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• Jon, nice article in CW
  • Is there a link?
  • Thanks, but it will probably be a few weeks before I have a clue what you're talking about... (grin)
    • Hi Jon ... A nice 2 page story by Herb ...
      • Thanks, John... damn, Herb's well must be running pretty dry...
        • Rock Sound ? That's the wrong direction ...
    • 30 footers
      • Still, no reason you can't have it all in 30 feet, or less...
        • You sure that's not Bernie?
        • LMAO! that's just plain wrong!!
          • Well, to clarify, I think they probably tow it most of the time...
      • Jon's only the smallest boat down there...
        • For small boats out cruising, nothing beats
        • Yeah, but guys like you and Charlie are truly exceptional... (grin)
          • Not to mention your respective spouses, of course, who are even MORE exceptional (grin)
            • Yes, four months on a 26' sailboat ...with an "eccentric" captain calls for nerves of steel...
              • I, on the other hand, had plenty of other women and drank a lot of rum
                • In fact she is still on the boat - refuses to come in the house
          • Just imagine --Fox News on the onboard Sirius radio, listened to in the sanctity of the full cockpit enclosure...
            • Be careful...you're starting to sound a little "self-righteous" out there.....:-)
              • You don't see this in Oriental very often...
                • We saw em in the gulf stream ...in the middle of the night when they boarded us for a "safety inspection"
                  • Their radar and anyone else's ain't the same thang
                    • I expect your right - he said
                • Looks like Cruising World's Boat of the Year runabouts . . .
                • the "welcome to Oriental" committee?
                • UHHH, can anyone say "SEALS"???
              • Sorry, Les, I'll watch it next time LMAO! It hit the nail on the head too close for ya, did it?
                • Well Jud, if I have to....
                  • Sorry, Les, my joke was a wee bit more political in nature and
                  • tsck tsck
                    • LOL! What is so difficult to understand about my particular views on full enclosures...?
                      • really?
                        • Ahh, so I see you don't care to address the actual issue... (grin)
                          • Jon - do you wear goggles or a face shield?
                            • And don't forget the
                              • Sure, but..folks still idolize McQueen. They could Jon, too.
                                • But don't you think that in order for Jon to become...
                                  • Wizened...I'd think.
                      • Jon, quit being nice!...
                    • OK, OK, I'll admit that a full cockpit enclosure might be nice sometimes, but
                      • What the hell are you talking about, Jud? SPUTNIK has the PROTOTYPE full enclosure, in that freakin' plexi DOME! LOL!
                        • Dude, it's a FRENCH thing, has a certain "je ne sais quoi" about it...
                          • SV Watermelon's hard dodger was made w/ divinycell
                      • dogma
                        • You calling me an elder?! Why, I'm young enough to be
                          • Jud it looks like the boat is made for a dodger to fit the combing
                            • Larry, it looks like it, however,
                              • You've got me thinking about this project now, Larry.
                                • I think you should keep the bubble
                                  • It's set up for the welcoming committee in Oriental, NC
                              • Hey, the bubble? How big is it? Send it down here. Or I'll come up and get it.
                          • dodger
                            • Yeah, I had a close look at Hawk's hard dodger when they passed through here a few years ago