Welcome to my brain. It’s messy. It’s interesting. And it’s all connected if you stick around long enough. "Believe Nothing: no matter who said, even if I have said it, except it agree with your own reason and common sense. Siddhartha Guatamo, the Buddha.

random misfires

Side effects,,,,

Between the Carnivore diet (Lots of extra energy, clearer thinking) and BLOO-Twuck, and maybe more thinkin’ time on my hands with longer nights,,, I find my mind RACING along “CREATE” modes.

Just the last week, the desire to build another Kayak has been on my ‘resting’ mind, as well as another ‘hobby’ from even further back: BOWS.

FYI, I spend about an hour a night on the Erg, and I spend another 30 minutes or so bending bows, throwing arrows (IF the light is good, some evenings this gets left out for lighting reasons.) There are other things I do to keep my physique tuned (and they are ALL getting easier as the fat rolls off the middle and other areas,,,) but those two have the added bonus of getting creations going.

I want to build a new Greenland style boat, but not a skin on frame. I DO want to use the skin on frame as my ‘plug’, but I want a composite boat. Thinking the old design that I used on Serena as my plug to build from. Being a plug, I can cut some corners (no need of 20+ ribs) and use cheaper materials for the frame.

But the BOW,,,, That one, that is getting wilder and wilder in my head. 54″ horse bow, Hungarian Style, Composite limbs. And to break from tradition, a center cut body and molded grip. Use Beech for the Siyahs as I like the extremely fine grain of it (and its stronger than Oak in some ways, without the weight of Oak.) Thinking 45-50# draw weight at 28″ (my usual draw length) Not super-bow weights, but legal to use for hunting in all but one of the 50 states ( I Believe Alaska requires at least 50+ and depending on WHAT you are hunting, I can understand why. Wouldn’t want to piss off a Grizz by poking it with a sharp stick and NOT drive that sharp stick DEEP inside.)( I seem to remember Fred Bear took a Kodiak with one of his recurves weighted at 70# and swore he wouldn’t try again with anything less.)

Why a Horse bow? There is something about the way they look,,, Sexy and deadly at the same time. Think Cupids Bow and you have a good idea of the shape they take when strung.

When they aren’t strung, they have this crazy forward lean that defies normal tillering concepts like those used in Long bows or American Recurves. BUT more than that, I like their “Snap”. Because the way the Siyahs shorten the actual string length on release, they have a snap that compares to that of a Compound bow. really REALLY fast arrows, Faster than with a Recurve and makes the speed from a longbow seem like a slow truck. Fast arrows shoot flatter. Fast arrows can beat the “jump” that can frustrate a hunter. (Deer will jump if they hear a bow ‘snap’, and sometimes, that jump is enough to cause a full MISS.)

But Dio, why not just buy a compound and get all the bells and whistles of ‘sights’ and fast arrows, and adjustable draw weights? BECAUSE, those things can break, and leave you walking out of the woods pissed off. Sights can get thrown out of adjustment in a slip-sliding traverse of a gulley, AND, I have always been something of a traditionalist when it comes to bows. Carrying an 8# bow??? May as well be carrying a rifle, and if I am going that route, a rifle would be prefered,,, (also, I don’t stand hunt, I stalk: an 8# bow with all the other gear I carry,,, UGH!)(most compounds use metal for the main body, that metal can numb your hands with a quickness. Wood bodied (even composite made) are ‘warm’ and won’t freeze your digits off.)

But a bow, a traditional style bow (even if using modern composites and techniques) will work, everytime, leaving the ‘well that didn’t go as expected’ to my form and and release. And there is a certain satisfaction to be had when you make that 70yd shot, straight to the ribcage, with nothing but a “stick and string”. (I make my own strings too. There are a couple of posts from way back when, when I was making bows from PVC pipe and fishing string. I really like the braided strings for the serve and the monofiliment for the wrappings. Makes for one TOUGH string, AND, as survival tool, I always make two strings for a bow: one reason being, strings can get broken, but also, I have about 15-20 yards of high test fishing line in one string, if things get really desperate.)

Will I make either? Or both? Time will tell. Right now, my finances are all tied up in paying the bills, and getting BLOO-Twuck running. Then, paying off all the debt getting BLOO-Twuck running. Once that is out of the way, will see. BUT THE MIND NEVER STOPS,,,,

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The Sonday post,,,

I want to clarify a little something to y’all. Please don’t take my asking for money as a desperation thing. If I didn’t have the room to manuever, I wouldn’t have made the purchases I have recently, Yes, some of those are on credcards, but that was a logical move on my part: pay slow, spread the damage out.

I am asking for tips and donations, not out of desperation, but one of,,,

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Freeday!

its that time of year again, things are slowin’ up in the J.O.B.

So yesterday, Son of Bossman came by my site where I was with a crew putting up decorative fencing and let us know that ‘don’t worry about coming in tomorrow.  Text dad and let him know when you cut loose so he can cut your checks for you.”

sigh,,,   Was rather lookin’ forward to a full week, or nearly full week.

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sumpin a little different

(in honor of the holiday)

I’ve talked about my beliefs here a time or two.   I would like to point you to a post by Francis first,,, GO read please

I’ve said I am more pagan than christian, and a lot of that has to do with how the Roman Catholics absconded certain holidays to ease reforming the pagan religions.   Easter was spring rite, Hallows Eve was another,,, Saints day, same, you name, there is a pagan equivalant somewhere.   Not going to go into that too much, just pointing out that there were some things like that in the faith that made me begin questioning the integrity of the whole.  

Fact is, the whole argument is a negative assumption, not provable, not disprovable.   Too many points where witnesses outnumber the written facts, but, as Francis points out in that article; those that would be writing down the events were under different constraints, different motives, different GOALS,,,   Those that wrote the events as described in the bible and other records were the devote, and those that were not, might have been impelled to massage or outright quell the event ‘for reasons’,,,,

It wasn’t until I started diving into Quantum mechanics (and I am no expert by any degree, just an avid hobbiest at best) that I started to put some questions to myself that started to add up, along with the beliefs of the Christian faith to ‘THAT MAKES SENSE NOW’   There are still aspects that I take as “propaganda manipulation’ and I think I am justified in that since Religion in all its aspects is about as old as the human race is,,, some say the oldest profession ever (harlotry being the second,,,,)  And why not, those that were smart enough to scare the tribal leaders, but weak enough that they needed an edge; sure, make up some mumbo jumbo about spirits that do evil if you don’t do this,,,etc etc etc,,,,  

Funny how that works out to “maybe there IS a bit of truth out there”. Such as boiling water, or not eating pork,  We know now why those are correct, but back in 500BC, how did the clerics of the Jews know,,, Simple observation and deduction; then twist in a bit of starry eyed reverence and make it Taboo for relgious reasons,,,   Yeah, I might be putting some bias in my thinking since I hold little regard for organized religions. 

More wars, death and misery have come from the various religions over time.  Will again if things continue along certain paths,,,, The Crusades were never ‘finallized’ ya-know,,,,

But let me pass on all of that for a moment.   Let me tell ya how I started to ‘come around.’   The whole Quantum Cloud thing started making me formulating my theory that we are “interfaces” or, to parrot a movie “Avatars” of our quantum selves, that we visit this realm for lessons, or vacation, or something, but that, due to the nature of the physical, we can’t bring all of our aspects with us, like our REAL memories.  (and that explains some of the stories of very young children having “wierd memories” that they lose very quickly as they gain deeper harmony with the world around them.   I know there are ‘memories’ that I have, that ‘aren’t mine’ perse,,, Things that there is no way I could have experenced the events I recall, and details that can’t be ‘explained away’.  I won’t go into that here though.)

Now, we have this quantum cloud thing that is slowly being proven as fact, we know that the quantum do not ‘recognize’ time, or space like most particles and atoms, we know and have (mostly) proven and disproven many theories in quantum mechanics,

but there is one aspect that rings true across two places.   One is the research itself, the other is the bible.   THe deeper we look, the more we find and that rabbit hole looks to be infinitely deep.   There is a quote in the bible of “the deeper you look, the more you will find ME.”   (and apologies, I do not recall where that quote is ot to whom those words were intended, but I firmly recall hearing/reading them in my past.   Maybe someone more learned in such things than myself  can enlighten us in comments)

There is also the fact that more and more Quantum scientists, who usually start of as athiest or agnostic, become quite firmly Christian in short order,,,  I don’t think that is accidental, or conspiracy, I think they find “Faith” is the ultimate answer at the end of the day,

Why?  Because the more they uncover, the less the ‘rules’ work,,,   Something directs those particles to do what they do (and why the search for the “God Particle’ is ongoing.)  And that time and space are seemingly meaningless to the particles,,, Like Tachyons, that are ALWAYS detected BEFORE a nuclear reactor starts; almost as if it travels backwards in time,,,,  There was some discussion in a group of friends about creating a nuclear war sensor using tachyon dectecton. but was shot down fast, since the detection is usually in microseconds,,, thats too short a time frame to be of use against nuclear war,,,,

Let me make a suggestion, totally hypothetical on my part.   What if our history that we call ‘our history’ back to such and such a point, isn’t COMPLETE?   That there is lost knowledge from long before our written histories, (and there is evidnce of this in some of the Seven wonders of the world)   And that those that came before some collapse that didn’t make it thorugh to the pages we know, (like some epic flooding or something,,,) that was MUCH MORE IN TUNE with the quantum realm.   Look around for the Circle of Life markings, that show up with regular frequency, all around the world, in archeology.   

And what if some of that knowledge DID make it through and became religous teachings,,, such as the Chakras of asiatic medicine.   We DO KNOW that the Old Testament is taken from the Torah of Jewish heritage.  What we don’t know (but can make the assumption) is how much of that was orginially and STRICTLY oral traditon? and for how long?      What was lost in translation? How much was INTENTIONALLY lost in translation because some group didn’t like some aspect?  

No one knows.   I don’t believe anyone can know because any that would be guilty of such have been dust longer than  the tablets and scrolls ‘the word’ was taken from.

Keep the important stuff, cull the dregs,,, except someones definition of dregs might have held something important, that tied other things together, and the rot would spread,,,,,

And I digress,,,

What we know, and this is still growing: muscle memory is real.   ‘Gut instincts/gut feelings’ are real.   We know that what was thought of how the brain functions is woefully inadequate to explain what it actually does, and that its not just what is held within the cranium, but along much of that path as described in the Chakras.   Either the ancients were far better at physical observation than we (YES!) or they were privy to communications with God/Creator/Author/The Cloud, that we are not.  

and oh, you have no idea how that “why?” goes through my brainium in the wee darks,,,,,

Let me talk about the person that this day is in honor of, his death to be precise.    Died on the cross, laid in a tomb, rose from the dead, appeared before congregations of people (supposedly world-wide by some modern peoples beliefs.) than ascended to heaven.   

One thing that keeps coming back is how Christ, was not a solitary individual, but a TRINIITY,,, God, Son and the Holy Ghost.    That could be another way of saying “strongly connected to the cloud” in words to convey an idea that didn’t exist at that time.   Just my thoughts on that,   BUT, that many many witnesses of the events prior, the miracles, then the roll out of events after death,,,,   All could be explained by someone that was strongly connected to the quantum realms and able to manipulate the particles that have no respect of time or space, and that make up MATTER,,,,   If I had that sort of ability, Yeah, I could make water solid enough to walk on, or ‘create’ food at will,   I could see/sense illness and affect the causes of it and CURE the afflicted,,,,    I could stall the separation of the quantum chord and my body, so that I could reanimate it.  I would imagine the release of energy to do that would be strong enough to alter cloth so that it could form an image,,, (the shroud for those in question)

I can also see how some Groups in Power at the time would not want such word spreading to widely or at all. (the lack of records of a person  of Christs’ nature by the Romans who were meticulous records keepers.)  And that explains much of why the disciples were “outlaws” and treated as such when caught.     And maybe Christ was able to pass on some of his ability/nature/whatever it is, on to his disciples, so that they too, could effect miracles (and were recorded as doing such in a few cases)

Maybe what he taught them was that ‘This reality isn’t real, only your thoughts are,,,,”  

And that takes a HEADY amount of faith to transcend into.

So, lets make a small assumption that there is some meat on the bones of my hypothesis,,,,   WHAT IS HEAVEN?   WHO/WHAT IS GOD?  Where does ‘Hell’ fall into this line of thinking?    Start with the first one, and that one leads into the second, and THIS IS ALL MY OPINION, but it works for me and keeps my spirit/soul content,,, (faith!) 

Heaven is THE CLOUD, a Cloud of Quantum material that is scattered about the universe.  Its not ‘visible’, only recently been detectable, and no one knows just how big or dense or, well, nothing much known, and leave it at that.   BUT, if that cloud were consolidated thoughts of creatures, than the cloud is US,,,, ALL OF US,,, some more complicated than others, some less, some more intune with things, some fast, some slow: and when I say “US”, I mean every single human, furrie, fish, plant, and rock.  EVEN THE EARTH (though I have yet to figure out how that would work,,,,but Gaia does ‘vibrate’ and show long movements as if alive so to speak.)  “Heaven” would then be that cloud where we combine with the group, share our experiances, whiz about the universe and do different things as different sorts of beings. 

So WHO/WHAT is GOD?   We are,,, even here, where we are but a miniscule part of our real selves, we make up a part of that thing called Heaven and Heaven IS God,,,,  WE were created in his image, and in doing so, we took a part of him as ourselves,,,, TO ABUSE THAT IS THE WORST SIN!!!  

Is that blasphemy?   Probably to some, but I find peace in it, and I have used it to ‘correct’ some wayward drogues I had the ‘pleasure’ of being in close contact with. Prefacing that idea as “we are all GOD, and we need to act as such” really seemed to hit them sideways with a clue bat.  That could be part of that ‘heady amount  of faith’ to transcend into.

Now, What the Hell is Hell?   Hmm,,,, First off, the whole idea of Hell really was what turned me off from the teachings when I was a kid.  For the preacher to say “God is unbridled love” then to follow it up with “but you’ll burn in hell for,,,,,”    Let me just say that a 6YO could see the fallacies and discrepencies in the teachings,,,,   Now, with that in mind, I do think GOD has some way of punishing us (we punish ourselves really) and that way is, IN SOME INSTANCES, Right here,,,,, On earth,,, we get tortured, torn, destroyed mentally and spiritually, RIGHT HERE< RIGHT NOW, at least some of us do.  I can think of one right now, that even though he knows the solution, can not back out of his personal Hell,,,,   He may go his entire life in that Hell,,,    And as a quantum being, that knows neither time nor space,,, that may seem like an eternity,,, OR even the blink of an eye, and I would imagine the CLOUD has some say in the perception.  So, yeah, I think in some ways, Hell is right here, right now, and those of us that seem ‘middlin’ in pain and discomfort are in the Purgatory side of things,   Learning some lesson that needs learned for whatever purpose,,,

And IMO, those purposes are to make us ‘closer to God’.  

And some of us have a long road ahead to that end.   Maybe even multiple trips ‘here’ to do so. (explains the reincarnation side of Eastern philosophies, no?)  

I think all religions older than ‘the birth of Christ’ have some merit and are tied together in some way shape or form.  Most of those after that fact are either factions of an older one, or some silliness created in a cave by some loser pedophile who was on the run,,,,  Most of the modern religions (like evangligcal baptists herebouts) seem twisted to me and really buried in dogma that contradicts the purpose of a religion.   My opinion, YMMV.

for your consideration.

And I will leave you with those thoughts for the day,

((as for the “Demons” and other agents of evil,,,, All I have to say on that is “They are real” and you only need to look around to find it in action.   That aspect is covered by ‘fallen angels’ and such: they are the same as us in fact, but warped maligned and dangerous to the GOOD,,,,))


Happy only starts the description

Yeah, this is the “glorify Lyssa” post that I can well believe a few of y’all saw comin’.   

How to describe the difference between two boats, of different materials but nearly identical design (nearly because the decks are completely different with only small tweaks below the water line,,,).  While I can’t describe things perfectly (my butt doesn’t know english and the translation gets a might garbled) I can describe the differences in performance at the water level,,,  Putting one (BJ) on edge, where you lift one knee and ‘lean’ (not really) in the direction you want to go (the boat leans out, you lean in,,,) does absolutely nothing without driving the paddle harder on the outside of the turn.  In the other boat, the same motion and she is taking that turn with grace and NO OTHER INPUT required.  Any other input only amplifies the motion or hinders it, depending on what it is.   Too much on the inside and she goes straight, more on the out and she is nearly spinning on her center axis.

Love the hell out of Blue Jean, and she has her forever home with me, but she is not Lyssa, nor is Lyssa her,,, two completely different characters with distinct differences that make for two very loved boats.   Lyssa is more like Lizzy in how fast she is, but more like BJ in how she handles things: Lyssa is more like a Standard Nordkapp when it comes to how she handles edge and leans.(Lizzy is an HM, with a fixed skeg/keel: straight tracking like a freight train). She fits the bill between Lizzy and BJ that I was looking for.  IF I were to use animals to describe them, I would say that Lizzy is that 8 month old colt, all abuzz with get up and go, skittish when bored, and ready to run, run, runrunrunRUN,,,   Blue Jean is that 5 year old, Amish raised mule that pulls the family around country roads and doesn’t spook at even the most obnoxious exhaust pipes.  Lyssa,,,The two year old mare that has good sense, but is still looking to play, and may play a game of ‘nip the behind’ when you least expect it, but is content to run around the pasture for fun. 

When I was doing the one crossing that had me a little goosed looking at it from the distance, I pulled the skeg back up because it was doing me a disservice being down.   Even at half-mast, it was grabbing the rebound waves and twisting me around towards the cliff face that I was trying to stay away from: with the skeg up, the waves were pushing the stern out, while the wind was cocking it ‘in’, and I was doing exactly what I wanted to do, which was travel a straight line along the cliff face and get to calmer waters. Skeg down the waves had more ‘push’,,,  I am learning the heck out of this boat and MYSELF again.   And that IS what I wanted in a fiberglass boat: growth.   That she punches waves in the face and laughs about it (they slap me back by climbing in my lap and making for a wet ride) is only a plus, (I do have concerns about her ‘pitch-poling’ in surf, and have read that this model is known for it: pitch poling is when the bow drives under so hard it impacts the bottom and ‘pitches you’ as if you were on the end of a pole.  Good thing we don’t really have surf around here,,,  Boat wake is the most I see,,, And Lyssa won’t be taken on white water, where that might be an issue.)

Now, full admission, I have been in much taller water in other boats that did well. (Serena on Cumberland lake when The Ohio Navy was let out of lockdown in 2020,,). What we saw today was minor to that day, but the memory of how Serena handled the waves was “Right There”,  I even had the feeling I was still moving in waves when I hit the no wake zone (didn’t get motion sickness, just had that ‘things is moving, but they ain’t,,,” feelz going on.).  But, she had one thing Serena didn’t have: SPEED.   I checked in a couple of places and I could have her up to that 5 point sumpin mark in about 10 strokes of the blades.  I was digging hard to do it, but she did it anyways, and once there, I could let up a touch (still needed to power on,) and hold it close for a spell.  That is not fast,,,, Thats BLOODY FAST, and I am not sure Lizzy could match it (more boat to get up to speed.). Lizzy could hold it longer, but she had more mass to hold the inertia, and longer waterline.

and the other advantage of Lyssa vs Lizzy: easier access to cargo holds.   Larger hatches (that are now or will soon be weatherproofed)

One downside to today though;  My carbon fiber Greenland Paddle is taking on water these days.   Still quite functional, holds its own as a paddle, but after an hour, has gained weight: lifting 2# every stroke is a lot easier than lifting 5# every stroke.  and when you are lifting a paddle 1000+ times a mile, that adds up to “woOF!!!”.  I have another brand (not Chinee like my current one) but its sorta pricey and won’t be ‘gotten’ anytime soon, and the means is being set aside a little here, a little there.  And since I do not think I will have that new blade in hand for the SKAW, I am going to start making a set of wooden blades that I can splice into the CF loom of said current paddle and not have a paddle that incrementally gets heavier as I get more tired.   No rush, easy after work over a couple of weeks project, but one that today became “do this soonest” over other kayaky projects I have.  (and that front hatch leak was very minor, it can wait a bit.). If you don’t recall, the SKAW is a 13 mile race, open flat water (two 6.5 mile laps).  Don’t want to run in that with the handicap of a paddle that gains weight the more you use it.  

Hell, I’m single and an empty-nester: what else do I have to do on those nights when all the other stuff is either done or on hold for weather???

(debating on Lyssa/Lizzy for the race seeing how they are both fast boats and Lizzy is plenty stable, so long as you don’t stop moving,,,)

So, for the TL;DR crowd that scrolled down here to see if I had anything else to say: Lyssa is MY BOAT now, and our friendship grew in leaps and bounds on that lake today.  Very happy and all the trials and tribulations of getting her, to include the ‘fight with Da’,,, was worth it.


Been a touch bizzy

Just lettin’y’all know, I am still here, posting may be lite, mostly because there ain’t amuch to yap about,,,,

well, theres PLENTY to yap about, but is it worth sitting down and tapping out a post about the latest distraction, or some Cesna and the pilot passing of ‘sudden’ crashing in Virginia,,,  

Or the latest krazy that I am into,,,  Trucks and kayaks, trying to keep my Buffalo moving under her own power, and making an older kayak seaworthy again,,,,

or that I am getting 9 hour days in at the J.O.B. and that seems great, until you realize that ALL of that extra lucre needs to pay off debts that WERE getting knocked down until Buff decided to frag me and my finances,,,   She didn’t kill me, but all that headway I had made was splattered on the alley walls like so much gruesome grafitti.   Again, could have been much worse, but thanks to you guys, wasn’t,,,   Many thanks and I can’t say it enough…

As for the more hours thing going on at the J.O.B.,,  Most of it krew leading, and ‘putting out fires’…   Not fires in my shop, since I haven’t fired up the welder since sometime last week.   I need to check my shielding gas tanks, not sure I have any full ones that aren’t on the rig, and that needs rectified soonest since I DO have welding jobs forthcoming that will require more than one tank to finish.  (even though I run at barest minimum of flow since we no longer have a supplier close,, can only order once a week for scheduled wednesday delivery.)

About Lyssa, the blood red kayak,,,   That hatch is fixed, but man, that was a mess to do.  They afix the hatch rings when the deck is not attached to the hull, and that makes the way they do it flat easy.   Since I am not going to seperate the hull/deck to fix one little ring (Oh Hell no!!) I had to make some strange and troublesome yoga moves.   That ring is now fixed but in doing it, I mucked up some of that work I had done on the skeg and now have to pull the seat pan, again,,,  sigh,,,  My addiction, my zen thing, and there is USUALLY a price to pay for such.  I am paying mine.   But the compartment holds 5psi for 30 minutes and no bubbles anywhere to be found.  (rear compartment still has a leak somewhere: she won’t hold pressure, but I haven’t found any bubble spots.  May be in the rear where the toggles are located, I hadn’t looked there,,, if so, I live with it, that area is complicated and near unreachable from inside.)

Buffalo is doing well for now,,,   Been working on pulling donor parts in the evenings when I am ‘watching paint dry’ on Lyssa.   I want everything off and ready for when I start to swap parts on the real deal because I don’t want to be without transportation for more than 48 hours at any given point.    Preferably 24 but I am a realist, I know engine/transmission swaps can be a DAYS affair, even with full shop access,,,   I have shade-tree(or carport if you prefer full honesty), gravel drive, and hand tools,,,  My one power tool is my dewalt impact driver (which rocks, but has limits,,,) and the rest is busted knuckles stuff (but Snap-on, Mac, and Cornwell,,,   Quality tools that have served me well for three decades,,, If ya wanna borrow them, its full price down with 95% back to you on safe returns.   Sorry, gonna protect those tools like they were me own fingers…)(and I found a local Cornwell dealer that isn’t an ass like the Snappy dealer, that won’t honor the handtool warranty…)

Gonna be long humpday, clocks are winding down today, even though I haven’t done all I intended to do tonight. Did take a big chunk out of them though…

more tomorrow, maybe early post before things take off on me.


Good and bad,,,

the bad: no work today,,, Asked if I should take the rest of the week off (I have a reason I desire this, later in post) and was laughed at, but that still means NO WORK TODAY,,, dammit,,,

I kind of expected it,,, Usual this time of year; schools letting out, fams headed out for vakay, businesses are changing up footing for summer,,. We usually drop off around this time and my custom work drops off comptetely,,, still, kinda sucks on the timing of things, seeing how I just recovered from a set-back that cost me (and you, and a very sincere thank you in order for those that helped fund Buff and mine’s recovery of Transpo,,,)

Thats life, move on,,,

So I came home and did stuff here, like trimming my weeds, placating kats because they despise the line trimmer,,,

And digging deeper into Lyssa. Fixed that leaky skegbox, and pretty much had to take her apart to do it. Nothing needed removed from the decks, but I did have to take apart the cable lines, and to get to the control box, I had to take out the seat pan. I even played and put the seat pan from the Necky Chattum in it, just to see. Didn’t like, felt like it raised my CG by 1/2″ or so. That makes a difference in ‘liveliness’ of the ride and Lyssa already feels spritely. anyywhooos,, the Skeg box was a simple fix, just needed to reseal the cable tube at each end, but to do that I had to take it all apart and clean the parts up so the sealer would stick. Funky design, and more complicated than I like, but it works and I figured out some tricks for the re-install.

And my added coaming worked out great. I haven’t tested it on water yet, but I did put the skirt on and did some serious wiggling around to try and pop that edge loose. Seems like its going to work. And its strong. Much stronger than I expected. I was able to pick up the whole boat by the coaming. I figured ‘if this breaks it, it was gonna break anyways’,,,, Held just fine. After I put everything back together I mixed up a thin batch of resin and pigment and ‘painted’ the repair area to smooth out my sanding mark and make it match the rest of the coaming better. You can still see it but its not as obvious.

And I put hip pads in her to ‘tighten’ the feel of the cockpit. I have such a narrow hind side, that even a 16″ wide cockpit feels loose to me. LOL Even though I am 6′, I have to use medium or low volume boats or I feel like I am wallowing in a bathtub.

And she is ready for the weekend. B and Fam are at the lake already, and why I was ‘hoping” that Bossman and Son would be willing to let me ride out a week,,,, Oh well. Not this time and I do need the income, so I ain’t complaining about that, just the fact that I am off on a weekday and essentially ‘on hold’,,, Itsux,,,

So, when I do get the chance to head out (likely friday eve) I am only taking Lyssa with me. Not enough time to play with multiple boats and I want even more time in her yet, preferably out of the No Wake zones,,, and now that the skirt holds, time playing with rolls. I already have a feel for her speed, (fast, but not as fast as Lizzy) And yup, I could take her to the lake or river today, but I would rather give that sealer 24 hours to cure up without strain,,, All that pulling stuff apart to get at the culprit,, naw,,, let her sit