Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:33:46 -0500, HK wrote:

Oh, it is going to be fun watching your false teeth bounce out of your
big mouth this summer, when you run your "too small for the Bay" fishing
boat against the hard chop. Better wear a neck brace, too.

Isn't John's boat about the same size as your ocean going, all weather
LTP ?


Nope. John's new boat would fit inside mine. My Parker is only 21' long,
but if you put the two boats next to each other, mine looks like a
battleship and his looks about the size and configuration of my old Sea
Pro. Remember, I owned several boats that exact size. The Parker has a
much higher bow, higher sides, more deadrise and, importantly in a small
boat, it weighs at least a half ton more.

BTW, the center part of my transom is exactly the same height as the one
on Herring's boat...about 25 inches. The sides of the transom on my boat
are much higher. The motorwells on most small boats are next to useless
in stopping an onflow from the stern. What matters is the boat's ability
to drain fast.

How would I know this? Why...my last Sea Pro had a motorwell about the
size of the one on Herring's new boat. When a large stern wave wants to
come aboard, it does...it simply fills up the little well and then fluid
dynamics help the rest of the water aboard.

I had a lot of fun with my Sea Pro on the Bay, but not when it was choppy.