Maggie's Farm

That Cabo harbor pic is really interesting. Those open boats are called pangas. What is interesting is that the panga was designed by Yamaha for third world fishermen in the early '70s. That design is simple to build, length and beam are adjusted by a simple formula depending on the local conditions. If the hull looks familiar, that's because you see pictures of them all the time when the Somali pirates attack a ship - it's the main part of their pirate fleet.

The early '70s was an interesting period in boat design. Boston Whaler developed the 21' Outrage which, in my opinion anyway, is one of the best center console designs ever. They never quite caught on as many considered them ugly, but the sure as heck were seaworthy.

The best boat ever built that could be put on a trailer was the Master Marine 28' center console. These were built for the North Shore tuna trade by Master Marine of Gloucester, MA under license to the Unification Church. They were very sea worthy boats, easy to handle, could turn a fair amount of speed with the standard Evinrude 175 two stroke. The example has been restored, but it will give you the idea of what they looked like fully dressed out. A lot of fishermen hated Master Marine for building these boats for the Moonies, but that didn't mean they weren't good boats- which they most certainly were.

Oh well - sorry for the digression - sometimes I can't help myself. :>)