http://www.splashvision.com/Video/13...fish-boat.html


Really nice boat, if you are into oversized center consoles, but IPS
drives? On a fishing boat? According to the voice-over, the draft is
about 40-inches. Man, I would hate to touch bottom with those thingies
on the bottom of the hull...much worse consequences than simply dinging
a prop.

What a boat, though.

On Mar 4, 5:27*pm, HK wrote:
http://www.splashvision.com/Video/13...win-Volvo-Pent...

Really nice boat, if you are into oversized center consoles, but IPS
drives? On a fishing boat? According to the voice-over, the draft is
about 40-inches. Man, I would hate to touch bottom with those thingies
on the bottom of the hull...much worse consequences than simply dinging
a prop.

What a boat, though.

Like the underdeck lights, always wanted to do something like that
with my little skiff, saw some of those solar powered lamps real cheap
at Ocean State. I actually may try to rig something up like that this
year.

"HK" wrote in message
...


http://www.splashvision.com/Video/13...fish-boat.html


Really nice boat, if you are into oversized center consoles, but IPS
drives? On a fishing boat? According to the voice-over, the draft is about
40-inches. Man, I would hate to touch bottom with those thingies on the
bottom of the hull...much worse consequences than simply dinging a prop.

What a boat, though.


It is nice. I think the idea with a 40' boat is not to venture into shallow
water. It's an off-shore fishing boat.

Personally though, I just don't understand the intrigue of a center console
fishing boat of that size. I'd much prefer a sportsfish or convertible
design that offers sleeping quarters and a galley with a large cockpit for
fishing. Small CC's make sense, but not something that size .... to me
anyway.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...

http://www.splashvision.com/Video/13...fish-boat.html


Really nice boat, if you are into oversized center consoles, but IPS
drives? On a fishing boat? According to the voice-over, the draft is about
40-inches. Man, I would hate to touch bottom with those thingies on the
bottom of the hull...much worse consequences than simply dinging a prop.

What a boat, though.


It is nice. I think the idea with a 40' boat is not to venture into shallow
water. It's an off-shore fishing boat.

Personally though, I just don't understand the intrigue of a center console
fishing boat of that size. I'd much prefer a sportsfish or convertible
design that offers sleeping quarters and a galley with a large cockpit for
fishing. Small CC's make sense, but not something that size .... to me
anyway.

Eisboch



I agree, to a point. Center consoles are great up to maybe 27'. After
that, I'd want a cabin with headroom and a full head and a galley. I
don't much like strictly flying bridge control sportfish boats much
these days, though they are great in Florida.

On Mar 4, 8:19*pm, HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...

http://www.splashvision.com/Video/13...win-Volvo-Pent...

Really nice boat, if you are into oversized center consoles, but IPS
drives? On a fishing boat? According to the voice-over, the draft is about
40-inches. Man, I would hate to touch bottom with those thingies on the
bottom of the hull...much worse consequences than simply dinging a prop..

What a boat, though.

It is nice. *I think the idea with a 40' boat is not to venture into shallow
water. *It's an off-shore fishing boat.

Personally though, I just don't understand the intrigue of a center console
fishing boat of that size. * I'd much prefer a sportsfish or convertible
design that offers sleeping quarters and a galley with a large cockpit for
fishing. * Small CC's make sense, but not something that size .... to me
anyway.

Eisboch

I agree, to a point. Center consoles are great up to maybe 27'. After
that, I'd want a cabin with headroom and a full head and a galley. I
don't much like strictly flying bridge control sportfish boats much
these days, though they are great in Florida.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Like your Zimmerman like lobster boat? Oh, wait that was a lie......

HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...

http://www.splashvision.com/Video/13...fish-boat.html



Really nice boat, if you are into oversized center consoles, but IPS
drives? On a fishing boat? According to the voice-over, the draft is
about 40-inches. Man, I would hate to touch bottom with those
thingies on the bottom of the hull...much worse consequences than
simply dinging a prop.

What a boat, though.


It is nice. I think the idea with a 40' boat is not to venture into
shallow water. It's an off-shore fishing boat.

Personally though, I just don't understand the intrigue of a center
console fishing boat of that size. I'd much prefer a sportsfish or
convertible design that offers sleeping quarters and a galley with a
large cockpit for fishing. Small CC's make sense, but not something
that size .... to me anyway.

Eisboch



I agree, to a point. Center consoles are great up to maybe 27'. After
that, I'd want a cabin with headroom and a full head and a galley. I
don't much like strictly flying bridge control sportfish boats much
these days, though they are great in Florida.

Overuse of the word "much" in the same sentence. You said you are/were
a writer?

HK wrote:

Really nice boat, if you are into oversized center consoles, but IPS
drives? On a fishing boat? According to the voice-over, the draft is
about 40-inches. Man, I would hate to touch bottom with those thingies
on the bottom of the hull...much worse consequences than simply dinging
a prop.

What a boat, though.

A "few" years ago I fished with a 25 HP Merc. It had some sort of a
clutch in the drive train. I can't even begin to count the number of
times the prop hit something. Nothing ever broke. The skeg and prop
got dinged but kept on going.

I appreciate the fact that there are substantial differences in the
stresses encountered in a 25 HP vs a 225 HP drive train.

With todays technology could it not be possible to engineer a similar
system? Are manufactures too indifferent or are consumers too cheap?

As the OP suggested that bottom touching clunk has often brought
tears to the eyes of full grown men.

LdB