Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:28:10 -0500, HK penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:05:05 -0500, HK penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Gene Kearns wrote:

Instead of being such idiots, you could have helped me and the wife
compound and polish one side of the boat. We could have gotten done in
time to float it and hit the best watering hole on the ICW.... a view
of the water, hottie little waitresses, shrimp burgers, and the
coldest Red Stripes on earth. With any luck we could have hooked up
with D-unit and company. But n-o-o-o-o-o-o-o you guys want to snipe at
each other.
Well, you could have stopped off at Tri-State today, where, while going
into the fishing flea market, you would have noticed two just delivered
30+' Gradys, each with a pair of 350s on the transom. Jeez.
If I had that sort of expendable income...... I'd be all over it!


I didn't even look closely. When I see that sort of array on the stern,
I simply think..."Another way to support Big Oil..." And think of the
truck and trailer you'd need to haul 'em! Gotta be 12,000-14,000 pounds
in those rigs.

I'm pretty sure they were 33's.

Nice boats, though.

No way to trailer that sort of boat, short of a tractor trailer and
(even worse) the oversize permits. I think the narrowest model, 33' or
over, is almost a 12' beam.



What? My 4Runner won't do? Ack! I better call and cancel the order!

Seriously, though, I asked my salesman there how boat sales were going,
and he said they were moving just a little less than the usual number of
new larger boats, that middle range boats were "down some," and smaller
boat sales had "fallen flat." Larger boats at that dealership are the
big Gradys, of course, and I'd guess the "middle range" includes the
23-30 foot Parkers and Gradys, with the smaller boats the Parkers and
Gradys the size of mine or smaller. He said the downturn was due mostly
to declining economic conditions, rather than the price of fuel.