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G'day guys. Its been nearly 3 years since I have been fishing in salt water, even though I live only 4 minutes walk from a put in here on our Queensland coast. A sunset, low tide shot of the put in Life has got in the way for the most part but I am starting to get things squared away now...

G'day Mike, Looking forward to this build very much. For some reason the thought of a Glade's skiff really appeals to me, even though we have no 'glades here. please keep posting with lots of piccies mate. respectfully Mick

Mike, I think that there will be purists in things like this no matter what the subject is. For many of us, pirogue probably means a flat bottom, 3 panel boat or a dug out. If some bloke wants to call his 5 panel boat a pirogue, that's fine too. Our boats are evolving all the time, just like...

G'day Jack. Wer'e doing k thanks. A lot of areas are still without power and some small communities have been destroyedd utterly. I sold my hoise and spent the time during the worst of it moving out. I was wet for three days lol. We had to do some "interesting' water crossings over flooded...

Jack, Watchoo talkin 'bout?:

Geez you do nice work Ron. I really like the drop point jobbie. :D

That is a good question and in the words of US Navy Commanders everywhere, We will not confirm or deny that we have those weapons.

Mate, I'm sure Dave will be along shortly but I can tty to answer your questions. Yes we do have very tough gun laws. A rule of thumb is that any sort of automatic, semi auto rifle or repeating shotgun are completely prohibited. To get a locense for any other sort of firearm one needs to be...

G'day Russell, Your paddle is a work of art mate. Thank you for sharing this build up. I have learnt a lot here and have really enjoyed your thread.

Back to some serious thoughts on weight. Over the past few years, I have been obsessed with building my boats as light as I could. With this in mind, I researched pretty well into the thoughts of some of the thoughts of the well respected designers of timber/composite,canoe andkayak building...

Here, we get our feet dirty. :D

Mate, Have a lookee here :- http://www.jemwatercraft.com/proddetail ... thWind17-9 I love this boat and reckon, she is there with the best of them. Northwind MIGHT be a little better (as a decked canoe) but I have yet to be convinced and Southwind is just so much more like a kayak. With a...

Please keep posting (with lots of piccies) please Joey. I am learning a lot here mate.

G'day Woodman, That is a spectacular build mate. As others have said. "I want one!" Respectfully, Mick

G'day Roger, LOL I just love the sound of a howling two stroke, first thing in the morning :mrgreen: 'specially when I'm the one swinging it round, turning perfectly good strainers into paddle paths. After the floods here a while ago, all the paddle trails were full of strainers - mostly...

Jack, Portage? PORTAGE? PORTAGE? Wash ya mouth out with soap mate. Canoes are made to carry us, not the other way around. A good chainsaw beats the hell out of doing this :- When one can easil give the washdowns a little haircut and simply walk the boat through like this. If ya boat...

I just bought one of these a couple of months ago http://www.stihl.com.au/STIHL-Products/ ... S-250.aspx and taken it camping a couple of times now. A superb little saw, easy to start, plenty of power and nice and lite. So much better than my old Stihl 094 that was like swinging a 25hp...

Geez Ron, I don't get to come on here so much anymore but bloody hell mate. Please give Sondra - and your toe my best wishes. You are a hard basterd by any standard. I like that in a bloke. Respectfully Mick

Nah mate, Not yet. Life has got in the way. Is this your first build? Also have a look at the Swampgirl 14 - might suit.

G'day Thumbs, Just a thought mate. The only coppers who enforce the length thingy here are the Transport mob and they rarely, if ever pull over a passenger car unless it is a real sh!t box. They are way too concerned with the trucks etc. I drive a Nissan Navara dual cab ute (pick up) and there...