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opened up that can of worms with the owner of the boat last night. not the actual boat, but looks dead on it. fingers crossed that he is open to holding things for a spell. Not that I couldn't 'find' the money now,,, its just a situation of "eat or not" sort of thing. And … Continue reading Negotiations

made it to the local lake and put BlueJean on water. First sat on her tail and had that back hatch wide open and just watched for a couple of minutes. No leakies,,,, Whoohoo,,,, Put her through some paces and recheck. Did a couple of wind sprints,,, She is faster because I don't have to … Continue reading I call that a win,,,

Certainly felt like toesday, I was either all thumbs or big fat toes in what ever I endeavored to do today,,,, and I got to see some "Old Wives Tales" come true. Dunno if any of y'uns remember the "thunder will curdle the cream" saying, Woke up this morning for my usual routine and when … Continue reading Twosday, toesday, sumpin like that

cus my bods going "woof!!" right now. And I still came home to play with kayaks,,, I am THE kaya-addict,,,, What I did? My hindbrain was working on that whole 'leak check' thing since I finished up the welding last night. I did the whole 'bright light' check while I was working on it. (streamlight … Continue reading Muhnday? try ‘woof-day’

The above Meme caught my attention the other day.   (Think I took it from Irish's place,,,)   and I gotsta t'inkin' Maybe there are aspects of the above that are true, maybe some of its exaggerated bull,,,  but the one thing it does show is that the rampant corruption of our 'government' would likely make King … Continue reading Illusions II

And the absolute hardest to work yourself up to. Skeg box Skeg deployed Slider box Everything is in place, and I am welding (or is melding a better term,,,,  hmmm???) Things closed.   And checks are straight forward: Look for pinholes of light, seal 'em up.  Then later fill the compartment with water and watch for … Continue reading That first cut is the deepest

pulled the dona-boat off Buffalo this morning, took some pics, sat in the cockpit, played around with that skeg, and made some decisions. Long term project.   Because there is a lot of cutting and welding in the future of this eventual single boat with all the bells and whistles.     As you can … Continue reading Prognosis: long term project.