"Nick" wrote in message
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In article , Ray Norrish
writes

"Nick" wrote in message
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In article , Ray Norrish
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Indeed.
If rec.boats was anything to go by as well. There's a current thread
regarding build quality too.

You get what you pay for. They are one of the cheaper US manufactures,
but I have a 2002 run-about and it is by far better than either of my 3
previous English-built boats.
[snip]

Depends what those 3 "English-built boats" were. Maybe they were just
"old"
or badly maintained?

A Fletcher, a Bristol and a Waverider (Shakespeare).

The fact is, irrelevant whether the boat is American or English - that
Bayliners are crap.. and so are the people who run around in them (in my
experience)

Possibly it is because they are the most common make to be seen just
like Ford Escorts are on the road. To extend your own logic further, all
those Laser dingy owners are a bunch of ******s with no respect for
other boat owners. There are so many of them about that I see a lot of
bad seamanship in them. But of course I don't tar them all with the same
brush...
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Nick

As I said - "in my experience". It's like the type of car usually fits with
the person who drives it.
I`d reckon most dingy owners drive old volvos?

Jet Ski and gin palaces owners drive BMW's, all a selfish lot

Reminds me of a conversation a women radio operator on a boat had with the
coastguard, complaining that a Mayday alert was boring and could they change
channels from 16 as she was trying to contact friends!!!!

Says it all I think!

Regards
Dave

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The fact is, irrelevant whether the boat is American or English - that
Bayliners are crap.. and so are the people who run around in them (in
my
experience)
As I said - "in my experience". It's like the type of car usually fits
with
the person who drives it.
I`d reckon most dingy owners drive old volvos?

David Samuel writes

Reminds me of a conversation a women radio operator on a boat had with the
coastguard, complaining that a Mayday alert was boring and could they change
channels from 16 as she was trying to contact friends!!!!

Somebody called the coast-guard from off Cowes at the weekend, and
insisted they send out the lifeboat for his wife who had cut her finger.
They even had an ambulance waiting for her at Yarmouth.

To be fair, the caller described the 'cut' as a 'severe laceration', and
we had no idea of his boat size, type, and number of crew, but it did
seem over the top.

Nice to see the lifeboat fly past though.

BTW I'm new to all this, and was in Yarmouth doing an RCA powerboat
level two course.

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Trevor Dennis
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Guys

The reason there are a lot of Bayliners about is that they created an
affordable, successful package, and as such have sold a lot. As a side
effect, there are a lot on the market, and are targeted as entry points to
boaters. So, individuals who take up the sport/hobby are not
skilled/experienced in the rules of the road thus poor boating skills; of
course, being cheapish means that arseholes who want to disregard every
law/rule made snap them up also.

From my own experience the most significant offender of disregarding the
rules of the road are Jet Bikers (skiers). Where I boat they can be
regularly breaking every "Dead Slow" sign they can find...all to show off
their mucking about skills to their mates on the beach. A lot of them drive
BMW's, Merc's and of course Shoguns.

Perhaps one way of resolving this is to introduce a licence
requirement/qualification for all boaters. They do it for cars, bikes,
buses, vans, scooters...so why not boating?

As far as quality is concerned, I'm on my second Bayliner, and have
thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Cheers
Kenny



"Trevor Dennis" wrote in message
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David Samuel writes

Reminds me of a conversation a women radio operator on a boat had with
the
coastguard, complaining that a Mayday alert was boring and could they
change
channels from 16 as she was trying to contact friends!!!!

Somebody called the coast-guard from off Cowes at the weekend, and
insisted they send out the lifeboat for his wife who had cut her finger.
They even had an ambulance waiting for her at Yarmouth.

To be fair, the caller described the 'cut' as a 'severe laceration', and
we had no idea of his boat size, type, and number of crew, but it did
seem over the top.

Nice to see the lifeboat fly past though.

BTW I'm new to all this, and was in Yarmouth doing an RCA powerboat
level two course.

--
Trevor Dennis
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