On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:28:08 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:38:58 -0500, John H. penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Gene, cut folks some slack!

The only reason that *wasn't* posted by Harry was because someone else
thought of it first. It is exactly the thing Harry would have posted had he
thought of it.

Now, there.

Slack for what? Impersonations?

No, for not checking whether or not the post had come from Harry.


I know it must be comforting to all posters that, when you are away,
other people will be here posting in your name with "your thoughts" so
that nobody will be without "your" posts and/or "your" responses....

Think about it..... and think about the motivations of a poster
impersonating another poster with something that they know is going to
be inflammatory and then jumping back into the fray as themselves.

Historically, Harry isn't the only victim of that kind of crap and it
only serves to divide and inflame the newsgroup..... and *never* in
the direction of *boats*.

What was posted, in this case, could not possibly further divide the group.


There's also the matter of self fulfilling prophecy. I think we have
one poster that has absolutely gone off the deep end... mostly because
he feels that he is expected to.....


There is that bit of truth, and it ain't Jim.

Now, go do some kind if rain dance..... you are *really* going to need
some, if you expect to be boating down here, when you get moved....

We're now thinking of the New Bern area. Looks like water levels there may
not be as much of a problem as Falls Lake.

Do you know anything about the New Bern area?
--
John H

On Feb 9, 5:28*pm, HK wrote:
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.

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What's the burn rate on that Zimmerman like lobster boat?

On Feb 9, 9:36*pm, HK wrote:
JimH wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
. ..
"HK" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

You forgot to capitalize yourself.
Want some more love letters from your fan club, Harry? Google yourself
on google groups. You have amassed quite a following.
Ahhh...another boating-related missive from the current chair of the
"obsessed with harry" club, and most likely another boatless loser,
just like most of the rest of them.

I've never been low enough to try to be you, JimmyBobBoy.
He He You're doing great Harry.

Are you Jim from Florida?

Probably, though I don't keep track of the a**holes here. I believe
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Name calling. What sophistication and culture it takes to do that......

On Feb 9, 8:54*pm, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 15:53:02 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould





wrote:
On Feb 9, 6:34?am, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 06:24:38 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould

wrote:
On Feb 9, 6:08?am, wrote:
On Feb 9, 9:03?am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here

wrote:
HK wrote:
I am truly sorry if I offended any of you fellas.
Love you,
Harry Krause

Next thing you will be doing to calling some a Black Loser, or a
Wet-Back Loser.... you really should be ashamed of yourself.

Only if they think it will help in the elections.. The democrats have
been pulling this "tolerant party" farce for decades, the drift
between Obama and Billary has really opened up the curtains to the
blatant bigotry and pandering that is the rule of the day for the
dems...

Read you own post, Scottie.

I always get a kick out of statements like, "Those rotten, no-good, so
and so's and such and such's are despicable because they are so
hateful and intolerant!"

Thanks for starting my day with a smile.

Both of your parties are guilty of pandering. Yours hopes to achieve
and maintain power by toadying up to the equally rich or richer,
piling so much wealth on their ultraprivileged tables that some will
ultimately spill over the edges into your own pockets.

Bull****. Do you consider it 'bad' to be wealthy? Are the rich inherently
immoral? How do you define 'rich'?

Your opposition
?[liberals]
hopes to achieve and maintain power by promising the poor, the
discouraged and the disenfranchised an ever elusive "brighter day",
thereby garnering millions of hours of volunteer time and tens of
millions of votes.

Absolutely true.

So you are both a batch of thieves. The difference is not in what you
do, but who your masters are.

Luke 6: 41-42

One with your attitude towards religion should not quote the Bible.
--
John H- Hide quoted text -

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I didn't say it was bad to be wealthy, I said your party steals for
the wealthy----- vs the other party that steals for the poor. There's
no difference in what either of you do, only who your masters are.

"...steals for the poor." *What horse****!

DC has a pot full of poor. It's been run by Democrats from time immemorial..
Wealthy Democrats. Democrats who've convinced the 'poor' that they will
look out for the 'poor'. Have the 'poor' done one iota better in all that
time? The Mayors go to jail, the city council folks go to jail, the school
board folks go to jail, the friggin' teachers' union folks go to jail.

You need to wake up Chuck. The Democrats have done a good job of convincing
the uneducated that the Democrats are looking out for them. It's true. The
Democrats want to keep them poor and uneducated - that way the poor will
continue to believe the **** like you just spouted above.

Hell no, the Democrats don't want the No Child Left Behind Act to succeed.
The poor may *learn* something!
--
John H- Hide quoted text -

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Ding ding ding.... and we have a winner... If no child left behind
works, the dems lose their voter base...

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:13:03 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

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.

One of the captains I occasionally back up has a Hydra-Sports 330 CC
that he trailers to places when fishing is hot here or there and for
tournaments over 75 miles from his home base in Bristol RI.

That boat has a 10.5' beam and with the trailer, it's close to 11'
wide. The interesting thing is that he doesn't need a special permit
to haul the boat - he does need an oversize sign (he tows it with a
Ford F-450 dual) front and rear. All he needs to do is to call the
DOT in RI, pay a small fee (like $25) and he has his permit. He can
also do it online. When he goes to MA or NY, same thing - all done
online, quick and easy.

The Canyon 33 is almost a foot wider than the Hydra-Sports - 11'7"
which isn't too wide for a trailer - it's just under 12' which I think
is the total limit on non-special wide load permits. I could be wrong
though. I know that there are specialty trailer makers (Harry bought
his trailer from one that I know of) that can build a proper trailer
that's not wider than the boat it'self.

The nice thing about the Contender 31 I had was that it was under 10'
- 9'6" - and was a piece of cake to trailer around and I didn't need a
special permit for it when I did trailer it which wasn't often.

The one thing I really don't like about hauling big boats is looking out
the rear view mirror and seeing the "Battleship Missouri" two feet
behind me. Always gives me the willies.

On Feb 10, 9:22*am, HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:13:03 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

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.

One of the captains I occasionally back up has a Hydra-Sports 330 CC
that he trailers to places when fishing is hot here or there and for
tournaments over 75 *miles from his home base in Bristol RI.

That boat has a 10.5' beam and with the trailer, it's close to 11'
wide. *The interesting thing is that he doesn't need a special permit
to haul the boat - he does need an oversize sign (he tows it with a
Ford F-450 dual) front and rear. *All he needs to do is to call the
DOT in RI, pay a small fee (like $25) and he has his permit. *He can
also do it online. *When he goes to MA or NY, same thing - all done
online, quick and easy.

The Canyon 33 is almost a foot wider than the Hydra-Sports - 11'7"
which isn't too wide for a trailer - it's just under 12' which I think
is the total limit on non-special wide load permits. *I could be wrong
though. *I know that there are specialty trailer makers (Harry bought
his trailer from one that I know of) that can build a proper trailer
that's not wider than the boat it'self.

The nice thing about the Contender 31 I had was that it was under 10'
- 9'6" - and was a piece of cake to trailer around and I didn't need a
special permit for it when I did trailer it which wasn't often.

The one thing I really don't like about hauling big boats is looking out
the rear view mirror and seeing the "Battleship Missouri" two feet
behind me. *Always gives me the willies.- Hide quoted text -

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If you drive fast enough, the boat can't catch you...

wrote:
On Feb 10, 9:22 am, HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:13:03 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:
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.
One of the captains I occasionally back up has a Hydra-Sports 330 CC
that he trailers to places when fishing is hot here or there and for
tournaments over 75 miles from his home base in Bristol RI.
That boat has a 10.5' beam and with the trailer, it's close to 11'
wide. The interesting thing is that he doesn't need a special permit
to haul the boat - he does need an oversize sign (he tows it with a
Ford F-450 dual) front and rear. All he needs to do is to call the
DOT in RI, pay a small fee (like $25) and he has his permit. He can
also do it online. When he goes to MA or NY, same thing - all done
online, quick and easy.
The Canyon 33 is almost a foot wider than the Hydra-Sports - 11'7"
which isn't too wide for a trailer - it's just under 12' which I think
is the total limit on non-special wide load permits. I could be wrong
though. I know that there are specialty trailer makers (Harry bought
his trailer from one that I know of) that can build a proper trailer
that's not wider than the boat it'self.
The nice thing about the Contender 31 I had was that it was under 10'
- 9'6" - and was a piece of cake to trailer around and I didn't need a
special permit for it when I did trailer it which wasn't often.
The one thing I really don't like about hauling big boats is looking out
the rear view mirror and seeing the "Battleship Missouri" two feet
behind me. Always gives me the willies.- Hide quoted text -

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If you drive fast enough, the boat can't catch you...


Gee, I never thought of *that*.

On Feb 10, 9:29*am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Feb 10, 9:22 am, HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:13:03 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:
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.
One of the captains I occasionally back up has a Hydra-Sports 330 CC
that he trailers to places when fishing is hot here or there and for
tournaments over 75 *miles from his home base in Bristol RI.
That boat has a 10.5' beam and with the trailer, it's close to 11'
wide. *The interesting thing is that he doesn't need a special permit
to haul the boat - he does need an oversize sign (he tows it with a
Ford F-450 dual) front and rear. *All he needs to do is to call the
DOT in RI, pay a small fee (like $25) and he has his permit. *He can
also do it online. *When he goes to MA or NY, same thing - all done
online, quick and easy.
The Canyon 33 is almost a foot wider than the Hydra-Sports - 11'7"
which isn't too wide for a trailer - it's just under 12' which I think
is the total limit on non-special wide load permits. *I could be wrong
though. *I know that there are specialty trailer makers (Harry bought
his trailer from one that I know of) that can build a proper trailer
that's not wider than the boat it'self.
The nice thing about the Contender 31 I had was that it was under 10'
- 9'6" - and was a piece of cake to trailer around and I didn't need a
special permit for it when I did trailer it which wasn't often.
The one thing I really don't like about hauling big boats is looking out
the rear view mirror and seeing the "Battleship Missouri" two feet
behind me. *Always gives me the willies.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

If you drive fast enough, the boat can't catch you...

Gee, I never thought of *that*.- Hide quoted text -

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See, now can I drive your boat??

wrote:
On Feb 10, 9:29 am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Feb 10, 9:22 am, HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:13:03 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:
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.
One of the captains I occasionally back up has a Hydra-Sports 330 CC
that he trailers to places when fishing is hot here or there and for
tournaments over 75 miles from his home base in Bristol RI.
That boat has a 10.5' beam and with the trailer, it's close to 11'
wide. The interesting thing is that he doesn't need a special permit
to haul the boat - he does need an oversize sign (he tows it with a
Ford F-450 dual) front and rear. All he needs to do is to call the
DOT in RI, pay a small fee (like $25) and he has his permit. He can
also do it online. When he goes to MA or NY, same thing - all done
online, quick and easy.
The Canyon 33 is almost a foot wider than the Hydra-Sports - 11'7"
which isn't too wide for a trailer - it's just under 12' which I think
is the total limit on non-special wide load permits. I could be wrong
though. I know that there are specialty trailer makers (Harry bought
his trailer from one that I know of) that can build a proper trailer
that's not wider than the boat it'self.
The nice thing about the Contender 31 I had was that it was under 10'
- 9'6" - and was a piece of cake to trailer around and I didn't need a
special permit for it when I did trailer it which wasn't often.
The one thing I really don't like about hauling big boats is looking out
the rear view mirror and seeing the "Battleship Missouri" two feet
behind me. Always gives me the willies.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
If you drive fast enough, the boat can't catch you...
Gee, I never thought of *that*.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

See, now can I drive your boat??


Sure, while it is on the trailer. Seriously, if you get your ass down
here, you're on. But I don't *do* winter fishing. I'd say - April - at
the earliest.

On Feb 10, 9:43*am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Feb 10, 9:29 am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Feb 10, 9:22 am, HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:13:03 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:
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.
One of the captains I occasionally back up has a Hydra-Sports 330 CC
that he trailers to places when fishing is hot here or there and for
tournaments over 75 *miles from his home base in Bristol RI.
That boat has a 10.5' beam and with the trailer, it's close to 11'
wide. *The interesting thing is that he doesn't need a special permit
to haul the boat - he does need an oversize sign (he tows it with a
Ford F-450 dual) front and rear. *All he needs to do is to call the
DOT in RI, pay a small fee (like $25) and he has his permit. *He can
also do it online. *When he goes to MA or NY, same thing - all done
online, quick and easy.
The Canyon 33 is almost a foot wider than the Hydra-Sports - 11'7"
which isn't too wide for a trailer - it's just under 12' which I think
is the total limit on non-special wide load permits. *I could be wrong
though. *I know that there are specialty trailer makers (Harry bought
his trailer from one that I know of) that can build a proper trailer
that's not wider than the boat it'self.
The nice thing about the Contender 31 I had was that it was under 10'
- 9'6" - and was a piece of cake to trailer around and I didn't need a
special permit for it when I did trailer it which wasn't often.
The one thing I really don't like about hauling big boats is looking out
the rear view mirror and seeing the "Battleship Missouri" two feet
behind me. *Always gives me the willies.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
If you drive fast enough, the boat can't catch you...
Gee, I never thought of *that*.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

See, now can I drive your boat??

Sure, while it is on the trailer. Seriously, if you get your ass down
here, you're on. But I don't *do* winter fishing. I'd say - April - at
the earliest.- Hide quoted text -

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I am planning to take you up on that this summer Harry, count on it.
But you don't want me driving, I really can not see at all, ask Tom...
"What huge green tower in the water? OOOOPs. was that a lobsta' pot I
just casted into?? I can't really catch fish all that well either,
but I can sure tie a decent knot