Testing closing features

In my mind it's durability and lower depreciation. They hold their value pretty well.

What do you think?

Better in what way?

We talking Power or Sail?

All electronics and engines are basically the same, corrrect?

So is it looks, durability, value?

This thread is a list of the best places to go if your are going boating in the Great Lakes

Yes, there are. Use the search feature and look for "crown" among the responses are a few you will like.

Any More?

These I got from canoekayak.com

Dubside - which is the paddlers name, showing a greenland style Eskimo roll

Ferry - A maneuver used to cross a current with little or no downstream travel. Uses the current to move a boat laterally.

Eddy - Place in the current where water flows around an obstacle, such as a rock, and then reverses course to fill in the space behind it. Offers a haven from the flowing current.

Skeg - An adjustable fin used to keep some sea kayaks tracking straight.

Roll - Technique to right an overturned kayak or canoe without getting out of it.

Carp - A failed roll in which the boater manages to get his lips above water to take a hasty breath.

Bulkheads - Walls forming sealed compartments fore and aft in a kayak.

Chine - Transition area between the bottom and the side of the boat. Hard chines are angular; soft chines are rounded.

Cockpit - The opening in the deck of a kayak where the paddler sits.

Bearing - The direction you want to go to reach your destination.

Heading - The direction your bow is pointing.

Lee - An area protected from the wind; also the quarter or region toward which the wind blows.

Gunwales - Structural supports that run end to end along the top of a canoe hull.

Portage - Derived from the French word for “carry.” A fancy name for carrying your boat around a difficult rapid or other obstacle.

Hole (also, hydraulic, keeper) - A spot where water tumbles over an obstacle and reverses course upon itself. Can trap boats from continuing downstream.

Beatdown - What sometimes happens to a boater caught in a hole.

Boof - A whitewater maneuver used to launch the craft up and over an obstacle.

Huck - The act of running a waterfall. “Way to huck carcass brah. That was sick.”

Keel - A strip or extrusion along the bottom of a boat to prevent side-slipping.

Rocker - Curvature of the keel line from the center toward the ends of a boat. Lots of rocker means quick, easy turns; less rocker means better tracking.

Sweep Stroke - Used to turn the boat by reaching out and ahead, then “sweeping” in a wide arc fore to aft.

Thwart - A cross-brace between the sides of a canoe.

Tracking - The ability of a boat to hold a straight course due to its hull design.

Yoke - A modified thwart used as a shoulder rest to carry a canoe.

Baja sleigh ride - When a kayak fisherman hooks into a fish big enough to pull him and his kayak in circles; also Texas sleigh ride, Gulf Coast sleigh ride, etc.

Brace - A stroke used to provide support and prevent the craft from capsizing.

Riffles - Light, shallow rapids found in Class I whitewater.

Pushing rubber: Rowing or paddling an inflatable raft, especially one full of tourists.

Groover - The latrine on a multi-day river trip. Name derives from the time when such devices were re-purposed ammunition cans that left a distinctive groove on one’s posterior.

River right/River left - The banks of a river are always referred to by their relation to the view downstream.

Bus stop - Raft guide slang for dumping every client in your raft (Bus stop: everyone out except the driver).

CFS - Cubic feet per second. Standard measure of river volume in the United States.

Swim - Exiting your craft into the water after a capsize.

Swim beer - The beverage a rescued swimmer customarily purchases for his rescuer, to show his gratitude and ensure future rescues.

Tricky-woo - Freestyle kayaking move that’s too complicated to describe here.

Less buyers, more sellers... The bellwether company MarineMax tells us a lot about the state of the market.

USA. MarineMax expects fiscal year earnings lower than previous guidance

Wednesday, 16 January 2008

MarineMax, Inc. (NYSE: HZO), the nation's largest recreational boat retailer, has announced that, given the current retail and economic environment, its earnings per share for its fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 would be lower than its previous guidance of $0.60 to $0.80 per diluted share. With the increased uncertainty caused by weakening economic conditions, along with the natural seasonality of the marine industry, the Company is not providing an updated guidance range for fiscal 2008.

The Company expects to report first fiscal quarter 2008 revenue of approximately $215 million compared with $234 million in the comparable quarter last year and a same-store sales decline of approximately 9% versus a 14% same-store sales increase reported a year ago. The Company also expects to report a loss per diluted share of $0.35 to $0.38 for its first fiscal quarter of 2008 versus a loss of $0.21 in the comparable quarter last year. The Company's results were impacted by the ongoing economic pressures caused by the challenged real estate and lending environment, as well as general economic concerns.

William H. McGill, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of MarineMax, stated, "While retail conditions in the marine industry have deteriorated further than we expected, available boat registration data through September 2007 shows that our long track record of market share gains has continued. This core belief of investing into our future by growing market share is expected to provide meaningful benefits when our industry recovers. We are disappointed with our financial results for the December quarter but are encouraged that our customers have not lessened their passion for boating as a great family recreation."

Mr. McGill continued, "Our balance sheet is expected to reflect the prudent measures we have taken. We expect to report a modest decrease in inventory as well as general improvements in other balance sheet ratios from the December quarter a year ago. We will closely monitor the relationship between sales and inventory and continue to make adjustments to our purchases as dictated by market trends."

The Company expects to release its full first quarter results on February 7, 2008.

Our next big release will be "Browsing" we are creating a much easier way to find stuff on the page. Be it captains, boats by geography, photos that are associated with a place and many more links. The idea is to make it much easier to use social objects ( things that join us ) to establish connections with others. We expect to release the browsing feature in a few weeks. I am think about the blogging feature. Are we being asked to allow captains to build a blog? Like a personal blog that others can read and comment on? I kind of like this idea? Tell us more.

Another Title

Chapman Piloting by Elbert Maloney

Another Good review in Amazon

don't know how you can make a more comprehensive book about boating.

I'm new to boating, and I've been asking questions of everyone I meet at the marina and at the stores. When I received this book, I read for an hour and found answers to everything I wanted. If I didn't recognize a term, phrase, or technique I read in the book, I didn't have to leave the book to find it.

Knots? It's in here; and it's the most approachable guide I've read. Safety equipment and how to use it? Everything you need to know is here. There's a great chapter on maneuvering, focusing on all the scary bits: at the marina and docking, including casting off and coming back in. The book even includes a section on using ropes and power to turn in tight quarters.

Trailering and sailboating are treated clearly, though sailing coverage might be a little light -- I'm a power boater and can't say.

The book is continually revised and is incredbily current. There's a chapter on advanced marine electronics, including all the new plotters and GPS systems, and the upcoming radio features. The book doesn't neglect the basics; there's a 40-page chapter on compasses, and plenty of information on observing weather, charting, and navigation.

There are colour illustrations throughout, a great index, and a good glossary. Unfortuantely, there are also typographical errors and formatting problems here and there, too. Sometimes, they're enough to make the material confusing or inaccurate.

This volume is giant and a bit intimidating, and you probably can't bring it aboard with you. You can't read it in bed, either.

If you own a boat, even if you're experienced, I'm sure you can use a copy of this book for reference. If you're new to boating, like I am, you'll have great use for the book and its contents. If you don't own a boat yet, you should buy one before you go to the boat show or the dealership; you'll learn more than your salesman probably knows!

My two entries...

Seaworthy by Robert Andriance

Here is a good review I found in Amazon

This is a rather inexpensive book for the value it provides to everyone who operates a vessel. It is more directed towards owners of mid to larger size power or sail boats and maybe less towards the bass fisherman and occasional recreational sport boater, but nevertheless valuable information for everyone in boating.

As a BoatUS member, one of the best organizations I am a member of and recommended to every boater, I have seen the ship wreck reports in their monthly publication and on their web site.

I wanted this book to help me avoid getting into situations that would cause me, my crew and my boat harm. This book has done a number of important things for me. First, it has renewed my respect for the responsibility of operating a vessel. Next, it has shown me that a responsible operator must consider the lack of ability or responsibility of other boaters. It also has given me many valuable hints how to react in situations or tips how best avoid getting into trouble.

If you are a boater there are a number of books you absolutely should read to educate yourself with how to run and dock a boat. This book must be in your library to educate yourself with the potential perils of boating and how to not make the mistake others have already made.

Bruce this is really good stuff. I have asked Alicia to do on piece on this post. It will be out some weeks from now.

Some of your better contributions :)

The founding member badge is under the activity feed on the profile. We changed it from the top left because we are going to add more of these badges, so that Captains can tell us about other accomplishments. Boat US Member, 6 pack license or completed a 100 passage.

http://propercourse.blogspot.com/2007/12/ernesto-or-reid-who-would-you-rather-be.html

Anthony if you come to wwwtheboaters.com ( you can enter with your facebook login) you can create a thread for watersports.

Lets share pictures about sailing. Here is one from a great blogger.

http://www.theboaters.com/dev/news/story.php?title=SailingPhotoofTheDay-Wooden_Ships

This link takes you an items in our news section, by clicking it you can go to the blog.

Actually you do not enter it. We pick the profiles based on how complete they are on on great or unique pictures.

What is the prize for the winner?

If I could afford it I would go for a Nordhavn 68. World cruiser, anything anywhere almost single hand.

All good suggestions! CANADA is now about 15% of all Captains.

If there is any wisdom in crowds, here is how the marketplace votes.

About 400,000 new boats are sold every year, 14,000 are sailboats.

I love trawlers. My dream boat is a Nordhavn 55 ( not really a single hand).

Jim, I have no problem cruising at 17 knots. I like the Mainship. Let me ask you how many boats to they make a year? What impressed you most about the factory?

If I was going to invest $200,000 in a boat it would be ... 36 foot express cruiser circa 2005.

It is hard to get into a sedan bridge at this price point.

You can add the URL of the boat picture. Why would yo buy this boat? Where would you go with this boat?

Tell us about your biggest catch. How big? How long? How much of a fight? Where did you catch it? Was it during a tournament? With a Captain or just friends?

What is the biggest fish you caught? How much time did it take? What did you do with it?

Mowat, where did you read about this race? Could you post the link in news.

Well, not doubt that boy is going to be a sailor one day.

Cool, tell him to post the boats here, maybe we can find some buyers for him.

I passed the message to them.

From one 47 year old to the rest of you.

Enjoy it, what ever they call it.

It is a moment to evaluate where you have been and decide where you are going.

Good point... They are not mass produced.

..... I will try and figure out a better match for Mercedes Benz ....

I would make mercedes a higher grade than formula.

mercedes is like hinkley....

Could not agree with you more. I once had fish ceviche minutes after the fish was caught and honestly it was the best ever. The fish were caught, sliced, and then placed in a lemon marinade for about 30 minutes. It was fantastic.

Good to eat also :O

The news feature we installed at TheBoaters is a bit different than most. In our news feature you are the reporter and the community acts as an editorial board. We decide what become front page news. How?

Reporter: When you find a news story you would like to share with the rest of us, you press the tab for news. Then you find the link "submit a new story" ( close to the top, center left ) You then copy the URL of the news item you liked into the box and follow the instructions. This news item will be listed as unpublished until somebody else finds it interesting. and moves it over to published news ( we will help ). Your news item is visible to the complete audience and they vote on it towards the top. You have become a reporter for TheBoaters! Congrats! On the webb there is another site called Digg.com that uses this same community principles and it now ( launched 2 years ago ) gets more traffic than the NYT. So lets get our boating community based news feature going.

I like the way you position Chris Craft. Its old school. But in my mind BMW is new. Old school to me would be Cadillac. I see them all the time around Miami Beach :)

WOOSTERKEN... You do not have OCD...

I would suggest other sources...

Excess time No wife

What do you think?

Good Stuff.

LOL the Silverton comment is too funny!

I need to get in touch with my perception of chris craft...

http://www.info-link.com/bellwetherreport.asp

Here is the report on new powerboat registrations.

Undeniable, sales are down, its a good time to buy.

My Answers:

3) Toyota = SeaRay 7) Mini Cooper = Mastercraft 1) Volvo = Nordhavn 5) Jeep = Intrepid 4) Ford/GM = Meridian/Silverton/Carver/Fourwinns/Doral

As a short time boat owner I would like to learn how to quickly relate to brand values.

My question is. Which boating brands would you associate with the following car brands?

1) Rolls Royce/Aston Martin 2) Mercedes Benz/BMW 3) Toyota 4) GM/Ford 5) Jeep 6) Volvo 7) Mini Cooper

And any other you associate with a boat brand.

Is this a good time to buy a boat ? With the real estate market in a deep correction I think many other asset classes could suffer collateral damage. Do you agree it's a time to buy that is going to get better still next year?

This is a great question.

Is there fishing school?

I will be taking the USCG six pack. I think if you are going to go offshore you need as much knowledge as you can take with you.

still no resolution

http://www.nmma.org/news/news.asp?id=16361&sid=3

This is the latest post at the NMMA

Guys I found this on the State department travel restrictions

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cispatw/cis/cis_1097.html

Guys we got a ton of feedback and have been busy building in new features. We hope you like what we have done and if you don't let us know.

We aim to please!

Leonard Boord

As far as I know you do not need a license for private use.

Your insurance company might want to make sure you know what you are doing.

What kind of boat are you looking at?

Move to Florida an boat 12 months a year!

I heard that BoatUS has marinas that give 10 cents off per gallon. Is it true?

I am curious. Where do you plan to run this cruiser?

Do you have plans of her layout?