Now that's impressive! And one less thing in a landfill. Bravo Marc!

31 minutes ago, swt61 said:

Now that's impressive! And one less thing in a landfill. Bravo Marc!

Next time I will start with something with a vin number though  yeah, it was fun to restore - in fact I am working on another one now!

I was told by passerbys that I never looked as cool as I when I was grinding metal off or welding. I thinks that’s a complement?

Edited September 26, 20214 yr by luvdunhill

Went and camped at the nantahala this weekend.  The 2 harder sections that only run a couple times a year were running and water levels were about double normal, so it was something of an event.  I got some video of Dane Jackson playing in the nantahala falls, and ran the river sunday.  

Here are a few of my projects

modified a rigid floor inflatable boat to mount a helm. It’s a bit wobbly - as I just used a square hole washer with teeth and a bit of epoxy. I probably need to run a stringer underneath perpendicular to the two legs and tap a hole there. The issue is I can’t access underneath once the floor is in. So here I had to pull up on the carriage bolts as I tightened them.

I also affixed a custom boat registration plate and affixed this Scotty holder to mount the solar powered throttle, wireless. That adhesive is pretty foul stuff, definitely get a nice contact high using it.

I cut down and then modified two pieces of galvanized steel to make a customized winch holder and bow rest - welded them together and painted over the galvanizing - going for a two tone look. Then mast cradle will fit in the channel and help keep the two pieces together.

I guess I am literally watching paint dry at the moment.

Wonderful work.

However, as a gay man, I have to say that everytime I scroll past the title of this thread, for a split second I'm expecting something completely different. 

Here is how the above turned out in the end - black on the inside channels and blue on the outside.. now takes about 3 days to cure and then will bolt it on the trailer

went kayaking today, first time kayaking in december. It was 67 degrees. 

Applied new numbers to a brand new sail! A bit tedious but turned out ok I think.

 

So I never got around to installing an electrical system in my kayak before we decided to sell all of our kayaks. Therefore I have all of the stuff below to do that. I can send it to you for the cost of shipping, which may not be cheap because of the batteries.

Edited May 1, 20224 yr by morphsci

Did some hiking out on the Granite “slab” out west of town. 🥵 

 

Was their ice cream as good as Marble Slab's?

Just now, swt61 said:

Was their ice cream as good as Marble Slab's?

It was all melted

And, for what it's worth, Marble Slab ice cream actually uses granite slabs. I know, I was flabbergasted too!

On 5/1/2022 at 7:35 AM, morphsci said:

So I never got around to installing an electrical system in my kayak before we decided to sell all of our kayaks. Therefore I have all of the stuff below to do that. I can send it to you for the cost of shipping, which may not be cheap because of the batteries.

I have a use for this if you still have it.  Shipping to 37801...

Sorry Dan, didn’t want to move it, so it was donated locally before we left Florida.

no worries. it’s for a whitewater canoe that will kill me. 

A bit of camping and sailing! I even might have some decent footage on my first attempt to mount a video camera..

 

Made it onto the Ocoee this weekend.  It was the "easy" section, and a short day, but still a good time.  I'm going to try for the whole middle section in 2 weeks.

 

 

I did the Ocoee in a raft about a decade ago. 

What a great trip!

Enjoy

And I did it, made the whole middle ocoee, ran mostly the normal difficult lines, and stayed upright.

 

Congrats.  Looks like you had a lot of fun.