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recently back from road trip through Oklahoma,Arkansas and Missouri. cool mornings but pleasant daytime temps. As always good company makes for a memorable times. MM The putin below beaver lake dam super clear water.

The upper Brazos 1st week into Febuary, put in at the hwy 16 bridge. pretty cool when we started loading but warmed up nicely,and off we go, river is lower than last year so dragging inevitable. Paddled/fished/dragged till mid afternoon to where we wanted to set up camp, then collect...

Been a while since I posted on a build, not a kayak,canoe or perogue though, a 17' cat/ketch sailboat. Started back in early march pretty much full time (did take time out to build 2 Toto's for my fishing/camping buddys and cristen them on Brazos trips)see Toto...

yesterday (Fri 13th) decided to sail my trimaran.winds were lite 6/8 mph, had just made new sails and wanted to see how they worked. sailed around for 3 hrs enjoying it all.the gurling water round the hulls,the surge of power in the little puffs, even paddling when the wind quit, then I noticed...

Couple of long time friends and I had a great few days floating the Brazos from Possum Kingdom to Rochell's last week, put in wednesday morning. getting boats loaded at put in. Fishing was good from the get go, drum, smalmouth,black bass, white bass and brim river was clear and good level,no...

basic history, I built a Jim Michalak design Toto using the strip stitch and glue system, then started on a Michael Storer design outrigger system again in ss&g. thats all done now and that left things like rudder and control, leeboard/dagger board, main mast, boom and yards plus a sail and...

went out with the HOW folks on the San Marcus,halfway into the trip having past through a fastish run, back paddling to see that the followers were coming through saftly my wooden paddle shaft gives up Then to add insult to injury going through a fast bend (with half a paddle) I collide with a...

Always liked the looks of Jim Michalak's Toto, but wanted it in strip built rather than ply, so strip stitch and glue and here we are. making the panels assembling panels Transom reinforced in case I want to add trolling motor

As it was to cold to progress a boat start to finish,and /or fish/paddle I figured I'd get the woodbutcherin side of things done. Outriggers/AMA's Laker 12'/ TV 29-15 / Toto [url] MM

she's done tested and slimed.

finaly started on build, first tho do I qualify for messy enough