Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Prequel: I'm not trying to start an argument here.

I helped take down my dealer's display at the Boston Covention Center
today and transfer it to Hartford for the CMTA show this coming
weekend.

I had some down time, so I started talking to the Parker dealer and
the subject of splash boards came up - I noticed that all the Parker
boats on display had splash boards on the open transom boats.

When I asked the question, he simply said that in his opinion, anyone
who doesn't use a spash board is asking for trouble when backing down
for any particular reason. Not to mention more water in the boat than
is nececssary in certain sea states.

Straight from the dealer. :)

I would judge any boat more by my personal observation of those who boat
in the same area I do. I can honestly say I've seen no Parkers that I
can recall, which would make me wonder if maybe there are no dealers in
this area, or they are simply not popular or in demand enough for the
waters in this part of the country.

To each their own. My brother-in-law's girlfriend continues to rave
about her pontoon boat. Personally I would never own one due to the fact
they are not well suited to the fishing/boating we prefer to do. I
finally had to explain to her, 'I am happy for you to be happy with your
boat, please stop wasting your time trying to convince me I should get
one'.

I guess some people just seem to think that what works well for them
would work well for everyone else. It simply ain't so.

DownTime

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