Re: PCB recent commercial fishing boat design
Don't get me started on government spending. I worked for 25 years
in psyciatric hospitsls. The first half in public hospitals, the
second half in non-profit ones. When I worked for the state (this
happened in both Georgia and Colorado) we had a meeting every year
to find ways to spend the surpluses in our budgets.
Then I started working in non-profit hospitals and we held meetings
on how we can use our limited budgets to serve our patients better
or serve more patients. The differences only started there. The
number of bureaucrats per person actually working with a patient was
very high with the state while non-profits usually only had 2 or 3
for the whole facility.
One of the big problems is that bureaucrats measure their relative
importance is the size of their budgets. If you don't spend all
your money this year, they give you less next year and your boss
feels like he has had a reduction in his status.
Government boats having bigger engines than they need is just one
way of keeping those budgets big. Until we start compensating
government employees based on how much money they save us and by how
well they do their jobs this kind of thing will just keep happening.
With the concerns of foreign energy supplies, the environment and
budget its sad to see a design that will keep operating costs of
boats low shelved.
Paul H.
in psyciatric hospitsls. The first half in public hospitals, the
second half in non-profit ones. When I worked for the state (this
happened in both Georgia and Colorado) we had a meeting every year
to find ways to spend the surpluses in our budgets.
Then I started working in non-profit hospitals and we held meetings
on how we can use our limited budgets to serve our patients better
or serve more patients. The differences only started there. The
number of bureaucrats per person actually working with a patient was
very high with the state while non-profits usually only had 2 or 3
for the whole facility.
One of the big problems is that bureaucrats measure their relative
importance is the size of their budgets. If you don't spend all
your money this year, they give you less next year and your boss
feels like he has had a reduction in his status.
Government boats having bigger engines than they need is just one
way of keeping those budgets big. Until we start compensating
government employees based on how much money they save us and by how
well they do their jobs this kind of thing will just keep happening.
With the concerns of foreign energy supplies, the environment and
budget its sad to see a design that will keep operating costs of
boats low shelved.
Paul H.
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Kristine Bennett <femmpaws@...> wrote:
>
> Gee are we Suprised by this?? You could show them a
> boat the will do every thing they ask for and go it on
> 2 Gal and hour and they would still turn it down...
>
> Something like useing less fuel and the like would
> mean they would have smaller budgets next year. You
> are forgetting they are spending YOUR DOLLARS that is
> why you see all these goverment boat with the biggest
> outboards they can find to put on then!!! It comes
> down to their budget. That's why at the end of the
> budget year you see all kinds of new stuff showing up.
>
> Blessings Kristine
>
>
> >
> > It Really is a PBF design. He, they, tried very hard
> > to get fishing
> > officials in Gloucester, MA, to take an interest in
> > smaller, cheaper,
> > and better for their needs but to Phil's disgust,
> > they had no interest
> > in that idea.
> >
> > So he moved on.
> >
> > Jim
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Gee are we Suprised by this?? You could show them a
boat the will do every thing they ask for and go it on
2 Gal and hour and they would still turn it down...
Something like useing less fuel and the like would
mean they would have smaller budgets next year. You
are forgetting they are spending YOUR DOLLARS that is
why you see all these goverment boat with the biggest
outboards they can find to put on then!!! It comes
down to their budget. That's why at the end of the
budget year you see all kinds of new stuff showing up.
Blessings Kristine
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boat the will do every thing they ask for and go it on
2 Gal and hour and they would still turn it down...
Something like useing less fuel and the like would
mean they would have smaller budgets next year. You
are forgetting they are spending YOUR DOLLARS that is
why you see all these goverment boat with the biggest
outboards they can find to put on then!!! It comes
down to their budget. That's why at the end of the
budget year you see all kinds of new stuff showing up.
Blessings Kristine
>____________________________________________________________________________________
> It Really is a PBF design. He, they, tried very hard
> to get fishing
> officials in Gloucester, MA, to take an interest in
> smaller, cheaper,
> and better for their needs but to Phil's disgust,
> they had no interest
> in that idea.
>
> So he moved on.
>
> Jim
>
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Bruce Hallman wrote:
officials in Gloucester, MA, to take an interest in smaller, cheaper,
and better for their needs but to Phil's disgust, they had no interest
in that idea.
So he moved on.
Jim
>It Really is a PBF design. He, they, tried very hard to get fishing
>
> My intuition says this is a true PB&F design, as it has lots of SA
> influence I think. Really a great idea for a boat, except that blunt
> governmental regulation makes it uneconomical to license I think.
> Regulations favor big wide fat (inefficient) boats, not lean long
> efficient boats. Go figure.
>
officials in Gloucester, MA, to take an interest in smaller, cheaper,
and better for their needs but to Phil's disgust, they had no interest
in that idea.
So he moved on.
Jim
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> I can't find the article I read about the design Bolger did for commercial fishing boats recently. Anyone have it marked?It was published in the September 2004 issue of the magazine National
> Thanks much
Fisherman. It is available 'online' only through subscription, I
think. I was able to read the article relatively easily by logging
into my local library website (remotely from home), as they have paid
the subscription fee to retrieve it from the database.
My intuition says this is a true PB&F design, as it has lots of SA
influence I think. Really a great idea for a boat, except that blunt
governmental regulation makes it uneconomical to license I think.
Regulations favor big wide fat (inefficient) boats, not lean long
efficient boats. Go figure.
I can't find the article I read about the design Bolger did for commercial fishing boats recently. Anyone have it marked?
Thanks much
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Thanks much
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