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Calif Bill wrote: wrote in message ... On Apr 15, 7:52 am, HK wrote: John H. wrote: On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:02:43 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Apr 14, 5:44 pm, John H. wrote: went very well. That 18 footer with the 150 hp Yamaha is a screamer, but I only got it up to 3900 RPM. The day turned out beautiful, if a little cool and breezy. The boat handled the small (one foot) chop in the Rappahannock River with ease, and I was very impressed with the engine. The engine rocks, almost noiselessly. At 3500 rpm I could carry on a conversation with the maintenance guy in a normal tone of voice. I left it at the dealer to get the radio and antenna installed, and will pick it up this coming Saturday. It's fun becoming excited about boating again! Hell, fishing may even start consuming some of my golf time! My better half is quite thrilled with the boat and can't wait to get on the Potomac and check out some of our favorite 'boaters' beaches'. -- John *H* (Not the other one!) Hey,hey! I was giong to ask how the day went. Glad you like the new boat. I love it, and, more importantly, so does the wife! This thing just about launches and retrieves itself, compared to the ProLine. And, the 150 Yammy definitely makes it scoot. I can't wait to get up in the Bay and see how it does in some 2-3 footers. Hell, the damn thing has eight rod holders! Yeah, I want to see how it does in two to three foot chop, too. Leave your false teeth at home.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That's our Harry. If he doesn't own it, it's junk, just ask him...... What a childish piece of ****. Actually Harry is correct if it is real 3 foot chop. Only a 19' boat, you can get really beat up in that. Mine is 21' and only a 20 degree Vee, and I slow down a lot in big wind shop. We have a fairly hard chop on the bay, typically between one and two feet when we have it. When I first came up here from Florida, I had a boat whose hull was quite similar to what Herring's new boat has. I met the chop and the chop won. By Bay chop I mean short steep waves, with their peaks close together. Nonbreaking stuff, no foam. We don't have a lot of two to three foot waves, per se, as you find in the ocean but we have lotsa chop. And kazillions of boat wakes coming from all directions. Unless you like to either bounce or move at displacement speeds in a small boat, you want one that weighs a lot and has a deep vee hull. Thus, the thought of Herring taking on 2-3' chop in the mid-Bay is a bit laughable. With experience you would have learned that proper throttle control and handling will turn those seas into glass. 25 hours in a year won't teach you squat, bozo. Keep laughing. |
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HK wrote:
John H. wrote: On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:04:50 -0700, "Calif Bill" wrote: wrote in message ... On Apr 15, 7:52 am, HK wrote: John H. wrote: On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:02:43 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Apr 14, 5:44 pm, John H. wrote: went very well. That 18 footer with the 150 hp Yamaha is a screamer, but I only got it up to 3900 RPM. The day turned out beautiful, if a little cool and breezy. The boat handled the small (one foot) chop in the Rappahannock River with ease, and I was very impressed with the engine. The engine rocks, almost noiselessly. At 3500 rpm I could carry on a conversation with the maintenance guy in a normal tone of voice. I left it at the dealer to get the radio and antenna installed, and will pick it up this coming Saturday. It's fun becoming excited about boating again! Hell, fishing may even start consuming some of my golf time! My better half is quite thrilled with the boat and can't wait to get on the Potomac and check out some of our favorite 'boaters' beaches'. -- John *H* (Not the other one!) Hey,hey! I was giong to ask how the day went. Glad you like the new boat. I love it, and, more importantly, so does the wife! This thing just about launches and retrieves itself, compared to the ProLine. And, the 150 Yammy definitely makes it scoot. I can't wait to get up in the Bay and see how it does in some 2-3 footers. Hell, the damn thing has eight rod holders! Yeah, I want to see how it does in two to three foot chop, too. Leave your false teeth at home.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That's our Harry. If he doesn't own it, it's junk, just ask him...... What a childish piece of ****. Actually Harry is correct if it is real 3 foot chop. Only a 19' boat, you can get really beat up in that. Mine is 21' and only a 20 degree Vee, and I slow down a lot in big wind shop. 2-3 foot chop in the Bay is not fun, but it was fishable in the 21'er. Don't know what the 18'er will be like, although it does seem to cut the water better. Hell, if it's too rough, I'll come home! No biggy! It'll do just fine, so long as you keep the throttle down. That's the whole point. You made no point. You attacked. Narcissism will do that to you. |
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I thought it was a case of being just plain dumb - you know Bill does
live on the Left Coast. They are weird out there. :) Hey! I live out here too. I'm just a transplant that's all. Once a Red Sox fan, always a Red Sox fan! Even my 8 yr old son who was born out here is a Sox fan... it's in the blood. g --Mike "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:31:23 -0700, "Mike" wrote: LOL! Bill you had me for a minute. I believe that SW is a RED sox fan (like myself). I just watched the RED sox beat the injuns, then read your post, and I was wondering what you were watching. Yes, the A's beat the WHITE sox. I thought it was a case of being just plain dumb - you know Bill does live on the Left Coast. They are weird out there. :) |
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