Why jump into a "big" boat, if your a newbie, it is much larger investment,
much larger costs etc etc. What if you decide you do not like boating after
a year? At this point it is an experiment, you are only assuming you are
going to enjoy going out on the water with family and friends. Should you
jump into the biggest boat, you are risking more. Especially should your
boating waters be dangerous, it only adds more risks. It is like learning
anything, you start at grade 1 and move up, you do not simply jump into
college. Normal progression is the safest one. Marinas and boat dealers love
it either way, if you just jump into big boat, then they capitalize on
damage, fixing this, etc etc, if you decide to learn on something smaller
that you can handle, then they may get sales. Assuming you always buy from
the dealer. Remember, when your offshore, the wind and waves pick up, and
you turn that key to start that motor, what if it doesn't start? And the
wind is picking up, and the waves, and you do not know where to
troubleshoot. Maybe he should simply charter out.












"Garth Almgren" wrote in message
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On 5/5/2004 10:07 AM, Harry Krause wrote:

basskisser wrote:

Harry Krause wrote in message
...

I had a wonderful time as a kid with 12-14' Penn Yans and Wolverines
powered by 15/18 hp evinrudes, on the connecticut side of the sound.

Spent the first years of my life close to Penn Yan, NY., where the boats
are made.


Ahh. My father gave me two Penn Yans to use during two successive
summers. I loved the boats. Both had hulls of wood strips covered with
some sort of canvas. The decks, seats and interiors were varnished wood.
Round chines, soft ride, really pretty, classic-looking little boats. He
was a Penn Yan dealer for many years, but dropped the boats in the late
1950s. Kept selling the canoes, though.

My family has a 8' 1942 Penn Yan on the stern of our Chris. Wonderful
rowing dingy.

Unfortunately, the guy in the slip across from ours stalled while
reversing, forgot to put her in neutral before restarting, lost control
(guess what brand of boat...), and smacked directly into our Penn Yan.
The dingy took the brunt of the hit (cracked the keel and broke a bunch
of ribs) and saved the Chris' transom.

Check out the "crunched" series at
http://home.comcast.net/~galmgren/chris-craft/

We're hoping that we can find someone to salvage it, since it's doubtful
we could find a replacement for a decent price.

--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows