Chuck Gould wrote:
On Nov 9, 2:35?pm, HK wrote:
Yep.

The latest Sport Fishing magazine has a profile of a 42' Yellowfin
center console with FOUR 300-hp outboards. Engines burn 113 gph at WOT
(67 mph) but only (!) 41 gph at a 40 mph cruise.

Well, fools and their money are soon parted, but I believe anyone who
buys one of these deserves to be hit with some sort of horrific fuel
wastage tax, maybe a non-tax deductible charge of, say, $20,000 just for
owning such a resource waster.

Boats and fuel wastage like this just puts us all deeper in the hole to
the Saudi pigs.

1nmpg isn't all that unusual for a 42-footer traveling at any sort of
speed. Heck you're lucky to do any better than 4nmpg in a single
screw, 7-knot, 42-foot trawler. And just like any other boat, fuel
consumption at WOT is almost obscene.

One man's fuel "wastage" is somebody elses' "gawd-given right to
recreate" and pursue the American dream.

At one time, Harry, you were very proud to own a Hatteras. That boat
had to burn one heck of a lot of fuel at any sort of speed. What
happened to change your attitude over the last 7-10 years?




What happened? You haven't read a newspaper or seen a TV news show in
the last 15 years?

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Nov 9, 2:35?pm, HK wrote:
Yep.

The latest Sport Fishing magazine has a profile of a 42' Yellowfin
center console with FOUR 300-hp outboards. Engines burn 113 gph at WOT
(67 mph) but only (!) 41 gph at a 40 mph cruise.

Well, fools and their money are soon parted, but I believe anyone who
buys one of these deserves to be hit with some sort of horrific fuel
wastage tax, maybe a non-tax deductible charge of, say, $20,000 just for
owning such a resource waster.

Boats and fuel wastage like this just puts us all deeper in the hole to
the Saudi pigs.

1nmpg isn't all that unusual for a 42-footer traveling at any sort of
speed. Heck you're lucky to do any better than 4nmpg in a single
screw, 7-knot, 42-foot trawler. And just like any other boat, fuel
consumption at WOT is almost obscene.

One man's fuel "wastage" is somebody elses' "gawd-given right to
recreate" and pursue the American dream.

At one time, Harry, you were very proud to own a Hatteras. That boat
had to burn one heck of a lot of fuel at any sort of speed. What
happened to change your attitude over the last 7-10 years?



I also remember when Harry was building his custom 36 ft'er, GPH or MPG
were not including in his criteria, speed to his fishing area was his
only criteria.

The trawler seems to be a great option for those who are spending a lot
of time boating and enjoy the experience of boating. Like life, it is
the journey not the destination.

Didn't he get a sweet heart deal on ULLICO or WorldCom stock that
enabled him to pay for his 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat. I wonder why
he doesn't talk about it now?

BAR wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Nov 9, 2:35?pm, HK wrote:
Yep.

The latest Sport Fishing magazine has a profile of a 42' Yellowfin
center console with FOUR 300-hp outboards. Engines burn 113 gph at WOT
(67 mph) but only (!) 41 gph at a 40 mph cruise.

Well, fools and their money are soon parted, but I believe anyone who
buys one of these deserves to be hit with some sort of horrific fuel
wastage tax, maybe a non-tax deductible charge of, say, $20,000 just
for
owning such a resource waster.

Boats and fuel wastage like this just puts us all deeper in the hole to
the Saudi pigs.

1nmpg isn't all that unusual for a 42-footer traveling at any sort of
speed. Heck you're lucky to do any better than 4nmpg in a single
screw, 7-knot, 42-foot trawler. And just like any other boat, fuel
consumption at WOT is almost obscene.

One man's fuel "wastage" is somebody elses' "gawd-given right to
recreate" and pursue the American dream.

At one time, Harry, you were very proud to own a Hatteras. That boat
had to burn one heck of a lot of fuel at any sort of speed. What
happened to change your attitude over the last 7-10 years?



I also remember when Harry was building his custom 36 ft'er, GPH or
MPG were not including in his criteria, speed to his fishing area was
his only criteria.

The trawler seems to be a great option for those who are spending a
lot of time boating and enjoy the experience of boating. Like life,
it is the journey not the destination.

Didn't he get a sweet heart deal on ULLICO or WorldCom stock that
enabled him to pay for his 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat. I wonder why
he doesn't talk about it now?



Wow...a circle jerk.

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Nov 9, 2:35?pm, HK wrote:
Yep.

The latest Sport Fishing magazine has a profile of a 42' Yellowfin
center console with FOUR 300-hp outboards. Engines burn 113 gph at WOT
(67 mph) but only (!) 41 gph at a 40 mph cruise.

Well, fools and their money are soon parted, but I believe anyone who
buys one of these deserves to be hit with some sort of horrific fuel
wastage tax, maybe a non-tax deductible charge of, say, $20,000
just for
owning such a resource waster.

Boats and fuel wastage like this just puts us all deeper in the
hole to
the Saudi pigs.

1nmpg isn't all that unusual for a 42-footer traveling at any sort of
speed. Heck you're lucky to do any better than 4nmpg in a single
screw, 7-knot, 42-foot trawler. And just like any other boat, fuel
consumption at WOT is almost obscene.

One man's fuel "wastage" is somebody elses' "gawd-given right to
recreate" and pursue the American dream.

At one time, Harry, you were very proud to own a Hatteras. That boat
had to burn one heck of a lot of fuel at any sort of speed. What
happened to change your attitude over the last 7-10 years?



I also remember when Harry was building his custom 36 ft'er, GPH or
MPG were not including in his criteria, speed to his fishing area was
his only criteria.

The trawler seems to be a great option for those who are spending a
lot of time boating and enjoy the experience of boating. Like life,
it is the journey not the destination.

Didn't he get a sweet heart deal on ULLICO or WorldCom stock that
enabled him to pay for his 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat. I wonder
why he doesn't talk about it now?



Wow...a circle jerk.

Harry lies never die on Usenet even when you get all of your posts
deleted from Google. All of the responses are still there.

Do you want me to catalog your lies for you? This will enable you to say
yes it is still an active lie or it is one that you don't want to
perpetuate anymore.

What ever happened to the 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat? Do you still
have it, have you sold it? Just what did you do with it.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:54:00 -0500, HK wrote:

At one time, Harry, you were very proud to own a Hatteras. That boat
had to burn one heck of a lot of fuel at any sort of speed. What
happened to change your attitude over the last 7-10 years?




What happened? You haven't read a newspaper or seen a TV news show in
the last 15 years?

As high as diesel fuel has risen, it is still a relatively small
percentage of overall costs with a large sportfish. The guys being
impacted the most are the ones with large gas engines. Those boats
tend to be smaller and less expensive which makes fuel cost a much
larger piece of the overall budget.

Anyone thinking about buying a large diesel powered boat that is
worried about fuel costs just can't afford it.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:54:00 -0500, HK wrote:

At one time, Harry, you were very proud to own a Hatteras. That boat
had to burn one heck of a lot of fuel at any sort of speed. What
happened to change your attitude over the last 7-10 years?



What happened? You haven't read a newspaper or seen a TV news show in
the last 15 years?

As high as diesel fuel has risen, it is still a relatively small
percentage of overall costs with a large sportfish. The guys being
impacted the most are the ones with large gas engines. Those boats
tend to be smaller and less expensive which makes fuel cost a much
larger piece of the overall budget.

Anyone thinking about buying a large diesel powered boat that is
worried about fuel costs just can't afford it.

You just don't seem to get it. It isn't a matter of affording it. It is
a matter of wasting huge amounts of dwindling resources for "fun."

"HK" wrote in message
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You just don't seem to get it. It isn't a matter of affording it. It is a
matter of wasting huge amounts of dwindling resources for "fun."

Harry, you should then consider giving up your airplane trips to Hawaii,
Costa Rica or any other non-essential trips. A Boeing 747 uses
approximately 1 gallon of fuel every second.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...

You just don't seem to get it. It isn't a matter of affording it. It is a
matter of wasting huge amounts of dwindling resources for "fun."

Harry, you should then consider giving up your airplane trips to Hawaii,
Costa Rica or any other non-essential trips. A Boeing 747 uses
approximately 1 gallon of fuel every second.

Eisboch




There's a bit of a difference when 300 people are on a common carrier
air transport and four guys are out on a gas hog sportfish.

"HK" wrote in message
. ..
Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...

You just don't seem to get it. It isn't a matter of affording it. It is
a matter of wasting huge amounts of dwindling resources for "fun."

Harry, you should then consider giving up your airplane trips to Hawaii,
Costa Rica or any other non-essential trips. A Boeing 747 uses
approximately 1 gallon of fuel every second.

Eisboch


There's a bit of a difference when 300 people are on a common carrier air
transport and four guys are out on a gas hog sportfish.


Just for information, I just tried searching for a breakdown of fuel usage
in the US, comparing gallons used in automobiles and gallons used for
recreational boating. I haven't found the answer yet, but obviously the
auto number will be much higher.

I *did* find one interesting statistic for New Jersey. It is an old data
(1997) but was still revealing. In that year a total of 30 million gallons
of fuel was used for recreational boating. 20 million gallons of that was
in outboard engine powered boats.

So, at least in 1997, the big boats weren't using the most fuel.

Eisboch

HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:54:00 -0500, HK wrote:

At one time, Harry, you were very proud to own a Hatteras. That boat
had to burn one heck of a lot of fuel at any sort of speed. What
happened to change your attitude over the last 7-10 years?



What happened? You haven't read a newspaper or seen a TV news show in
the last 15 years?

As high as diesel fuel has risen, it is still a relatively small
percentage of overall costs with a large sportfish. The guys being
impacted the most are the ones with large gas engines. Those boats
tend to be smaller and less expensive which makes fuel cost a much
larger piece of the overall budget.

Anyone thinking about buying a large diesel powered boat that is
worried about fuel costs just can't afford it.

You just don't seem to get it. It isn't a matter of affording it. It is
a matter of wasting huge amounts of dwindling resources for "fun."

Does your 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat waste huge amounts of
dwindling resources for your fun?