"hk" wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


Remember? You won the Parker when you placed First in the "I am a
dork and look like one contest. You had to submit an essay on why you
would look like a dork in a Parker with no transom.



Ahh, the transom routine again, considering:

A. The transom on my boat is 25" only where the engine is mounted, and on
either side of the motor cutout, the transom rapidly rises to about a foot
higher, while the transom on your boat is about 25" high across its entire
width.

B. Under certain circumstances, water may come aboard either of our boats
via the stern. In your case, a gallon or two of it will fill that little
motor well first, and then if there is a lot more, it will simply cascade
and flood over your back deck and into the cockpit, where it will be
momentarily trapped under the little scuppers let it out. If that much
water gets into my boat over the transom, it will flush itself out almost
immediately via four substantial scuppers and if necessary over the bottom
of the motor cutout.

C. Since my boat has so much more freeboard than yours in the bow and from
the bow to the stern, your boat is far more likely to take a greenie over
the bow than mine is. Again, though, if both boats took the same wave over
the bow, mine would drain faster because it can directly reach the
scuppers at the stern and the transom cutout if need be, while in your
boat the water would be trapped in your cockpit until the scuppers could
drain it.

D. Because your boat has substantially lower sides than mine, in breaking
seas, your boat is far more likely to take a greenie over the side than
mine is, especially if you find yourself traveling down a wave trough.

And, as to design, while your boat is certainly more suited for shallow
water operation with its near flat bottom, it is less suitable than mine
to take on head seas without slowing waaaaay down. Both boats are
relatively small and will bounce; yours bounces more.

Now, which boat would I want on a typical bass lake? Yours. Except for the
engine, of course: too much horsepower, ungainly mount (30" lower unit on
a 25" transom that requires a bracket, right?)

I'll be glad to entertain any rebuttal of yours that does not ignore the
laws of physics. The usual idiotic comments from the Seven Dwarfs are not
relevant.

Let's see photos of your boat from the stern and from the cockpit looking
sternward, and with a yardstick up against the hullsides from the deck and
from the deck up against the transom.


Harry is not a boat designer but he plays one on Rec.Boats.
I would think that If Tom thought Parker was a worthy boat, he would own a
couple of them. Tom is a boatman and a pretty good fisherman. Harry is a
blow hard. I think that just about covers it.

Jim wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


Remember? You won the Parker when you placed First in the "I am a
dork and look like one contest. You had to submit an essay on why you
would look like a dork in a Parker with no transom.



Ahh, the transom routine again, considering:

A. The transom on my boat is 25" only where the engine is mounted, and
on either side of the motor cutout, the transom rapidly rises to about
a foot higher, while the transom on your boat is about 25" high across
its entire width.

B. Under certain circumstances, water may come aboard either of our
boats via the stern. In your case, a gallon or two of it will fill
that little motor well first, and then if there is a lot more, it will
simply cascade and flood over your back deck and into the cockpit,
where it will be momentarily trapped under the little scuppers let it
out. If that much water gets into my boat over the transom, it will
flush itself out almost immediately via four substantial scuppers and
if necessary over the bottom of the motor cutout.

C. Since my boat has so much more freeboard than yours in the bow and
from the bow to the stern, your boat is far more likely to take a
greenie over the bow than mine is. Again, though, if both boats took
the same wave over the bow, mine would drain faster because it can
directly reach the scuppers at the stern and the transom cutout if
need be, while in your boat the water would be trapped in your cockpit
until the scuppers could drain it.

D. Because your boat has substantially lower sides than mine, in
breaking seas, your boat is far more likely to take a greenie over the
side than mine is, especially if you find yourself traveling down a
wave trough.

And, as to design, while your boat is certainly more suited for
shallow water operation with its near flat bottom, it is less suitable
than mine to take on head seas without slowing waaaaay down. Both
boats are relatively small and will bounce; yours bounces more.

Now, which boat would I want on a typical bass lake? Yours. Except for
the engine, of course: too much horsepower, ungainly mount (30" lower
unit on a 25" transom that requires a bracket, right?)

I'll be glad to entertain any rebuttal of yours that does not ignore
the laws of physics. The usual idiotic comments from the Seven Dwarfs
are not relevant.

Let's see photos of your boat from the stern and from the cockpit
looking sternward, and with a yardstick up against the hullsides from
the deck and from the deck up against the transom.


Harry is not a boat designer but he plays one on Rec.Boats.
I would think that If Tom thought Parker was a worthy boat, he would own
a couple of them. Tom is a boatman and a pretty good fisherman. Harry is
a blow hard. I think that just about covers it.


As I stated, the usual idiotic comments from the Seven Dwarfs (and
Florida Jim is a leading dwarf) are not relevant, expecially from the
dwarfs who apparently do not even own boats. (Florida Jim again).

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:24:58 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

I would think that If Tom thought Parker was a worthy boat

If they changed the color from that monkey vomit beige to white, well
maybe I'd consider one. :)

It's just fun tweaking Harry about his boat - he gets so defensive
it's amusing.

My boat is what it is - never claimed it to be something different -
it's a great bay boat with decent range and a decent ride in heavier
weather. And it's pretty quick which is also a plus.

The fact that it's unique pleases me. My son mentioned something to
me the other day and he was right - this is the first boat I've ever
owned for longer than five years - I've had it for eight and I'm not
ever going to get rid of it.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:20:26 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

It's just fun tweaking Harry about his boat - he gets so defensive
it's amusing.

I had never noticed that.

:-))

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:20:26 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

It's just fun tweaking Harry about his boat - he gets so defensive
it's amusing.

I had never noticed that.

:-))


He's very offensive, also.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:24:58 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

I would think that If Tom thought Parker was a worthy boat

If they changed the color from that monkey vomit beige to white, well
maybe I'd consider one. :)

It's just fun tweaking Harry about his boat - he gets so defensive
it's amusing.

My boat is what it is - never claimed it to be something different -
it's a great bay boat with decent range and a decent ride in heavier
weather. And it's pretty quick which is also a plus.

The fact that it's unique pleases me. My son mentioned something to
me the other day and he was right - this is the first boat I've ever
owned for longer than five years - I've had it for eight and I'm not
ever going to get rid of it.

It's good that you are happy with your boat. I'm glad you didn't have to
settle for a "monkey puke" Parker. I wish you many more happy moons with
your boat.

Jim wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:24:58 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

I would think that If Tom thought Parker was a worthy boat

If they changed the color from that monkey vomit beige to white, well
maybe I'd consider one. :)

It's just fun tweaking Harry about his boat - he gets so defensive
it's amusing.

My boat is what it is - never claimed it to be something different -
it's a great bay boat with decent range and a decent ride in heavier
weather. And it's pretty quick which is also a plus.

The fact that it's unique pleases me. My son mentioned something to
me the other day and he was right - this is the first boat I've ever
owned for longer than five years - I've had it for eight and I'm not
ever going to get rid of it.

It's good that you are happy with your boat. I'm glad you didn't have to
settle for a "monkey puke" Parker. I wish you many more happy moons with
your boat.


Speaking of monkey puke, do you keep track of that old wellcraft you no
longer own, or did it disappear finally at the landfill?

What's your current boat? Oh...that's right...you don't have one. Right?

Jim wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:24:58 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

I would think that If Tom thought Parker was a worthy boat

If they changed the color from that monkey vomit beige to white, well
maybe I'd consider one. :)

It's just fun tweaking Harry about his boat - he gets so defensive
it's amusing.

My boat is what it is - never claimed it to be something different -
it's a great bay boat with decent range and a decent ride in heavier
weather. And it's pretty quick which is also a plus.

The fact that it's unique pleases me. My son mentioned something to
me the other day and he was right - this is the first boat I've ever
owned for longer than five years - I've had it for eight and I'm not
ever going to get rid of it.

It's good that you are happy with your boat. I'm glad you didn't have to
settle for a "monkey puke" Parker. I wish you many more happy moons with
your boat.

I actually think Harry's Parker is a great bay boat when the water is
calm. The only recommendation I would have for Harry is to get rid of
that ugly bimini. you normally see those on runabouts, not a proper
fishing boat. Besides looking tacky, the tie downs for the bimini
totally eliminates the advantage of a CC. You have to decide if you
want to fish in the bow or the stern of the boat, and hope the fish
doesn't want to move around as you reel him in. I would guess most
people want to fish from the bow, your docksiders stay drier that way.

Even with the bimini, if I was Harry, I would spend substantially less
time talking about fishing and more time actually fishing or using his
boat. Sure it might be warm on some days and it is common to have
afternoon showers during the spring and summer,if you only go out on a
"perfect day", you will very rarely go boating.

RPS wrote:


I actually think...

snerk

"RPS" wrote in message
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Jim wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:24:58 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

I would think that If Tom thought Parker was a worthy boat

If they changed the color from that monkey vomit beige to white, well
maybe I'd consider one. :)

It's just fun tweaking Harry about his boat - he gets so defensive
it's amusing.

My boat is what it is - never claimed it to be something different -
it's a great bay boat with decent range and a decent ride in heavier
weather. And it's pretty quick which is also a plus.

The fact that it's unique pleases me. My son mentioned something to
me the other day and he was right - this is the first boat I've ever
owned for longer than five years - I've had it for eight and I'm not
ever going to get rid of it.

It's good that you are happy with your boat. I'm glad you didn't have to
settle for a "monkey puke" Parker. I wish you many more happy moons with
your boat.

I actually think Harry's Parker is a great bay boat when the water is
calm. The only recommendation I would have for Harry is to get rid of
that ugly bimini. you normally see those on runabouts, not a proper
fishing boat. Besides looking tacky, the tie downs for the bimini totally
eliminates the advantage of a CC. You have to decide if you want to fish
in the bow or the stern of the boat, and hope the fish doesn't want to
move around as you reel him in. I would guess most people want to fish
from the bow, your docksiders stay drier that way.

Even with the bimini, if I was Harry, I would spend substantially less
time talking about fishing and more time actually fishing or using his
boat. Sure it might be warm on some days and it is common to have
afternoon showers during the spring and summer,if you only go out on a
"perfect day", you will very rarely go boating.

Don't you think his surrey top would look cute with a string of pink pom
poms around the perimeter?