On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:05:42 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:59:15 -0400, John H wrote:

I have a secondary control station mounted towards the stern.

Her name is Sandy.

Isn't that called a command bridge ?

Yeah. LOL.

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 20:15:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 19:47:43 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I wouldn't bother with a helm. I'd just have controls for the
transmissions and engine throttles.

Yes, that all you really need, and all that you see on sportfishing
boats with dual controls in the cockpit.


This subject is of interest to me because I am seriously thinking of another
boat. The one I bought is ok, but it's not what I really want or like.

I've searched high and low, looking at different boats, styles, performance
criteria, features, etc. and for some reason nothing really satisfies my
personal interests. Then, I realized why. Every boat I consider, I am
subconsciously comparing it to the Navigator.

So, maybe the thing to do is to get another Navigator. The one I had was a
"4800 Classic" which is 52'8" LOA. It was a bit too big to easily
single-hand, which is the main reason we sold it. (Plus, at the time, we
also had the 36 GB).

Navigator also makes a 44' version that has a layout that I actually like
better than the one we had.

But first, I have to try to sell the Mainship to free up the slip.

Something to think about this winter, I guess.

Eisboch


You don't like Sarah, you like Saeah, you don't like Sarah.........

You like the boat you just purchased, you don't like the boat you just
purchased.........

You sold a boat you liked, youi now regret it...........

No offense but a fair question......who made major decicions at the
(reportedly successfull) company you owned?

How do you make decisions?

"John H" wrote in message
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I've never tried to pilot a boat larger than my 21' Proline. I'll probably
go to my deathbed never having done so. It's probably just as well.


Don't underestimate yourself. In many ways, piloting, docking and close
quarter maneuvering of a twin screw, 52 foot boat with diesel engines and
big props is easier than a 21', outboard powered open boat, particularly in
wind or current.

It just causes more damage if you hit something.

Eisboch

JimH wrote:
On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 20:15:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 19:47:43 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I wouldn't bother with a helm. I'd just have controls for the
transmissions and engine throttles.
Yes, that all you really need, and all that you see on sportfishing
boats with dual controls in the cockpit.

This subject is of interest to me because I am seriously thinking of another
boat. The one I bought is ok, but it's not what I really want or like.

I've searched high and low, looking at different boats, styles, performance
criteria, features, etc. and for some reason nothing really satisfies my
personal interests. Then, I realized why. Every boat I consider, I am
subconsciously comparing it to the Navigator.

So, maybe the thing to do is to get another Navigator. The one I had was a
"4800 Classic" which is 52'8" LOA. It was a bit too big to easily
single-hand, which is the main reason we sold it. (Plus, at the time, we
also had the 36 GB).

Navigator also makes a 44' version that has a layout that I actually like
better than the one we had.

But first, I have to try to sell the Mainship to free up the slip.

Something to think about this winter, I guess.

Eisboch


You don't like Sarah, you like Saeah, you don't like Sarah.........

You like the boat you just purchased, you don't like the boat you just
purchased.........

You sold a boat you liked, youi now regret it...........

No offense but a fair question......who made major decicions at the
(reportedly successfull) company you owned?

How do you make decisions?

Taint yur business.

"JimH" wrote in message
...



You don't like Sarah, you like Saeah, you don't like Sarah.........

You like the boat you just purchased, you don't like the boat you just
purchased.........

You sold a boat you liked, youi now regret it...........

No offense but a fair question......who made major decicions at the
(reportedly successfull) company you owned?

How do you make decisions?


It's life's experiences in process.
I have no trouble making decisions. Some turn out to be wrong, some right.

Eisboch

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 20:42:43 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"JimH" wrote in message
.. .



You don't like Sarah, you like Sarah, you don't like Sarah.........

You like the boat you just purchased, you don't like the boat you just
purchased.........

You sold a boat you liked, youi now regret it...........

No offense but a fair question......who made major decicions at the
(reportedly successfull) company you owned?

How do you make decisions?


It's life's experiences in process.
I have no trouble making decisions. Some turn out to be wrong, some right.

Eisboch


Fair enough.

BTW......Sarah seems like the real thing. ;-)

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 20:29:50 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .


I've never tried to pilot a boat larger than my 21' Proline. I'll probably
go to my deathbed never having done so. It's probably just as well.


Don't underestimate yourself. In many ways, piloting, docking and close
quarter maneuvering of a twin screw, 52 foot boat with diesel engines and
big props is easier than a 21', outboard powered open boat, particularly in
wind or current.

It just causes more damage if you hit something.

Eisboch


Amen.

HK wrote :

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who famously compared herself to a
pitbull in her vice-presidential acceptance speech at the Republican
National Convention, appears to have antagonized a key voting bloc in
the upcoming election, the nation's pitbull owners.

From a story in National Lampoon, ca. 1974, set in a nightclub with a
decadence theme:

"He dances like a spastic!"

"I resent that!" said a spastic.

Dennis

Dennis wrote:
HK wrote :

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who famously compared herself to a
pitbull in her vice-presidential acceptance speech at the Republican
National Convention, appears to have antagonized a key voting bloc in
the upcoming election, the nation's pitbull owners.

From a story in National Lampoon, ca. 1974, set in a nightclub with a
decadence theme:

"He dances like a spastic!"

"I resent that!" said a spastic.

Dennis


"She sounds like a shrew!"

"But...she doesn't *look* shrewish."

On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:36:13 -0400, hk wrote:

I have better

We eagerly await the pictures so we can properly critique it. I ran
across this one in Crisfield, MD last September and thought it might
be something like yours:

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1724/dscn1373ui0.jpg