Smittles1179
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I headed out to do some striper fishing this Sunday with my cousin’s husband and a couple of his friends. What a great group of guys, and although we didn’t catch anything in Narragansett Bay near Providence RI, we did catch the Quonset Point Air Show. It was awesome to catch it from the water and navigating around all the anchored vessels and moving targets proved to be a rewarding challenge. Here are a couple pictures of the event on my “New to Me” 2004, 2120 DVSC Parker. I believe I have owned her for 2 months now. I’ve taken her out with friends, family and alone. I thought I wouldn’t like the 2120 and always wanted a 2520or 2530 but I have to say it’s been awesome. The 2120 gives me the ability to hook up and tow her to any location. My 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 with the 5.7 Hemi and tow/haul mode works perfect, you hardly know you’re towing anything. The ability to put her into the water and take her out by myself is an enormous bonus. Gas prices are at the local pump which takes a dollar a gallon off the “on the water” price from what I’ve been told. So I can trim $100 bucks off gas filling her up, although she does have a 150 Yamaha 4 stroke which is very fuel efficient I find that the ship is under powered. To me under powered means, she runs great and is great on gas, but the hull is rated for a 225 max and I understand why. With 5 Guys on board the boat is tight fitting and heavy, 100 gallons of fuel and all the gear I could only get on plane when 2 guys sat up on the bow. That’s not everyday but I don’t want to run her a full power to feel like I’m getting somewhere, I’d rather have a 225 and run her at half speed, even if I had to pay a little more for fuel. So If your thinking a 150 Yamaha 4 stoke can get you by, it can, but it may leave you wanting more. I do. ~Captain Smittles