On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 17:06:28 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:50:02 -0400, Wayne.B
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On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 14:55:43 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

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On Monday, 9 July 2018 14:18:14 UTC-3, justan wrote:
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The John flushes his head...

On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 22:06:16 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

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The group has been very quiet without the customary trolls and
insults.

Will we miss him when he's *really* gone?

Stay tuned, it's quite possible.

For all his obnoxiousness, he does keep the group alive. And with
Skipper's demise, and the disappearance of Jax Ashby, he does have big
shoes to fill.

"Well, everyone could go to a Bluegrass Festival. I didn't miss him at all!!"



It probably goes right over your head Johnny, but this is a boating group and some actual boaters frequent here.
Not everyone would be happy at one of your hillbilly jamborees.....some would rather be out on the Water.



We never hear you talking bout yer boat Donnie. Did you sell it?????
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And besides, I've never had the pleasure of owning a Bay-Liner and
I'm too old and wise to aquire one now.

===

I think that in the end it all comes down to what your usage end
expectations are. One of my neighbors has a mid 20s center console
with a couple of large Mercs on it. He seems to like it just fine but
they only go out once or twice a month, and always keep it covered in
a boat lift. If he was fishing it hard every day in the Gulf, or on
the east coast in the ocean, I suspect his experience would be
different.

That actually sounds like what most of the offshore guys run here
fishing out about 40-60 miles. Those grouper cost them about $100 a
pound ;-)
That kind of boat made sense when gas was 45 cents a gallon.
It was 2.759 the last time I filled my cans. The 50 gallons that lasts
me a month or more would barely get them out of sight of land.

===

Expensive toys these boats. Another neighbor has a 40 ft center
console with triple 350s on it. These are becoming increasingly
common all up and down the coast. Cruising at 70% power burns about
70 gallons of gas per hour, probably 200 gallons or more for an
offshore grouper run. Our 8 gallons per hour seems like a bargain in
comparison, and we're buying diesel instead of gasoline.

On 7/9/2018 6:13 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 17:06:28 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:50:02 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 14:55:43 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

justan Wrote in message:
True North Wrote in message:
On Monday, 9 July 2018 14:18:14 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
The John flushes his head...

On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 22:06:16 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

- hide quoted text -

The group has been very quiet without the customary trolls and
insults.

Will we miss him when he's *really* gone?

Stay tuned, it's quite possible.

For all his obnoxiousness, he does keep the group alive. And with
Skipper's demise, and the disappearance of Jax Ashby, he does have big
shoes to fill.

"Well, everyone could go to a Bluegrass Festival. I didn't miss him at all!!"



It probably goes right over your head Johnny, but this is a boating group and some actual boaters frequent here.
Not everyone would be happy at one of your hillbilly jamborees.....some would rather be out on the Water.



We never hear you talking bout yer boat Donnie. Did you sell it?????
--
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Why...are y'all interested?
I could give y'all a good deal if you pay in Yankee dollahs.


I wouldn't want to deprive you of being an "actual boater".
--
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And besides, I've never had the pleasure of owning a Bay-Liner and
I'm too old and wise to aquire one now.

===

I think that in the end it all comes down to what your usage end
expectations are. One of my neighbors has a mid 20s center console
with a couple of large Mercs on it. He seems to like it just fine but
they only go out once or twice a month, and always keep it covered in
a boat lift. If he was fishing it hard every day in the Gulf, or on
the east coast in the ocean, I suspect his experience would be
different.

That actually sounds like what most of the offshore guys run here
fishing out about 40-60 miles. Those grouper cost them about $100 a
pound ;-)
That kind of boat made sense when gas was 45 cents a gallon.
It was 2.759 the last time I filled my cans. The 50 gallons that lasts
me a month or more would barely get them out of sight of land.

===

Expensive toys these boats. Another neighbor has a 40 ft center
console with triple 350s on it. These are becoming increasingly
common all up and down the coast. Cruising at 70% power burns about
70 gallons of gas per hour, probably 200 gallons or more for an
offshore grouper run. Our 8 gallons per hour seems like a bargain in
comparison, and we're buying diesel instead of gasoline.



You have a thirsty Grand Banks. :-)

Mrs.E's 36 with the single 120 hp diesel burned about 1.5 gals per hour
at "cruise" (7 knots). Wide open was 9 knots, maybe 10 with a
tailwind. Only did that once on the sea trial when we sold it.
Cracked me up because I actually saw the bow rise slightly.

I think the gen set burned more fuel when we used it than the main
propulsion engine did.

On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 5:06:18 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:50:02 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 14:55:43 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

justan Wrote in message:
True North Wrote in message:
On Monday, 9 July 2018 14:18:14 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
The John flushes his head...

On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 22:06:16 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

- hide quoted text -

The group has been very quiet without the customary trolls and
insults.

Will we miss him when he's *really* gone?

Stay tuned, it's quite possible.

For all his obnoxiousness, he does keep the group alive. And with
Skipper's demise, and the disappearance of Jax Ashby, he does have big
shoes to fill.

"Well, everyone could go to a Bluegrass Festival. I didn't miss him at all!!"



It probably goes right over your head Johnny, but this is a boating group and some actual boaters frequent here.
Not everyone would be happy at one of your hillbilly jamborees.....some would rather be out on the Water.



We never hear you talking bout yer boat Donnie. Did you sell it?????
--
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Why...are y'all interested?
I could give y'all a good deal if you pay in Yankee dollahs.


I wouldn't want to deprive you of being an "actual boater".
--
x


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And besides, I've never had the pleasure of owning a Bay-Liner and
I'm too old and wise to aquire one now.

===

I think that in the end it all comes down to what your usage end
expectations are. One of my neighbors has a mid 20s center console
with a couple of large Mercs on it. He seems to like it just fine but
they only go out once or twice a month, and always keep it covered in
a boat lift. If he was fishing it hard every day in the Gulf, or on
the east coast in the ocean, I suspect his experience would be
different.

That actually sounds like what most of the offshore guys run here
fishing out about 40-60 miles. Those grouper cost them about $100 a
pound ;-)
That kind of boat made sense when gas was 45 cents a gallon.
It was 2.759 the last time I filled my cans. The 50 gallons that lasts
me a month or more would barely get them out of sight of land.

https://www.scoutboats.com/boat-models/420-lxf/#420lxf-specs

They aren't making them because they aren't selling.

You can't swing a dead cat without hitting something similar in Charleston. They are more necessary here because the Gulf Stream is so far off-shore. About 75 miles. Haul ass out there, fish, then haul ass home. Refill and repeat.

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 17:24:06 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 5:06:18 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:50:02 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 14:55:43 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

justan Wrote in message:
True North Wrote in message:
On Monday, 9 July 2018 14:18:14 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
The John flushes his head...

On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 22:06:16 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

- hide quoted text -

The group has been very quiet without the customary trolls and
insults.

Will we miss him when he's *really* gone?

Stay tuned, it's quite possible.

For all his obnoxiousness, he does keep the group alive. And with
Skipper's demise, and the disappearance of Jax Ashby, he does have big
shoes to fill.

"Well, everyone could go to a Bluegrass Festival. I didn't miss him at all!!"



It probably goes right over your head Johnny, but this is a boating group and some actual boaters frequent here.
Not everyone would be happy at one of your hillbilly jamborees.....some would rather be out on the Water.



We never hear you talking bout yer boat Donnie. Did you sell it?????
--
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Why...are y'all interested?
I could give y'all a good deal if you pay in Yankee dollahs.


I wouldn't want to deprive you of being an "actual boater".
--
x


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http://usenet.sinaapp.com/


And besides, I've never had the pleasure of owning a Bay-Liner and
I'm too old and wise to aquire one now.

===

I think that in the end it all comes down to what your usage end
expectations are. One of my neighbors has a mid 20s center console
with a couple of large Mercs on it. He seems to like it just fine but
they only go out once or twice a month, and always keep it covered in
a boat lift. If he was fishing it hard every day in the Gulf, or on
the east coast in the ocean, I suspect his experience would be
different.

That actually sounds like what most of the offshore guys run here
fishing out about 40-60 miles. Those grouper cost them about $100 a
pound ;-)
That kind of boat made sense when gas was 45 cents a gallon.
It was 2.759 the last time I filled my cans. The 50 gallons that lasts
me a month or more would barely get them out of sight of land.

https://www.scoutboats.com/boat-models/420-lxf/#420lxf-specs

They aren't making them because they aren't selling.

You can't swing a dead cat without hitting something similar in Charleston. They are more necessary here because the Gulf Stream is so far off-shore. About 75 miles. Haul ass out there, fish, then haul ass home. Refill and repeat.

It is a similar run here if you want deep water. I always tell these
guys if they wanted to do blue water fishing, they are just on the
wrong coast. I can get to the Gulf Stream on my pontoon boat in about
15-20 minutes in the Keys.

On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 23:22:16 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 17:24:06 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 5:06:18 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:50:02 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 14:55:43 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

justan Wrote in message:
True North Wrote in message:
On Monday, 9 July 2018 14:18:14 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
The John flushes his head...

On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 22:06:16 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

- hide quoted text -

The group has been very quiet without the customary trolls and
insults.

Will we miss him when he's *really* gone?

Stay tuned, it's quite possible.

For all his obnoxiousness, he does keep the group alive. And with
Skipper's demise, and the disappearance of Jax Ashby, he does have big
shoes to fill.

"Well, everyone could go to a Bluegrass Festival. I didn't miss him at all!!"



It probably goes right over your head Johnny, but this is a boating group and some actual boaters frequent here.
Not everyone would be happy at one of your hillbilly jamborees.....some would rather be out on the Water.



We never hear you talking bout yer boat Donnie. Did you sell it?????
--
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Why...are y'all interested?
I could give y'all a good deal if you pay in Yankee dollahs.


I wouldn't want to deprive you of being an "actual boater".
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/


And besides, I've never had the pleasure of owning a Bay-Liner and
I'm too old and wise to aquire one now.

===

I think that in the end it all comes down to what your usage end
expectations are. One of my neighbors has a mid 20s center console
with a couple of large Mercs on it. He seems to like it just fine but
they only go out once or twice a month, and always keep it covered in
a boat lift. If he was fishing it hard every day in the Gulf, or on
the east coast in the ocean, I suspect his experience would be
different.

That actually sounds like what most of the offshore guys run here
fishing out about 40-60 miles. Those grouper cost them about $100 a
pound ;-)
That kind of boat made sense when gas was 45 cents a gallon.
It was 2.759 the last time I filled my cans. The 50 gallons that lasts
me a month or more would barely get them out of sight of land.

https://www.scoutboats.com/boat-models/420-lxf/#420lxf-specs

They aren't making them because they aren't selling.

You can't swing a dead cat without hitting something similar in Charleston. They are more necessary here because the Gulf Stream is so far off-shore. About 75 miles. Haul ass out there, fish, then haul ass home. Refill and repeat.

It is a similar run here if you want deep water. I always tell these
guys if they wanted to do blue water fishing, they are just on the
wrong coast. I can get to the Gulf Stream on my pontoon boat in about
15-20 minutes in the Keys.

===

Sometimes fishing is just a good excuse for a boat ride. :-)

On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 23:32:46 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 23:22:16 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 17:24:06 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 5:06:18 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:50:02 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 14:55:43 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

justan Wrote in message:
True North Wrote in message:
On Monday, 9 July 2018 14:18:14 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
The John flushes his head...

On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 22:06:16 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

- hide quoted text -

The group has been very quiet without the customary trolls and
insults.

Will we miss him when he's *really* gone?

Stay tuned, it's quite possible.

For all his obnoxiousness, he does keep the group alive. And with
Skipper's demise, and the disappearance of Jax Ashby, he does have big
shoes to fill.

"Well, everyone could go to a Bluegrass Festival. I didn't miss him at all!!"



It probably goes right over your head Johnny, but this is a boating group and some actual boaters frequent here.
Not everyone would be happy at one of your hillbilly jamborees.....some would rather be out on the Water.



We never hear you talking bout yer boat Donnie. Did you sell it?????
--
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Why...are y'all interested?
I could give y'all a good deal if you pay in Yankee dollahs.


I wouldn't want to deprive you of being an "actual boater".
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/


And besides, I've never had the pleasure of owning a Bay-Liner and
I'm too old and wise to aquire one now.

===

I think that in the end it all comes down to what your usage end
expectations are. One of my neighbors has a mid 20s center console
with a couple of large Mercs on it. He seems to like it just fine but
they only go out once or twice a month, and always keep it covered in
a boat lift. If he was fishing it hard every day in the Gulf, or on
the east coast in the ocean, I suspect his experience would be
different.

That actually sounds like what most of the offshore guys run here
fishing out about 40-60 miles. Those grouper cost them about $100 a
pound ;-)
That kind of boat made sense when gas was 45 cents a gallon.
It was 2.759 the last time I filled my cans. The 50 gallons that lasts
me a month or more would barely get them out of sight of land.

https://www.scoutboats.com/boat-models/420-lxf/#420lxf-specs

They aren't making them because they aren't selling.

You can't swing a dead cat without hitting something similar in Charleston. They are more necessary here because the Gulf Stream is so far off-shore. About 75 miles. Haul ass out there, fish, then haul ass home. Refill and repeat.

It is a similar run here if you want deep water. I always tell these
guys if they wanted to do blue water fishing, they are just on the
wrong coast. I can get to the Gulf Stream on my pontoon boat in about
15-20 minutes in the Keys.

===

Sometimes fishing is just a good excuse for a boat ride. :-)

We figured out we don't need a reason for a boat ride.

On 7/9/2018 8:24 PM, Its Me wrote:
On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 5:06:18 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:50:02 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 14:55:43 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

justan Wrote in message:
True North Wrote in message:
On Monday, 9 July 2018 14:18:14 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
The John flushes his head...

On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 22:06:16 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

- hide quoted text -

The group has been very quiet without the customary trolls and
insults.

Will we miss him when he's *really* gone?

Stay tuned, it's quite possible.

For all his obnoxiousness, he does keep the group alive. And with
Skipper's demise, and the disappearance of Jax Ashby, he does have big
shoes to fill.

"Well, everyone could go to a Bluegrass Festival. I didn't miss him at all!!"



It probably goes right over your head Johnny, but this is a boating group and some actual boaters frequent here.
Not everyone would be happy at one of your hillbilly jamborees.....some would rather be out on the Water.



We never hear you talking bout yer boat Donnie. Did you sell it?????
--
x


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Why...are y'all interested?
I could give y'all a good deal if you pay in Yankee dollahs.


I wouldn't want to deprive you of being an "actual boater".
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/


And besides, I've never had the pleasure of owning a Bay-Liner and
I'm too old and wise to aquire one now.

===

I think that in the end it all comes down to what your usage end
expectations are. One of my neighbors has a mid 20s center console
with a couple of large Mercs on it. He seems to like it just fine but
they only go out once or twice a month, and always keep it covered in
a boat lift. If he was fishing it hard every day in the Gulf, or on
the east coast in the ocean, I suspect his experience would be
different.

That actually sounds like what most of the offshore guys run here
fishing out about 40-60 miles. Those grouper cost them about $100 a
pound ;-)
That kind of boat made sense when gas was 45 cents a gallon.
It was 2.759 the last time I filled my cans. The 50 gallons that lasts
me a month or more would barely get them out of sight of land.

https://www.scoutboats.com/boat-models/420-lxf/#420lxf-specs

They aren't making them because they aren't selling.

You can't swing a dead cat without hitting something similar in Charleston. They are more necessary here because the Gulf Stream is so far off-shore. About 75 miles. Haul ass out there, fish, then haul ass home. Refill and repeat.



I had a small Scout center console. 19.5 footer with a Yamaha 250 four
stroke on it. Well made boats. I think one of their claims to fame is
no wood coring. It's all synthetic and won't rot.