in rec.boats who has your experience. Heck, you use your boating almost 20 hrs a year. Well, Reggie, my 2008 Parker does a great job at keeping the water out. So did my 1954 Amesbury dory with the 15" transom. More of your snarky games, Reggie. You criticize the boats of others but you don't have the balls to tell us precisely what brand, model, year of boat you allegedly own now. The exact same could be said of you, Harry. You claim to own more than one boat, correct? And you do continuously criticize other types of boats. Remember? "But that's the way you are with everything, right, a**hole?" If I criticize a boat, it is on the basis of personal experience, evaluation, inspection, not because I want to be the "A**hole of Reggie" here. There's no reason to believe Reggie owns any boat whatsoever.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But then again there is no reason not to, it's kind of a wash. |
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:06:46 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote: Be careful out there, especially the LTs among us. INCOMING!!!! |
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