Calif Bill wrote:
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On Apr 15, 7:52 am, HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:02:43 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On Apr 14, 5:44 pm, John H. wrote:
went very well. That 18 footer with the 150 hp Yamaha is a screamer,
but I
only got it up to 3900 RPM. The day turned out beautiful, if a little
cool
and breezy. The boat handled the small (one foot) chop in the
Rappahannock
River with ease, and I was very impressed with the engine. The engine
rocks, almost noiselessly. At 3500 rpm I could carry on a conversation
with
the maintenance guy in a normal tone of voice.
I left it at the dealer to get the radio and antenna installed, and
will
pick it up this coming Saturday. It's fun becoming excited about
boating
again! Hell, fishing may even start consuming some of my golf time!
My better half is quite thrilled with the boat and can't wait to get
on the
Potomac and check out some of our favorite 'boaters' beaches'.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)
Hey,hey! I was giong to ask how the day went. Glad you like the new
boat.
I love it, and, more importantly, so does the wife! This thing just
about
launches and retrieves itself, compared to the ProLine. And, the 150
Yammy
definitely makes it scoot. I can't wait to get up in the Bay and see how
it
does in some 2-3 footers. Hell, the damn thing has eight rod holders!
Yeah, I want to see how it does in two to three foot chop, too. Leave
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That's our Harry. If he doesn't own it, it's junk, just ask him......
What a childish piece of ****.

Actually Harry is correct if it is real 3 foot chop. Only a 19' boat, you
can get really beat up in that. Mine is 21' and only a 20 degree Vee, and I
slow down a lot in big wind shop.




We have a fairly hard chop on the bay, typically between one and two
feet when we have it. When I first came up here from Florida, I had a
boat whose hull was quite similar to what Herring's new boat has. I met
the chop and the chop won. By Bay chop I mean short steep waves, with
their peaks close together. Nonbreaking stuff, no foam.

We don't have a lot of two to three foot waves, per se, as you find in
the ocean but we have lotsa chop. And kazillions of boat wakes coming
from all directions.

Unless you like to either bounce or move at displacement speeds in a
small boat, you want one that weighs a lot and has a deep vee hull.

Thus, the thought of Herring taking on 2-3' chop in the mid-Bay is a bit
laughable.