West Coast Parker
 

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:31:58 -0500, HK wrote:

I still wouldn't want to live on
a boat.

That's good. I don't think you're cut out for it.

West Coast Parker
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:31:58 -0500, HK wrote:

I still wouldn't want to live on
a boat.

That's good. I don't think you're cut out for it.

Indeed. Short overnight vacation on a boat, sure. Living on a small
floating RV, as you do? Naw. Too confining, and not even as comfortable
as a good rock'n'roller's tour bus. About the same length, too.

http://tinyurl.com/2mx5mw

West Coast Parker
 

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:57:24 -0500, HK wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2mx5mw

Cool. How many are you getting?

West Coast Parker
 

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:07:19 -0500, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:30:30 -0500, HK wrote:

Already got three trips planned,
including one to the OBX.

I'd be inclined to call "bovine excrement" on OBX except that I've
already been there in my 12 ft RIB dinghy.

Well, if you've been somewhere, D'whine, it must be bullsh*t, or at
least covered in it, eh?

It's about 220 miles from my house to the OBX, D'wine. About a six hour
drive pulling my tandem trailer, including food and rest stops. Or three
days on your creaky old floating RV, if the weather sucks.


Albemarle Sound should be beautiful this summer. Waves may get up to 6", so
be careful. Sounds like you'll have a great time getting there also. Should
be a serene peaceful journey down I-95.
--
Red Herring

West Coast Parker
 

On Jan 17, 9:28*pm, HK wrote:
JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:30:30 -0500, HK wrote:

Already got three trips planned, including one to the OBX.
I'd be inclined to call "bovine excrement" on OBX except that I've
already been there in my 12 ft RIB dinghy.
Well, if you've been somewhere, D'whine, it must be bullsh*t, or at least
covered in it, eh?

It's about 220 miles from my house to the OBX, D'wine. About a six hour
drive pulling my tandem trailer, including food and rest stops. Or three
days on your creaky old floating RV, if the weather sucks.

We have had 3 wonderful vacations on the Outer Banks, most recently in a 3
level, 5 bedroom house on the ocean with my sisters family. *The house had a
pool, hot tub and game room.

Mornings were spent with a cup of coffee watching the dolphins swimming
parallel to the beach.

Nice place, but a bit expensive.

Yeah, we rent a house with another couple. No need for that many
bedrooms,

No need for "that many" bedrooms? That makes no sense, do you all
usually have seperate ones or something?.. no wonder you are always on
the rag.

"Yeah man, were cool.. we didn't need bedrooms or even bathrooms, we
were too busy out doing stuff man.. yeah, we did everything man...."

though. There's lots of stuff to do there, some boat-related,
some not. It's a pretty easy drive from here. South Florida is too
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West Coast Parker
 

West Coast Parker
 

On Jan 18, 7:43*am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 17, 9:28 pm, HK wrote:
JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:30:30 -0500, HK wrote:
Already got three trips planned, including one to the OBX.
I'd be inclined to call "bovine excrement" on OBX except that I've
already been there in my 12 ft RIB dinghy.
Well, if you've been somewhere, D'whine, it must be bullsh*t, or at least
covered in it, eh?
It's about 220 miles from my house to the OBX, D'wine. About a six hour
drive pulling my tandem trailer, including food and rest stops. Or three
days on your creaky old floating RV, if the weather sucks.
We have had 3 wonderful vacations on the Outer Banks, most recently in a 3
level, 5 bedroom house on the ocean with my sisters family. *The house had a
pool, hot tub and game room.
Mornings were spent with a cup of coffee watching the dolphins swimming
parallel to the beach.
Nice place, but a bit expensive.
Yeah, we rent a house with another couple. No need for that many
bedrooms,

No need for "that many" bedrooms? That makes no sense, do you all
usually have seperate ones or something?.. no wonder you are always on
the rag.

"Yeah man, were cool.. we didn't need bedrooms or even bathrooms, we
were too busy out doing stuff man.. yeah, we did everything man...."

Think it through, genius. We rent a house with another couple. Two
couples, two bedrooms. Jim goes there with lots of other people, and his
troupe needs lots more bedrooms.

Do you hire someone to measure the plywood you cut for your boats?
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Pftttttt. and you have never built a boat so you wouldn't know
but quite frankly a measuring stick of any given length is more
important than a ruler when building a boat. Unless it's just extruded
plastic, think about that one...

West Coast Parker
 

West Coast Parker
 

On Jan 17, 4:31*pm, HK wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:25:00 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:57:22 -0500, HK wrote:

Arrgh...snow and rain. No Virginia Beach fishing trip this week.

Anyway, got a photo of another West Coast Parker with a tuna tower.
Don't see many of these tower-equipped small boats in these here parts..

http://tinyurl.com/2st2wm

Guy who runs her has an Airmar B-260 transducer, an 80-gallon bait tank,
and goes out 75 miles for albacore fishing.
I'd be curious where he has that transducer mounted on that boat.

It is a little huge for a thru-hull on that size of boat, but I
suspect that would be one of the preferred models.

Finding good water at plane, though? Location location, location.....

The owner built up some sort of nacelle on the inside of the hull and
the B260 protrudes, but I've not seen a photo of the install. I suspect
with all the money he's spent on the boat, he doesn't count $100 bills
closely.

The back 1/3rd of the Parker 25-footers don't come out of the water
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Too slow, huh?

West Coast Parker
 

On Jan 17, 6:02*pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 17, 5:06 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:47:17 -0500, HK wrote:
The two boats use the same hull.
Naval architecture by Lego.

snerk *Sorry T, I will send you a check..;)

Form ever follows function *- Louis Sullivan

Naval architecture by Lego - Sal****er Nobody

*snerk

Practical use above aesthetics. Decorative elements on fishing boats -
metalflake, strange colors, fins, carpeting on decks, low-quality
eTec outboards - are superfluous. * *:-)

How about the YoHo logo? What practical use does that have for fishing?