On Jan 17, 4:12*pm, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:59:06 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing

wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:49:07 -0800 (PST), wrote:

You're So Vain.....

I think it's about Warren Beatty. *I don't buy the Mick Jagger
hypothesis and James Taylor is too laid back to be vain.

There is a school of thought that it's Angie Bowie, but I ain't buying
that one either.

I wonder if Dick Ebersol thinks it was worth the $50K he paid for the
information... * *:)

Check out the second line...

You walked onto the Parker...
Like you were walking onto a yacht...

I think Loogy may have hit the nail on the head. Or is my hearing bad?
--
John H

Bingo!

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:25:00 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:57:22 -0500, HK wrote:

Arrgh...snow and rain. No Virginia Beach fishing trip this week.

Anyway, got a photo of another West Coast Parker with a tuna tower.
Don't see many of these tower-equipped small boats in these here parts.

http://tinyurl.com/2st2wm


Guy who runs her has an Airmar B-260 transducer, an 80-gallon bait tank,
and goes out 75 miles for albacore fishing.
I'd be curious where he has that transducer mounted on that boat.

It is a little huge for a thru-hull on that size of boat, but I
suspect that would be one of the preferred models.

Finding good water at plane, though? Location location, location.....



The owner built up some sort of nacelle on the inside of the hull and
the B260 protrudes, but I've not seen a photo of the install. I suspect
with all the money he's spent on the boat, he doesn't count $100 bills
closely.

The back 1/3rd of the Parker 25-footers don't come out of the water
much, even on plane. Or at all. Even.

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:22:15 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:25:00 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:57:22 -0500, HK wrote:

Arrgh...snow and rain. No Virginia Beach fishing trip this week.

Anyway, got a photo of another West Coast Parker with a tuna tower.
Don't see many of these tower-equipped small boats in these here parts.

http://tinyurl.com/2st2wm


Guy who runs her has an Airmar B-260 transducer, an 80-gallon bait tank,
and goes out 75 miles for albacore fishing.

I'd be curious where he has that transducer mounted on that boat.

It is a little huge for a thru-hull on that size of boat, but I
suspect that would be one of the preferred models.

They make two fairings for that model - standard and high performance.
The High Performance fairing is the preferred fairing for boats under
26' in length according to marine electronics types. Apparently you
get more water flow past the transducer on planing hulls with it.

Finding good water at plane, though? Location location, location.....

Well, that's really the question - where would you put it?

It's probably at or near the stern I would think. I believe that is
an older 2520 XL Sport Cabin as Parker, finally, got wise to the open
transom and starting building boats properly with full transoms.

Even with the more moderate 16 degree deadrise, it's got to be hard to
position properly.

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:31:36 -0500, HK wrote:

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:25:00 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:57:22 -0500, HK wrote:

Arrgh...snow and rain. No Virginia Beach fishing trip this week.

Anyway, got a photo of another West Coast Parker with a tuna tower.
Don't see many of these tower-equipped small boats in these here parts.

http://tinyurl.com/2st2wm


Guy who runs her has an Airmar B-260 transducer, an 80-gallon bait tank,
and goes out 75 miles for albacore fishing.
I'd be curious where he has that transducer mounted on that boat.

It is a little huge for a thru-hull on that size of boat, but I
suspect that would be one of the preferred models.

Finding good water at plane, though? Location location, location.....



The owner built up some sort of nacelle on the inside of the hull and
the B260 protrudes, but I've not seen a photo of the install. I suspect
with all the money he's spent on the boat, he doesn't count $100 bills
closely.

The back 1/3rd of the Parker 25-footers don't come out of the water
much, even on plane. Or at all. Even.

This look like yours?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...n/P1010179.jpg

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


I believe that is
an older 2520 XL Sport Cabin as Parker, finally, got wise to the open
transom and starting building boats properly with full transoms.


:-) The "crock" continues. Parker makes at least six models with
transom cutouts. Beginning last year, I believe, the cutout transoms
were dropped temporarily on the 25-footers. Parker does that from time
to time. After the 2120 Pilot House was introduced (with the cutout
transom), it stopped producing the 2100CC for a couple of years until
production of the 2120 began to catch up with demand. The two boats use
the same hull.

But no real stripes, metalflake paint, tailfins, or carpet on the
walking surfaces. No matching trailers, either. And most importantly, no
eTecs. :-)

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:31:36 -0500, HK wrote:

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:25:00 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:57:22 -0500, HK wrote:

Arrgh...snow and rain. No Virginia Beach fishing trip this week.

Anyway, got a photo of another West Coast Parker with a tuna tower.
Don't see many of these tower-equipped small boats in these here parts.

http://tinyurl.com/2st2wm


Guy who runs her has an Airmar B-260 transducer, an 80-gallon bait tank,
and goes out 75 miles for albacore fishing.
I'd be curious where he has that transducer mounted on that boat.
It is a little huge for a thru-hull on that size of boat, but I
suspect that would be one of the preferred models.

Finding good water at plane, though? Location location, location.....


The owner built up some sort of nacelle on the inside of the hull and
the B260 protrudes, but I've not seen a photo of the install. I suspect
with all the money he's spent on the boat, he doesn't count $100 bills
closely.

The back 1/3rd of the Parker 25-footers don't come out of the water
much, even on plane. Or at all. Even.

This look like yours?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...n/P1010179.jpg


Mine? No.

I have the smaller, much less expensive bronze "tilt" transducer. It
barely protrudes from the bottom of the hull. I've never measured the
distance, but mine is about 2' forward of the transom. I didn't have a
through hull on my 25' Parker. Had two transom mount transducers for the
two fishfinders.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:49:07 -0800 (PST), wrote:

You're So Vain.....

I think it's about Warren Beatty. I don't buy the Mick Jagger
hypothesis and James Taylor is too laid back to be vain.

There is a school of thought that it's Angie Bowie, but I ain't buying
that one either.

I wonder if Dick Ebersol thinks it was worth the $50K he paid for the
information... :)


Well she sings about being up here in Nova Scotia.......... maybe she
remembered yours truly.

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:47:17 -0500, HK wrote:

The two boats use the same hull.

Naval architecture by Lego.

On Jan 17, 5:06*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:47:17 -0500, HK wrote:
The two boats use the same hull.

Naval architecture by Lego.

snerk Sorry T, I will send you a check..

wrote:
On Jan 17, 5:06 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:47:17 -0500, HK wrote:
The two boats use the same hull.
Naval architecture by Lego.

snerk Sorry T, I will send you a check..


Form ever follows function - Louis Sullivan

Naval architecture by Lego - Sal****er Nobody


snerk

Practical use above aesthetics. Decorative elements on fishing boats -
metalflake, strange colors, fins, carpeting on decks, low-quality
eTec outboards - are superfluous. :-)