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And the winner of the most ridiculous and overpriced boat award is.............
...........Crownline, for building a 31.5 foot *Bowrider*!
http://www.crownline.com/models04/mo...p?id=316_ls_05 http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/2.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/3.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/4.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/5.jpg A 31.5 foot bowrider? What the hell were these folks thinking? |
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And the winner of the most ridiculous and overpriced boat award is.............
I think it's just a sign of a changing market. More people are interested
in a fair weather day outing. In that situation bow riders have more usable space. Bigger just means you can take more friends. Imho boats with cabins are clastrophobic in anything under about 28 ft anyway. " *JimH*" wrote in message ... ..........Crownline, for building a 31.5 foot *Bowrider*! http://www.crownline.com/models04/mo...p?id=316_ls_05 http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/2.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/3.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/4.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/5.jpg A 31.5 foot bowrider? What the hell were these folks thinking? |
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And the winner of the most ridiculous and overpriced boat award is.............
"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
... On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:35:20 GMT, "JamesgangNC" wrote: I think it's just a sign of a changing market. More people are interested in a fair weather day outing. In that situation bow riders have more usable space. Bigger just means you can take more friends. Imho boats with cabins are clastrophobic in anything under about 28 ft anyway. " *JimH*" wrote in message ... ..........Crownline, for building a 31.5 foot *Bowrider*! http://www.crownline.com/models04/mo...p?id=316_ls_05 http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/2.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/3.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/4.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/5.jpg A 31.5 foot bowrider? What the hell were these folks thinking? It seems imminently impractical, to me. I don't think it will reasonably carry any more people that the 19 footer... unless they are below decks... and below the aft seating area... next to or above the engines doesn't look good. Anyway, that aft area looks dangerous for use while under way. I think I'd be more prone to claustrophobia back there than I would in a cuddy. 640 HP with 150 gallons of gas? About 3.5 hours of joy at $500 plus? I think I'll pass on that little $127,000+ bundle of joy. It's the nautical equivalent of a Lincoln Navigator, which proves once again that P.T. Barnum was correct. |
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And the winner of the most ridiculous and overpriced boat award is.............
*JimH* wrote: ..........Crownline, for building a 31.5 foot *Bowrider*! http://www.crownline.com/models04/mo...p?id=316_ls_05 http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/2.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/3.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/4.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/5.jpg A 31.5 foot bowrider? What the hell were these folks thinking? Guess you've never been in a cabin, in summer, in the south, huh? |
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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message ... On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:35:20 GMT, "JamesgangNC" wrote: I think it's just a sign of a changing market. More people are interested in a fair weather day outing. In that situation bow riders have more usable space. Bigger just means you can take more friends. Imho boats with cabins are clastrophobic in anything under about 28 ft anyway. " *JimH*" wrote in message ... ..........Crownline, for building a 31.5 foot *Bowrider*! http://www.crownline.com/models04/mo...p?id=316_ls_05 http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/2.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/3.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/4.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/5.jpg A 31.5 foot bowrider? What the hell were these folks thinking? It seems imminently impractical, to me. I don't think it will reasonably carry any more people that the 19 footer... unless they are below decks... and below the aft seating area... next to or above the engines doesn't look good. Anyway, that aft area looks dangerous for use while under way. I think I'd be more prone to claustrophobia back there than I would in a cuddy. 640 HP with 150 gallons of gas? About 3.5 hours of joy at $500 plus? I think I'll pass on that little $127,000+ bundle of joy. -- _ ___c \ _| \_ __\_| oooo \_____ ~~~~|______________/ ~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Southport, NC. http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/ Homepage* http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide A bowrider is an inland lake boat and is not fit for even the Great Lakes because of the possibility of the bow driving down in large seas with water filling the bow and swamping the boat. The boat is not self draining but relies solely on a bilge pump. The aft seating, as you noted, is a total waste of space. I do not see the benefits of this boat as compared to a basic 21 foot bowrider selling for $75,000+ less. |
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And the winner of the most ridiculous and overpriced boat award is.............
There you go :-)
wrote in message oups.com... *JimH* wrote: ..........Crownline, for building a 31.5 foot *Bowrider*! http://www.crownline.com/models04/mo...p?id=316_ls_05 http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/2.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/3.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/4.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/5.jpg A 31.5 foot bowrider? What the hell were these folks thinking? Guess you've never been in a cabin, in summer, in the south, huh? |
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And the winner of the most ridiculous and overpriced boat award is.............
Thought you just bought a bowrider and use it in the great lakes? Aren't
you up there in the great white north as we southerners call it? Not that I don't agree about a bowrider and waves, a bow rider is a fair weather boat only. When the waves are so bad that I'm worried about taking them over the bow then I'm not boating. " *JimH*" wrote in message ... "Gene Kearns" wrote in message ... On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:35:20 GMT, "JamesgangNC" wrote: I think it's just a sign of a changing market. More people are interested in a fair weather day outing. In that situation bow riders have more usable space. Bigger just means you can take more friends. Imho boats with cabins are clastrophobic in anything under about 28 ft anyway. " *JimH*" wrote in message ... ..........Crownline, for building a 31.5 foot *Bowrider*! http://www.crownline.com/models04/mo...p?id=316_ls_05 http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/2.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/3.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/4.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/5.jpg A 31.5 foot bowrider? What the hell were these folks thinking? It seems imminently impractical, to me. I don't think it will reasonably carry any more people that the 19 footer... unless they are below decks... and below the aft seating area... next to or above the engines doesn't look good. Anyway, that aft area looks dangerous for use while under way. I think I'd be more prone to claustrophobia back there than I would in a cuddy. 640 HP with 150 gallons of gas? About 3.5 hours of joy at $500 plus? I think I'll pass on that little $127,000+ bundle of joy. -- _ ___c \ _| \_ __\_| oooo \_____ ~~~~|______________/ ~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Southport, NC. http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/ Homepage* http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide A bowrider is an inland lake boat and is not fit for even the Great Lakes because of the possibility of the bow driving down in large seas with water filling the bow and swamping the boat. The boat is not self draining but relies solely on a bilge pump. The aft seating, as you noted, is a total waste of space. I do not see the benefits of this boat as compared to a basic 21 foot bowrider selling for $75,000+ less. |
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And the winner of the most ridiculous and overpriced boat award is.............
"JamesgangNC" wrote in message link.net... Thought you just bought a bowrider and use it in the great lakes? Aren't you up there in the great white north as we southerners call it? " Nope. Mine is a cuddy. Not that I don't agree about a bowrider and waves, a bow rider is a fair weather boat only. When the waves are so bad that I'm worried about taking them over the bow then I'm not boating. Neither am I....but sometimes storms happen unexpectedly as can rogue waves from passing boats. If you bury the bow or take a couple of waves into the bow with a bowrider you better start praying. ;-) " *JimH*" wrote in message ... "Gene Kearns" wrote in message ... On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:35:20 GMT, "JamesgangNC" wrote: I think it's just a sign of a changing market. More people are interested in a fair weather day outing. In that situation bow riders have more usable space. Bigger just means you can take more friends. Imho boats with cabins are clastrophobic in anything under about 28 ft anyway. " *JimH*" wrote in message ... ..........Crownline, for building a 31.5 foot *Bowrider*! http://www.crownline.com/models04/mo...p?id=316_ls_05 http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/2.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/3.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/4.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/5.jpg A 31.5 foot bowrider? What the hell were these folks thinking? It seems imminently impractical, to me. I don't think it will reasonably carry any more people that the 19 footer... unless they are below decks... and below the aft seating area... next to or above the engines doesn't look good. Anyway, that aft area looks dangerous for use while under way. I think I'd be more prone to claustrophobia back there than I would in a cuddy. 640 HP with 150 gallons of gas? About 3.5 hours of joy at $500 plus? I think I'll pass on that little $127,000+ bundle of joy. -- _ ___c \ _| \_ __\_| oooo \_____ ~~~~|______________/ ~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Southport, NC. http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/ Homepage* http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide A bowrider is an inland lake boat and is not fit for even the Great Lakes because of the possibility of the bow driving down in large seas with water filling the bow and swamping the boat. The boat is not self draining but relies solely on a bilge pump. The aft seating, as you noted, is a total waste of space. I do not see the benefits of this boat as compared to a basic 21 foot bowrider selling for $75,000+ less. |
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And the winner of the most ridiculous and overpriced boat award is.............
"JamesgangNC" wrote in message nk.net... There you go :-) wrote in message oups.com... *JimH* wrote: ..........Crownline, for building a 31.5 foot *Bowrider*! http://www.crownline.com/models04/mo...p?id=316_ls_05 http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/2.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/3.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/4.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/5.jpg A 31.5 foot bowrider? What the hell were these folks thinking? Guess you've never been in a cabin, in summer, in the south, huh? Guess you never heard of air conditioning, huh? |
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And the winner of the most ridiculous and overpriced boat awardis.............
JamesgangNC wrote:
Thought you just bought a bowrider and use it in the great lakes? Aren't you up there in the great white north as we southerners call it? Not that I don't agree about a bowrider and waves, a bow rider is a fair weather boat only. When the waves are so bad that I'm worried about taking them over the bow then I'm not boating. " *JimH*" wrote in message ... "Gene Kearns" wrote in message ... On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:35:20 GMT, "JamesgangNC" wrote: I think it's just a sign of a changing market. More people are interested in a fair weather day outing. In that situation bow riders have more usable space. Bigger just means you can take more friends. Imho boats with cabins are clastrophobic in anything under about 28 ft anyway. " *JimH*" wrote in message ... ..........Crownline, for building a 31.5 foot *Bowrider*! http://www.crownline.com/models04/mo...p?id=316_ls_05 http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/2.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/3.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/4.jpg http://www.crownline.com/models05/bo...16ls/big/5.jpg A 31.5 foot bowrider? What the hell were these folks thinking? It seems imminently impractical, to me. I don't think it will reasonably carry any more people that the 19 footer... unless they are below decks... and below the aft seating area... next to or above the engines doesn't look good. Anyway, that aft area looks dangerous for use while under way. I think I'd be more prone to claustrophobia back there than I would in a cuddy. 640 HP with 150 gallons of gas? About 3.5 hours of joy at $500 plus? I think I'll pass on that little $127,000+ bundle of joy. -- _ ___c \ _| \_ __\_| oooo \_____ ~~~~|______________/ ~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Southport, NC. http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/ Homepage* http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide A bowrider is an inland lake boat and is not fit for even the Great Lakes because of the possibility of the bow driving down in large seas with water filling the bow and swamping the boat. The boat is not self draining but relies solely on a bilge pump. The aft seating, as you noted, is a total waste of space. I do not see the benefits of this boat as compared to a basic 21 foot bowrider selling for $75,000+ less. Sir that's Boating. Go but a motor home. |
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