On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_ca.rr.com> wrote: > I figure this is the only logical progression to Craig's quest for the > perfect mother ship. Seems like there might be room aft for a couple > kayaks. > > http://tinyurl.com/2h9lxu > You certainly wouldn't want to clutter up the garden with kayaks. That is soooo gauche. Do filthy rich people kayak? I'm thinking that they tend to have people do things for them. Maybe I could get a job doing Bill Gates' kayaking for him. I'm not that good at taking pictures though so he'd have to hire Mark to film my exploits and write interesting reports sprinkled with my witty comments. My mutha-ship needed a new forward hatch assembly to replace the plywood board they had nailed over the hole in the deck. It took me 3 days of work to fabricate a new one out of mahogany and teak and plexiglass but it looks much better than that plywood board and lets in a lot more light. Now the vee berth is light and airy. I am wondering if I should order some ash to make hull-liners instead of just gluing carpet to the inside of the fiberglass hull. I can't afford teak strips but ash is much cheaper and the light color should keep it bright and cherry up there. I found a non-metallic propane tank from Defender industries that they swear is legal in the USA to refill (but not in Canada) that will not rust and is much lighter than the standard units. I have to build a sealed box for it anyway and then vent the bottom overside in a way that any leakage won't gather in the bilge and reduce my kayak boat to an exclamation ("holy shi*"). The Coaster is back and is a wonder to paddle. Kind of an avant guard patchy paint scheme too. Maybe it won't be very attractive to a thief. Still on track for around the 18th of April for So. Cal. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Mar 22 2008 - 09:38:29 PDT
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