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A bit off topic but, Lately on the tube , there have been several commercials praising the “ home security “ type of system. This system sounds an alarm and sends a signal to a center where some bozo then calls you and asks if everything is ok. At that point the poor distraught woman tells him...

Ahh today the USPO delivered the Guide book and the maps for the New York section of the NFCT. Reading and planning as you read this.

OK, after this I won't bother y'all with more pics. Her is the fleet assembled and ready to party. From now on the first monday of the month, one boat will get really cleaned and any work needing to be done accomplished.

WEll, There is always something more that can be done. But, all that does is make it prettier and no better as far as usability. So this is it. I will try to get the fleet together for a pic tomorow if it isn't rain

How about you just build a boat out of 1/4" ply the way you normally would. Once the boat is complete and prior to the glass and epoxy, Drill say two inch holes out of the entire boat. Leave an inch between holes. Then glass. You would loose 75% of the weight bt the structure would still be...

My final thoughts on the GREAT Ren-dez-vouis 2010 Since returning to the homestead, I have been thinking now and then about the get together. Just what made it such a nice experience?. Certainly it wasn’t the trip to and from. Although the food was good, that didn’t make it a Great gathering...

ALL RIGHT MICK, Looking good. If you would just throw a bit more scraps of wood around the shop, it begin to look like mine, :mrgreen:

YO Chuck, I know that epoxy will never fail. I was just wondering why you didn't cut notches in the seat support blocks and just set the seat rails in them. That way you could remove any or all seats depending on what you were doing and [how big the fish you catch is. :wink: ] you would...

Part two home. I set up my hammock and commenced to do just that. Shortly thereafter more folks started to arrive. Most carrying some type of boat AND food. I commenced to grazing and didn’t stop. The list of food has been posted already so I won’t bore y’all with it again. Will say tho that...

Part one I’m sure that y’all will forgive the delay is submitting this report. I had a problem when I got home . For some reason my arms were not long enough to reach the keyboard. Then after a day, the swelling in my stomach had gone down and now I can use the keyboard. Now, as to the...

Man, just look at all that information. And to think, my wife thinks I look at this site just for the boat pictures. Little does she know.

YO, welcome to the madness. I know for a fact that this has been a subject of " BS " {Boat Science} [TM] before but, as you may well expect once you reach geezerdom, it gets harder to remember and easier to dis-remember things. I do however believe that the general thought about...

Yo Jimmy, Unfortunatly while writing the first post I forgot the smileys. It just went on from there. :?

Ron, Don't know about the knees and wrist. Can ya still get into a boat with the braces on ? AND, do ya need a fuller life vest because of all the extra weight ?. As far as the hearing. Don't know what caused your loss. But, I can say, mine is most likely worse than yours. I bought a pair of...

O K, as much as I hate to do it, I have to agree with Chuck. I put a soaker coat of epoxy on my boats since I think it is easier to wet out the glass without trying to put on enough epoxy to soak into the wood at the same time. So, after I decided to try the toothpick thing, I wanted to see what...

Ron, I am " HOPING " at some point in the near future to do the New York Section of the [ Northern Forest Canoe Trail ] and after reaching Lake Champlain working my way down the Western edge to Fort Ticonderoga [sp]. That will be a total of about 220 miles and run somewhere around 15-20 days...

We are talking 3 days at most without people/store. Food is a seprate item ot on here Canoe Trip, What to take. Canoe Bailer/Sponge Line [2] 40 ft Canoe Cart w/ straps life vest 3 paddles [one metal] GPS W Spare Batts Compass Maps Tent/Hammock Pad Sleeping Bag Tarp W lines Machitti Knife Small...

Accepting the fact that I don’t know a whole lot about anything. I decided to follow the lead of some of the people I have read about who have built wooden boats. The advice gathered would be put to use on my current build. So with visions of a well made stripper in mind, I started out. Now, on...

Put a 30 horse trolling motor and a deep cycle battery in there. I will be down with my water skis and tow rope the end of the month. FINE looking craft ya gots there . :shock:

i have a 10 foot flatbed trailer that the skiff should fit on nicely. Post a date for it to be finished will ya. I need to arrange for the time off to drive down and pick it up. I do have to be in Fl the end of this month to visit with M i L in Seminole so it woudn't be all that far out of...