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On Apr 19, 8:34*am, "Don White" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. *Make sure you take JustWait along to keep the
big guy in line if he acts up. *;-)

Who the heck you bringing into this. We would both end up swimming.
Here how it would probably go. SW would wait till one of us noobies
got near the transom. A little tap of the ETec and we are both
swimming.. SW would light a imported cigar and snicker a bit, check
his wiring and wait till we were about half way to shore. Then he
would press the red button and the ARMS system would pop out of the
hardtop and blow our asses out of the water.. If we swam too fast or
he was too lazy to hit the red button, the SAT system would pick us
off soon thereafter. You just don't get it man.

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On Apr 19, 9:26*am, Tim wrote:
On Apr 19, 7:34*am, "Don White" wrote:





"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. *Make sure you take JustWait along to keep the
big guy in line if he acts up. *;-)

Er, "Big guy"??

Don are you talking about Tom or the Supreme 6????

'Just' would be on a leash anhow... LOL!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh, no....

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On Apr 20, 5:47*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Apr 19, 9:04*pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Apr 19, 8:52 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:

* They city has grown so fast, they have not been able to keep up with
the sewage infrastructure.

you sure he wasn't in New Orleans?

I have been to New Orleans, from the stories he told me, New Delia is no
New Orleans. *;)

*From what he said, in New Delia they have actually made open ditches
the middle of many of the streets to allow the sewage to flow in the
open and then dump into the river.

I'm not sure but I think Delco Remy (Delphi) just built a hugh mfg.
plant there....

Kind of makes you wonder what your alternators are made of huh?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Oh, I KNOW what they're made of. seems odd that Delphi can't make
anything good. never have. Most alternators on GM automotive give out
within anywhere from 85-135 mi. But genuine Nippon-Denso used on the
likes of Dodge Cummins trucks will go up to 200! Even then, they need
a minor repair of replacing a cheap brush pod, and with 200,000 mi.
the berings, for the most part are as good as they day they were first
installed.

If it wasn't for Delco, auto-electric rebuilders would probably go out
of business.....

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On Apr 20, 8:10*pm, wrote:
On Apr 19, 9:26*am, Tim wrote:





On Apr 19, 7:34*am, "Don White" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message

....
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. *Make sure you take JustWait along to keep the
big guy in line if he acts up. *;-)

Er, "Big guy"??

Don are you talking about Tom or the Supreme 6????

'Just' would be on a leash anhow... LOL!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh, no....- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh yes. after all, you want to stay inside the boat when Tom taps the
throttle ont he E-TEC

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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:09:22 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Apr 19, 8:34*am, "Don White" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. *Make sure you take JustWait along to keep the
big guy in line if he acts up. *;-)

Who the heck you bringing into this. We would both end up swimming.
Here how it would probably go. SW would wait till one of us noobies
got near the transom. A little tap of the ETec and we are both
swimming.. SW would light a imported cigar and snicker a bit, check
his wiring and wait till we were about half way to shore. Then he
would press the red button and the ARMS system would pop out of the
hardtop and blow our asses out of the water.. If we swam too fast or
he was too lazy to hit the red button, the SAT system would pick us
off soon thereafter. You just don't get it man.

You forgot the part about the remote controlled robot Great White
sharks chasing you to shore. :)

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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:54:02 -0400, DK wrote:


The Key West is a great boat. It's on my short list for my next boat.

In my search for my next big boat, I stumbled across one of these:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/293cc.html

I was very impressed compared to it's smaller cousins. One of the
main issues I had about Key West is that they just don't seem
"finished" to me. Then again, it's not a Contender in terms of
quality/form/fit, but overall, not bad at all for this class boat.

I liked the stepdown and by comparison, the 31 Contender and 30 Key
West are about the same weight which was surprising to me because they
used to be much lighter. It would appear that they've gone in a new
direction.

What model Key West are you interested in?

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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:43:52 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 20, 8:10*pm, wrote:
On Apr 19, 9:26*am, Tim wrote:





On Apr 19, 7:34*am, "Don White" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. *Make sure you take JustWait along to keep the
big guy in line if he acts up. *;-)

Er, "Big guy"??

Don are you talking about Tom or the Supreme 6????

'Just' would be on a leash anhow... LOL!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh, no....- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh yes. after all, you want to stay inside the boat when Tom taps the
throttle ont he E-TEC

He speaks truth. My boat scoots when power is applied.

Superior technology. :)

Hey, speaking of superior technology, can you rebuild a Super A
starter so I can keep the original starter case?

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wrote in message
...
On Apr 19, 8:34 am, "Don White" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. Make sure you take JustWait along to keep the
big guy in line if he acts up. ;-)

Who the heck you bringing into this. We would both end up swimming.
Here how it would probably go. SW would wait till one of us noobies
got near the transom. A little tap of the ETec and we are both
swimming.. SW would light a imported cigar and snicker a bit, check
his wiring and wait till we were about half way to shore. Then he
would press the red button and the ARMS system would pop out of the
hardtop and blow our asses out of the water.. If we swam too fast or
he was too lazy to hit the red button, the SAT system would pick us
off soon thereafter. You just don't get it man.

There you go. you know him best and therefore are the best bet to uncover
his weak points.
I'll back you up from up here. ;-)

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On Apr 20, 9:03�pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:43:52 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Apr 20, 8:10�pm, wrote:
On Apr 19, 9:26�am, Tim wrote:

On Apr 19, 7:34�am, "Don White" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. �Make sure you take JustWait along to keep the
big guy in line if he acts up. �;-)

Er, "Big guy"??

Don are you talking about Tom or the Supreme 6????

'Just' would be on a leash anhow... LOL!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh, no....- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh yes. after all, you want to stay inside the �boat when Tom taps the
throttle ont he E-TEC

He speaks truth. �My boat scoots when power is applied.

Superior technology. � :)

Hey, speaking of superior technology, can you rebuild a Super A
starter so I can keep the original starter case?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sure can. In fact. If you want, I'll ship you a whole starter, so you
can keep your origional.

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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:09:43 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 20, 9:03?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:43:52 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Apr 20, 8:10?pm, wrote:
On Apr 19, 9:26?am, Tim wrote:

On Apr 19, 7:34?am, "Don White" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. ?Make sure you take JustWait along to keep the
big guy in line if he acts up. ?;-)

Er, "Big guy"??

Don are you talking about Tom or the Supreme 6????

'Just' would be on a leash anhow... LOL!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh, no....- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh yes. after all, you want to stay inside the ?boat when Tom taps the
throttle ont he E-TEC

He speaks truth. ?My boat scoots when power is applied.

Superior technology. ? :)

Hey, speaking of superior technology, can you rebuild a Super A
starter so I can keep the original starter case?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sure can. In fact. If you want, I'll ship you a whole starter, so you
can keep your origional.

While I appreciate the offer, I'd prefer to have the original rebuilt.

I'll send you an email.

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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:06:59 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


wrote in message
...
On Apr 19, 8:34 am, "Don White" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. Make sure you take JustWait along to keep the
big guy in line if he acts up. ;-)

Who the heck you bringing into this. We would both end up swimming.
Here how it would probably go. SW would wait till one of us noobies
got near the transom. A little tap of the ETec and we are both
swimming.. SW would light a imported cigar and snicker a bit, check
his wiring and wait till we were about half way to shore. Then he
would press the red button and the ARMS system would pop out of the
hardtop and blow our asses out of the water.. If we swam too fast or
he was too lazy to hit the red button, the SAT system would pick us
off soon thereafter. You just don't get it man.

There you go. you know him best and therefore are the best bet to uncover
his weak points.
I'll back you up from up here. ;-)

Chicken.

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On Apr 20, 9:12�pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:09:43 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Apr 20, 9:03?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:43:52 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 20, 8:10?pm, wrote:
On Apr 19, 9:26?am, Tim wrote:

On Apr 19, 7:34?am, "Don White" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. ?Make sure you take JustWait along to keep the
big guy in line if he acts up. ?;-)

Er, "Big guy"??

Don are you talking about Tom or the Supreme 6????

'Just' would be on a leash anhow... LOL!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh, no....- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh yes. after all, you want to stay inside the ?boat when Tom taps the
throttle ont he E-TEC

He speaks truth. ?My boat scoots when power is applied.

Superior technology. ? :)

Hey, speaking of superior technology, can you rebuild a Super A
starter so I can keep the original starter case?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sure can. In fact. If you want, I'll ship you a whole starter, so you
can keep your origional.

While I appreciate the offer, I'd prefer to have the original rebuilt.

I'll send you an email.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Tom, I was saying you could have one to use, and keep the origional
with the other stuff that goes with it. But yes, yours can be redone,
and probably really in expensively. they usually dont' burn out. I'd
be happy to look at it.

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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:16:24 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 20, 9:12?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:09:43 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Apr 20, 9:03?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:43:52 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 20, 8:10?pm, wrote:
On Apr 19, 9:26?am, Tim wrote:

On Apr 19, 7:34?am, "Don White" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. ?Make sure you take JustWait along to keep the
big guy in line if he acts up. ?;-)

Er, "Big guy"??

Don are you talking about Tom or the Supreme 6????

'Just' would be on a leash anhow... LOL!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh, no....- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh yes. after all, you want to stay inside the ?boat when Tom taps the
throttle ont he E-TEC

He speaks truth. ?My boat scoots when power is applied.

Superior technology. ? :)

Hey, speaking of superior technology, can you rebuild a Super A
starter so I can keep the original starter case?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sure can. In fact. If you want, I'll ship you a whole starter, so you
can keep your origional.

While I appreciate the offer, I'd prefer to have the original rebuilt.

I'll send you an email.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Tom, I was saying you could have one to use, and keep the origional
with the other stuff that goes with it. But yes, yours can be redone,
and probably really in expensively. they usually dont' burn out. I'd
be happy to look at it.

Sounds like a plan. I'm not in a rush as it's being repainted by the
local restorer - I just need to fix the starter.

I'll drop you a line - I appreciate it very much.

I know I'll get it back in better than new shape.

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:54:02 -0400, DK wrote:


The Key West is a great boat. It's on my short list for my next boat.

In my search for my next big boat, I stumbled across one of these:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/293cc.html

I was very impressed compared to it's smaller cousins. One of the
main issues I had about Key West is that they just don't seem
"finished" to me. Then again, it's not a Contender in terms of
quality/form/fit, but overall, not bad at all for this class boat.

I liked the stepdown and by comparison, the 31 Contender and 30 Key
West are about the same weight which was surprising to me because they
used to be much lighter. It would appear that they've gone in a new
direction.

What model Key West are you interested in?

Ok, except for the choice of motors and the LT.

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On Apr 20, 9:20*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:16:24 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Apr 20, 9:12?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:09:43 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 20, 9:03?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:43:52 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 20, 8:10?pm, wrote:
On Apr 19, 9:26?am, Tim wrote:

On Apr 19, 7:34?am, "Don White" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. ?Make sure you take JustWait along to keep the
big guy in line if he acts up. ?;-)

Er, "Big guy"??

Don are you talking about Tom or the Supreme 6????

'Just' would be on a leash anhow... LOL!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh, no....- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Uh yes. after all, you want to stay inside the ?boat when Tom taps the
throttle ont he E-TEC

He speaks truth. ?My boat scoots when power is applied.

Superior technology. ? :)

Hey, speaking of superior technology, can you rebuild a Super A
starter so I can keep the original starter case?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sure can. In fact. If you want, I'll ship you a whole starter, so you
can keep your origional.

While I appreciate the offer, I'd prefer to have the original rebuilt.

I'll send you an email.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Tom, I was saying you could have one to use, and keep the origional
with the other stuff that goes with it. But yes, yours can be redone,
and probably really in expensively. they usually dont' burn out. I'd
be happy to look at it.

Sounds like a plan. *I'm not in a rush as it's being repainted by the
local restorer - I just need to fix the starter.

I'll drop you a line - I appreciate it very much.

I know I'll get it back in better than new shape.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I can take it easy on the paint job too, but the thing to do is to
work on it BEFORE it gets painted. then nothing gets scruffed up.

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:06:59 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


wrote in message
...
On Apr 19, 8:34 am, "Don White" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. Make sure you take JustWait along to keep
the
big guy in line if he acts up. ;-)

Who the heck you bringing into this. We would both end up swimming.
Here how it would probably go. SW would wait till one of us noobies
got near the transom. A little tap of the ETec and we are both
swimming.. SW would light a imported cigar and snicker a bit, check
his wiring and wait till we were about half way to shore. Then he
would press the red button and the ARMS system would pop out of the
hardtop and blow our asses out of the water.. If we swam too fast or
he was too lazy to hit the red button, the SAT system would pick us
off soon thereafter. You just don't get it man.

There you go. you know him best and therefore are the best bet to uncover
his weak points.
I'll back you up from up here. ;-)

Chicken.

I prefer sensible and practical!

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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:01:11 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:06:59 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


wrote in message
...
On Apr 19, 8:34 am, "Don White" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...
snip..

Tom? Well I'm not sure about going fishing with him or not after he
confessed that his underling caused the great earthquake of Aprill
'08.

BTW. I'm still toying the idea of petetioning the Supreme 6 MJAG about
throwing an Article 15 at him.

Nah......

I wouldn't worry about Tom. Make sure you take JustWait along to keep
the
big guy in line if he acts up. ;-)

Who the heck you bringing into this. We would both end up swimming.
Here how it would probably go. SW would wait till one of us noobies
got near the transom. A little tap of the ETec and we are both
swimming.. SW would light a imported cigar and snicker a bit, check
his wiring and wait till we were about half way to shore. Then he
would press the red button and the ARMS system would pop out of the
hardtop and blow our asses out of the water.. If we swam too fast or
he was too lazy to hit the red button, the SAT system would pick us
off soon thereafter. You just don't get it man.

There you go. you know him best and therefore are the best bet to uncover
his weak points.
I'll back you up from up here. ;-)

Chicken.

I prefer sensible and practical!

What Scotty doesn't realise is that special treatment is only for him
- I like him and am willing to give him some kind of chance to
survive.

Others I just eliminate quickly. :)

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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
DK wrote:
John H. wrote:


I loved the boat today. Rides nice, can't wait to see how she
does in the
Bay.
Yeah - I just saw the post - most excellent. Sounds like it's going
to work out fine. Key West is a good boat - a little light for my
taste, but otherwise, good boats.

Almost hate to get it dirty fishing. Maybe just use fake bait.
Catch a
bunch of fake fish. Go to Safeway and get some catfish. Mrs H
will never
know the difference.
I know somebody who does exactly that. :)
Well, I wanted something easy to launch, retrieve, and tow. This thing
seems to fit the bill.

Appreciate all the advice along the way.
No LT, right?

No, that's one of the features sorely lacking on this boat.

The Key West is a great boat. It's on my short list for my next boat.

If you like the idea of converting a Key West to a LT-KW, you can always
buy a cheap chain saw for less than a $100. ;)

A reciprocating saw is far more refined.

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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:54:02 -0400, DK wrote:

The Key West is a great boat. It's on my short list for my next boat.

In my search for my next big boat, I stumbled across one of these:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/293cc.html

I was very impressed compared to it's smaller cousins. One of the
main issues I had about Key West is that they just don't seem
"finished" to me. Then again, it's not a Contender in terms of
quality/form/fit, but overall, not bad at all for this class boat.

I liked the stepdown and by comparison, the 31 Contender and 30 Key
West are about the same weight which was surprising to me because they
used to be much lighter. It would appear that they've gone in a new
direction.

What model Key West are you interested in?

The 2300.

Polar is another consideration...

http://polarboats.com/po2300ccsingle.html

I want something I can still tow.

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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:58:31 -0400, DK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:54:02 -0400, DK wrote:

The Key West is a great boat. It's on my short list for my next boat.

In my search for my next big boat, I stumbled across one of these:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/293cc.html

I was very impressed compared to it's smaller cousins. One of the
main issues I had about Key West is that they just don't seem
"finished" to me. Then again, it's not a Contender in terms of
quality/form/fit, but overall, not bad at all for this class boat.

I liked the stepdown and by comparison, the 31 Contender and 30 Key
West are about the same weight which was surprising to me because they
used to be much lighter. It would appear that they've gone in a new
direction.

What model Key West are you interested in?

The 2300.

Polar is another consideration...

http://polarboats.com/po2300ccsingle.html

I want something I can still tow.

I'll tell you what - pound-for-pound, dollar-for-dollar, the Polar is
the best boat I've seen in that class next to Contender.

Everything about Polar boats is well thought out and properly
constructed. They also have features that other boats just don't have
or are interested in for whatever reason. They are the equal of
Contender in a lot of ways.

If I were interested in that class boat, I'd have to flip a coin
between a Contender and Polar which is saying something because I'm a
huge Contender fan/fanatic.

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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:58:31 -0400, DK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:54:02 -0400, DK wrote:

The Key West is a great boat. It's on my short list for my next boat.
In my search for my next big boat, I stumbled across one of these:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/293cc.html

I was very impressed compared to it's smaller cousins. One of the
main issues I had about Key West is that they just don't seem
"finished" to me. Then again, it's not a Contender in terms of
quality/form/fit, but overall, not bad at all for this class boat.

I liked the stepdown and by comparison, the 31 Contender and 30 Key
West are about the same weight which was surprising to me because they
used to be much lighter. It would appear that they've gone in a new
direction.

What model Key West are you interested in?
The 2300.

Polar is another consideration...

http://polarboats.com/po2300ccsingle.html

I want something I can still tow.

I'll tell you what - pound-for-pound, dollar-for-dollar, the Polar is
the best boat I've seen in that class next to Contender.

Everything about Polar boats is well thought out and properly
constructed. They also have features that other boats just don't have
or are interested in for whatever reason. They are the equal of
Contender in a lot of ways.

If I were interested in that class boat, I'd have to flip a coin
between a Contender and Polar which is saying something because I'm a
huge Contender fan/fanatic.

They do have some nice features that were well thought out for fishing
and cruising. My issue at the moment is storage. My current location
has a fixed bridge that won't allow a T-top even on a boat that size at
any tide level. Once that is settled, I can go shopping.

Contenders are very popular here and abundant. They are top-of-the-line
and carry a price tag to match. I just can't justify the additional
cost for the limited time I can get out on the water.

The 'madness' approaches
 

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:01:34 -0400, DK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:58:31 -0400, DK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:54:02 -0400, DK wrote:

The Key West is a great boat. It's on my short list for my next boat.
In my search for my next big boat, I stumbled across one of these:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/293cc.html

I was very impressed compared to it's smaller cousins. One of the
main issues I had about Key West is that they just don't seem
"finished" to me. Then again, it's not a Contender in terms of
quality/form/fit, but overall, not bad at all for this class boat.

I liked the stepdown and by comparison, the 31 Contender and 30 Key
West are about the same weight which was surprising to me because they
used to be much lighter. It would appear that they've gone in a new
direction.

What model Key West are you interested in?
The 2300.

Polar is another consideration...

http://polarboats.com/po2300ccsingle.html

I want something I can still tow.

I'll tell you what - pound-for-pound, dollar-for-dollar, the Polar is
the best boat I've seen in that class next to Contender.

Everything about Polar boats is well thought out and properly
constructed. They also have features that other boats just don't have
or are interested in for whatever reason. They are the equal of
Contender in a lot of ways.

If I were interested in that class boat, I'd have to flip a coin
between a Contender and Polar which is saying something because I'm a
huge Contender fan/fanatic.

They do have some nice features that were well thought out for fishing
and cruising. My issue at the moment is storage. My current location
has a fixed bridge that won't allow a T-top even on a boat that size at
any tide level. Once that is settled, I can go shopping.

LOL!!! Been there, done that. I had my Ranger down at Cardinal Marina
in Stonington for a while and the only exit was under the Amtrak
bridge. I could get it out and in at mid low to low, but was screwed
at any other time of day. I decided being tide bound was silly, so I
went back to trailering.

Contenders are very popular here and abundant. They are top-of-the-line
and carry a price tag to match. I just can't justify the additional
cost for the limited time I can get out on the water.

I totally understand. I've owned two of them, both 32 footers, one a
center console and one a Fisharound and loved them. I ran them
through about anything including one time at the East Passage entrance
of Narragansett Bay in 8 foot short period waves - got through in one
piece and dry as a bone - didn't even get wet. I did run the CC once
out a hundred miles and back again just for giggles, but I mostly kept
within 60 miles of shore. Great boats.

The great thing about Contender is that they keep their value over
time. I sold both Contenders for $2K less than I paid for them - the
first one I ran for three years and the second for two years.

Currently, I'm looking at another 32 CC, used this time, down
Greenwich way. It's a 2006 and powered with 250 Verados which I could
live with if I had to. The owner is buying a bigger CC and has low
hours on the Verados so he's thinking about keeping the engines which
would be fine with me. I've made an offer with and without so we'll
see what happens.

Seriously though - give that Polar a good look. I'm very impressed
with those boats and the people that build them.

The 'madness' approaches
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


The great thing about Contender is that they keep their value over
time. I sold both Contenders for $2K less than I paid for them - the
first one I ran for three years and the second for two years.

Currently, I'm looking at another 32 CC, used this time, down
Greenwich way. It's a 2006 and powered with 250 Verados which I could
live with if I had to. The owner is buying a bigger CC and has low
hours on the Verados so he's thinking about keeping the engines which
would be fine with me. I've made an offer with and without so we'll
see what happens.

Seriously though - give that Polar a good look. I'm very impressed
with those boats and the people that build them.

Good luck with your purchase. I haven't ready anything bad about the
Verados. If you do repower, that would be some big bucks but you will
gain a fresh warranty.