It's down to four at this point...

Grady White Canyon 336. The dealer is coming around - slowly, but
coming around to my viewpoint that as a Yomama dealer, he would be in
a better position to sell the current engines on the boat than I
would. He's not totally convinced of that, but he's starting to talk
more like he might actually commit to it. This is looking promising.

http://www.gradywhite.com/336/

Contender 35. Oh mama - I'm getting really serious about this one -
found one with very low hours down Greenwich way and looked at it
today. I'm even willing to put up with the engines - for the summer
anyway. In the fall, it's repower with ETECs.

And it's a Contender.

http://www.contender.com/boats.aspx?id=458

Did I mention that it's a Contender? :)

Pursuit 335. Saw a sister ship at the same marina I saw the
Contender. I like the looks of this boat very much. This might be a
possibility as a new boat. I called the dealer yesterday and he got
back to me this morning. Sound like he's not at all upset about my
engine choice and depending on pricing, we might be able to work
around the Yomama problem.

http://www.pursuitboats.com/OS335.htm

Hydra-Sports 3300 CC. Pure fishing machine with great storage and
features - liked this one a lot. Saw one with Mercs on it - Verados.
Makes a very nice looking package with the dark blue hull.
Unfortunately, I'm a white hull guy and while I would consider Verados
as opposed to ETECs, I can get one new with ETECs. Which I wouldn't
do, but I would have it pre-rigged for ETECs.

So that was my day pretty much. To tell the truth, I want to pull the
trigger in the next couple of weeks. Which means that the Contender
is probably the way I'm going to go unless I can get one of the other
boats quick.

We'll see.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
It's down to four at this point...

Grady White Canyon 336. The dealer is coming around - slowly, but
coming around to my viewpoint that as a Yomama dealer, he would be in
a better position to sell the current engines on the boat than I
would. He's not totally convinced of that, but he's starting to talk
more like he might actually commit to it. This is looking promising.

http://www.gradywhite.com/336/

Contender 35. Oh mama - I'm getting really serious about this one -
found one with very low hours down Greenwich way and looked at it
today. I'm even willing to put up with the engines - for the summer
anyway. In the fall, it's repower with ETECs.

And it's a Contender.

http://www.contender.com/boats.aspx?id=458

Did I mention that it's a Contender? :)

Pursuit 335. Saw a sister ship at the same marina I saw the
Contender. I like the looks of this boat very much. This might be a
possibility as a new boat. I called the dealer yesterday and he got
back to me this morning. Sound like he's not at all upset about my
engine choice and depending on pricing, we might be able to work
around the Yomama problem.

http://www.pursuitboats.com/OS335.htm

Hydra-Sports 3300 CC. Pure fishing machine with great storage and
features - liked this one a lot. Saw one with Mercs on it - Verados.
Makes a very nice looking package with the dark blue hull.
Unfortunately, I'm a white hull guy and while I would consider Verados
as opposed to ETECs, I can get one new with ETECs. Which I wouldn't
do, but I would have it pre-rigged for ETECs.

So that was my day pretty much. To tell the truth, I want to pull the
trigger in the next couple of weeks. Which means that the Contender
is probably the way I'm going to go unless I can get one of the other
boats quick.

We'll see.




The "Yamaha" problem.

Giggle.

John H. wrote:

My advice is to make yourself a weighted matrix to help with the decision.


Some of us have broken away from the Matrix, and view it as the enemy.
Others, obviously, support the Matrix.

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:22:29 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

It's down to four at this point...

Grady White Canyon 336. The dealer is coming around - slowly, but
coming around to my viewpoint that as a Yomama dealer, he would be in
a better position to sell the current engines on the boat than I
would. He's not totally convinced of that, but he's starting to talk
more like he might actually commit to it. This is looking promising.

http://www.gradywhite.com/336/

Contender 35. Oh mama - I'm getting really serious about this one -
found one with very low hours down Greenwich way and looked at it
today. I'm even willing to put up with the engines - for the summer
anyway. In the fall, it's repower with ETECs.

And it's a Contender.

http://www.contender.com/boats.aspx?id=458

Did I mention that it's a Contender? :)

Pursuit 335. Saw a sister ship at the same marina I saw the
Contender. I like the looks of this boat very much. This might be a
possibility as a new boat. I called the dealer yesterday and he got
back to me this morning. Sound like he's not at all upset about my
engine choice and depending on pricing, we might be able to work
around the Yomama problem.

http://www.pursuitboats.com/OS335.htm

Hydra-Sports 3300 CC. Pure fishing machine with great storage and
features - liked this one a lot. Saw one with Mercs on it - Verados.
Makes a very nice looking package with the dark blue hull.
Unfortunately, I'm a white hull guy and while I would consider Verados
as opposed to ETECs, I can get one new with ETECs. Which I wouldn't
do, but I would have it pre-rigged for ETECs.

So that was my day pretty much. To tell the truth, I want to pull the
trigger in the next couple of weeks. Which means that the Contender
is probably the way I'm going to go unless I can get one of the other
boats quick.

We'll see.

Sounds like you had a strenuous day!

Have you decided yet between a pure CC and a cuddy cabin? The Contender
doesn't seem to have much room for moving around when fishing. The Grady
looks like 'all room'. It would be a hard choice.

My advice is to make yourself a weighted matrix to help with the decision.
Here is a site that shows how to use one.

http://tinyurl.com/2fo3or

It doesn't take long to get the idea of how to construct one. What takes a
while is determining the criteria by which you make your decision, and how
much weight should be given to each of those criteria.

The process will, perhaps, be insightful with regard to what you consider
important.

Good luck.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

On Mar 29, 7:50*pm, HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
It's down to four at this point...

Grady White Canyon 336. *The dealer is coming around - slowly, but
coming around to my viewpoint that as a Yomama dealer, he would be in
a better position to sell the current engines on the boat than I
would. *He's not totally convinced of that, but he's starting to talk
more like he might actually commit to it. *This is looking promising.

http://www.gradywhite.com/336/

Contender 35. *Oh mama - I'm getting really serious about this one -
found one with very low hours down Greenwich way and looked at it
today. *I'm even willing to put up with the engines - for the summer
anyway. In the fall, it's repower with ETECs.

And it's a Contender.

http://www.contender.com/boats.aspx?id=458

Did I mention that it's a Contender? *:)

Pursuit 335. *Saw a sister ship at the same marina I saw the
Contender. *I like the looks of this boat very much. *This might be a
possibility as a new boat. *I called the dealer yesterday and he got
back to me this morning. *Sound like he's not at all upset about my
engine choice and depending on pricing, we might be able to work
around the Yomama problem.

http://www.pursuitboats.com/OS335.htm

Hydra-Sports 3300 CC. *Pure fishing machine with great storage and
features - liked this one a lot. Saw one with Mercs on it - Verados.
Makes a very nice looking package with the dark blue hull.
Unfortunately, I'm a white hull guy and while I would consider Verados
as opposed to ETECs, I can get one new with ETECs. Which I wouldn't
do, but I would have it pre-rigged for ETECs.

So that was my day pretty much. *To tell the truth, I want to pull the
trigger in the next couple of weeks. *Which means that the Contender
is probably the way I'm going to go unless I can get one of the other
boats quick.

We'll see.

The "Yamaha" problem.

Giggle.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Tom is through with your insults and lies, remember?

On Mar 29, 7:22*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
It's down to four at this point...

Grady White Canyon 336. *The dealer is coming around - slowly, but
coming around to my viewpoint that as a Yomama dealer, he would be in
a better position to sell the current engines on the boat than I
would. *He's not totally convinced of that, but he's starting to talk
more like he might actually commit to it. *This is looking promising.

http://www.gradywhite.com/336/

Contender 35. *Oh mama - I'm getting really serious about this one -
found one with very low hours down Greenwich way and looked at it
today. *I'm even willing to put up with the engines - for the summer
anyway. In the fall, it's repower with ETECs.

And it's a Contender.

http://www.contender.com/boats.aspx?id=458

Did I mention that it's a Contender? *:)

Pursuit 335. *Saw a sister ship at the same marina I saw the
Contender. *I like the looks of this boat very much. *This might be a
possibility as a new boat. *I called the dealer yesterday and he got
back to me this morning. *Sound like he's not at all upset about my
engine choice and depending on pricing, we might be able to work
around the Yomama problem.

http://www.pursuitboats.com/OS335.htm

Hydra-Sports 3300 CC. *Pure fishing machine with great storage and
features - liked this one a lot. Saw one with Mercs on it - Verados.
Makes a very nice looking package with the dark blue hull.
Unfortunately, I'm a white hull guy and while I would consider Verados
as opposed to ETECs, I can get one new with ETECs. Which I wouldn't
do, but I would have it pre-rigged for ETECs.

So that was my day pretty much. *To tell the truth, I want to pull the
trigger in the next couple of weeks. *Which means that the Contender
is probably the way I'm going to go unless I can get one of the other
boats quick.

We'll see.

You could always just IMAGINE you had a boat, like Harry and the
imaginary lobster boat. It's cheaper that way.