On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:39:27 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On a 500
mile offshore run the trawler will beat any speedboat I know.

How little you know. Berkeley Breathed the cartoonist,[ draws Opus]
wrote for Boating and had a forty foot speedboat. Twin 600 hp Seatek
racing engines with 50 percent more power than a Cat or Cummins the
same size and weight. Arneson drives the ones with the shafts exiting
through the transom well above the on plane waterline. Seven blade
props that run with half the prop in the water. No drag from a shaft
or hub. 65 top speed, 50 for 900 miles. Deep V, intended for open
ocean. Low aero drag. No windshield, let alone radar. V berth, a small
saloon with room for six around a table. Tiny galley, cramped head. A
Carribean cruiser for the hurricane season.

Casady

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:59:42 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

No windshield, let alone radar. V berth, a small
saloon with room for six around a table. Tiny galley, cramped head.

No thanks.

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:54:24 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:59:42 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

No windshield, let alone radar. V berth, a small
saloon with room for six around a table. Tiny galley, cramped head.

No thanks.

The fuel consumption would do it for me. It would outrun a pirate, or
weather, however.

Casady

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:54:24 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:59:42 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

No windshield, let alone radar. V berth, a small
saloon with room for six around a table. Tiny galley, cramped head.

No thanks.

You know the trip under discussion is one of ten hours. How fancy do
you really need it?

Casady

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:05:16 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:54:24 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:59:42 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

No windshield, let alone radar. V berth, a small
saloon with room for six around a table. Tiny galley, cramped head.

No thanks.

You know the trip under discussion is one of ten hours. How fancy do
you really need it?


When I'm in port I like all the comforts (and toys) of home. You
really need something like a trawler for that.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:05:16 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:54:24 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:59:42 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

No windshield, let alone radar. V berth, a small
saloon with room for six around a table. Tiny galley, cramped head.
No thanks.
You know the trip under discussion is one of ten hours. How fancy do
you really need it?


When I'm in port I like all the comforts (and toys) of home. You
really need something like a trawler for that.


Or a nice hotel room.

"Boater" wrote in message
...

Wayne.B wrote:

When I'm in port I like all the comforts (and toys) of home. You
really need something like a trawler for that.



Or a nice hotel room.

Boring.

Eisboch

On Oct 21, 4:21*am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message

...

Wayne.B wrote:

When I'm in port I like all the comforts (and toys) of home. * You
really need something like a trawler for that.

Or a nice hotel room.

Boring.

Eisboch

Close, but the word you are looking for is bull****

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:21:06 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:

When I'm in port I like all the comforts (and toys) of home. You
really need something like a trawler for that.



Or a nice hotel room.

Boring.

Yes, and I've never had a hotel room with 360 degree water views that
I could launch a dinghy from, and a lot of the places we go don't even
have guest cottages let alone a decent hotel.

On Oct 20, 10:53*pm, Boater wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:05:16 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:54:24 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:59:42 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

No windshield, let alone radar. V berth, a small
saloon with room for six around a table. Tiny galley, cramped head.
No thanks.
You know the trip under discussion is one of ten hours. How fancy do
you really need it?

When I'm in port I like all the comforts (and toys) of home. * You
really need something like a trawler for that.

Or a nice hotel room.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That's our grandest boater and outdoorsman! Personally, I don't like
hotels. Boring, plain, predictable. But then again, that's how some
folks like their lives.