Yea, they are like a sponge.....that is, of course, only if you allow water to enter thru the fiberglass/foam/fiberglass hull. By patching any cracks in the hull, you can prevent water from coming in.
They give a rough ride, but can handle ALOT of water, bigger water than another boat of comparable size can handle.
With the 70HP on this baby, and on a calm-average day in the bay, theyll be no problems.....
I was told the best fishing/cruising boat of this size range you can buy would be a Boston Whaler, Grady White (starts @ 18') and Maritime Skiff. Found an excellent deal on this BW, $5800 and talked em down to $5200.:D
she is soon to be named Silver Bullet

Mike, when are you getting an engine for Striper Sniper (that is going to be the name, right?)?

http://www.ctriverstripers.com/Classifieds/whalerC.jpg
http://www.ctriverstripers.com/Classifieds/whalerB.jpg
sorry, couldn't help myself:D
I know it needs a little work, but $5200, what the hell, its a steal:happy:

SNS - great boat for the upper bay, make sure you know where all the partially submerged ledges are - I see many of them get whacked...

Is that a 15?

Want to see a pretty whaler - take a look at the one in the classifieds..

Um, can we get back on topic?? :D

JOHN R- PM/MAIL CALL!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting - you're begging us to question why you're not in school and for us to tell you not to screw up like half of us did!

Couldn't resist....

what do you want from me ?? :D

i think this whole thread was a time bomb from the start and could of easily been a PM. IM or email matter.... but red was concerned and i'm not mad, plus Red is cool and IMed me to clear it all up, i appreciate that. :)

A) i'm not a punk
B) Not a screw up
C) Ask Striper-Swiper, or Fish_Eye.... am i a punk or rude person, mike and mike??? i'm petty quet and keep to myself :D huh??

so before you guys put me in the catagory you was at my age- stop and look, i'm not like that..... i never did anything like that and never would (once again i bring up, OZZY- he was doing that all his life and now he dont know were the hell he is, LOL :D)

we'll all meet sometime & you will see i'm a kewl person :D
but i may drink all yer Pepsi!!

Mike

please please!!!
 

can we stay on topic,please!!:smash: what is the topic striper sniper!!

SSX - not to go back into the abyss. Well, nevermind



People - let's let this thread die off. I'm too tired to do this all over again...

John, it's all reds fault......damn you red!!! :D :smash: (kidding)




Um, the topic is all of your explaining your screw ups in life so i don't.....plus there funny :D

just cuz he didnt PM you with it didnt mean you couldnt have PM'd him your answer....so pbbllllltht!:smash:

as for high school...I didnt pay enough attention and didnt care cuz I worked to jobs and went to school......(because I wanted stuff and my parents wouldnt/couldnt buy it for me) and because I thought that was what I was supposed to do....!!!:eek: (unfortunately....I also felt I could drink like a fish at 16!!!)

and BTW ozzy was allright but metallica was better (including and pre "justice" days).... but you probably dont know what I am talking about anyway so nevermind...:rolleyes: :D

wrong, know what your talkin about!! metallica is kewl, ozzy is O.K. his old stuff was kewl :D i like pearl jam, metallica and stuff like that to- but not really, cause mostly i like 50 cent, eminem and all that stuff you guys hate :D lol
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at 16 u Drank like a fish? :smash: the question is did you catch fish tho?:D ?
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I agree w/ john- it as real, it was fun...............but it wasn't REEL-FUN..... let this thread werk its way to the bottom..

Mike

John, it's a 17' Montauk - the outside looks nice but the inside has tons of stress cracks...
I was gonna sand it and repaint, but what the hell, it's a fishin boat tahts bound to get a little dirty, not a cruising boat....well save the Rinker for that.
Gotta wait till mid march to uncover it and begin working on it.:cool:

:rolleyes:

:kewl: :sleeps: :yak: :doh: :rollem: :fishslap: :topic: :hidin: :jump: :jump1:

:happy: . . . AND IT just KEEPS GOING AND GOING aNd gOiNg..


:laughs:

that'z what i'm saying... :D

me2

SNS - cool - very good boat for the bay...

What shape is the deck in? Solid enough that you can get by with repairing cracks then adding topping off with some non-skid? Not needing to look factory original?

blah blah blah !!!!!!!!!!!

...did someone need a sheep in here??....

no thats bah bah bah .
Whos been minding the sheep . Naht me !

How did we move on to sheep?:confused:

Well to answer you question, it is very natural for a somewhat serious conversation to wind up being a joke.:)

Awww who am i kidding Its BLOOCRAB:smash: :smash: :smash: :smash: :smash:

..all depends where 'his' pinky is....:eek: :smash:



yeah, ok fish_n_dive.....give me all the credit why don't ya...:)

.....STYX and Stones may break my bones, but they were good bands back in the day....:p <:>

Speaking of sheep...Dolly just died...clone me up another one!