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The wife and I went down to Galveston early this morning to walk on the beach, no fishing. We got there early, but the beach was completely covered with Sargasum seaweed. It was a huge problem earlier this Spring, and I'd heard it was getting better.....NOT!! What a mess, the stuff stinks...

Messed up on posting these pictures the first time but I have it now. Finished the aluminum-on-frame pirogue and I've had her on the water a few times now. All I can say is that she is SWEET !! Because of some of my mess up's along the way I had to modify but she turned out OK anyway. Sort...

I have in my possession 2 sets of full size drawings for the temp frames (bulkheads) for a Merlin 16' strip built canoe. These are the frames that go on the strong back that the strips are attached to. Northwest Canoe gives the one funny layout drawing away free and a buddy of mine and myself...

The wife and I went for a short weekend trip to the TEXAS Hill Country to visit an old friend (80 yrs,) who was not doing real good and needed some help getting things straightened out around the place. Let me tell you, it was HOT !! 104°F in the shade, 113°F in the sun, and things were...

Found Chuck's instructions for putting on a graphite bottom and let me tell you that man knows what he's talking about. Last weekend I finished the bottom, added some over the bow and stern, too. Now all I need to do is install some thwarts, pool test for seat position, and I'll be ready to...

The designer of this boat has had someone build one. I don't know all the particulars, but I did get a picture forwarded to me. I've got an email out to the person of interest asking for more details. All I have now is this pic:

My friend and I have been working on this (mostly him) and he has finally finished the report. For any of you with age problems (stiff legs, weak backs, etc.) this type of build may be a good solution. I have no monetary interest in this endevor, nor do I claim that it was my idea, the...

Both the wife and I were feeling a little burned out so we loaded up the camper and went to one of our favorite spots: Cagle State Rec. Area jut north of Houston between Huntsville and Conroe. It's situated on the north shore of Lake Conroe and is a jewel of a spot. Clean, peaceful, and...

Yep , it's true. Met a gent on the local waterway last weekend paddling a homemade pirogue. Chatted for a while and saw that it was your basic 3 panel boat, only it's empty weight is only 18 lbs. It has a 1/4" Luauan bottom, a framework for the sides, and flat aluminum siding material for the...

Started my TV finally, got all the panels cut and sanded last week. This weekend I started laying out the temp. frames, 8 in all. I got a brainstorm a while back and using my autocad at work, drew up the temp frames full size and printed them out. To prove my cad work, I layed out frame #5...

I posted this on JEM but thought I'd let you folks see it, too. Last weekend we camped in the Texas Hill Country out of Utopia, a truly beautiful place. I took a few pics to share with everyone. We went to Lost Maples State Natural Area, a truly great campground but at this time of year, way...