Recent content by stripperguy

WOW!! In your first post, you did say hybrid... It never occurred to me it would be THAT sort of hybrid. Man, that's gotta be the next best thing to a personal shuttle driver. It's got me thinking. Great idea

I just bought a Trek commuter bike used for $80, there are bargains all around the country...

Hard for me to admit it's been 8 years! 8 years ago, I smashed my K19 sailboat into a submerged erratic on Lake Harris (ADK's). That collision, at speed, with 4 of us on board, damaged my centerboard, and ruptured my centerboard trunk. I was so disgusted that I put the boat into storage until I...

Tony, I had my most recent bicycle mishap last July, an old gent ran a stop sign and plowed right into me as I was turning left...lots of injuries, still recovering, but that's not the point here. I was hit when I was 18 years old, landed in a cemetery with few injuries. I was hit when I was 29...

Jim, I don't know clouds too well, but those first few are definitely frightenus mostofus.

I added a couple lugs to my carbon fiber over foam gunwales in my carbon copy Kite. Thwart is an old one that I made in 1987, it's been mounted and abused on many hulls. Don't have any really good pics, but I'll include a couple so maybe you can see what I've got...

Thanks, Alan, I thought it was you that used that paint. Decided then, I'll use that left over Rustoleum. And yeah, the sailboat was fun to build and terrifying to sail...I exaggerate, it's, uhmm, exhilarating for sure. I've taken quite a few folks out that never sailed in a dinghy before, most...

Thanks Jim, I just went back and reviewed my build thread for my carbon copy Kite, I had painted it white on the outside. In the thread, I mentioned (near the end of a 6 page thread) that I used Interlux paint. Dang, I was hoping I used the Rustoleum. You know, the mind is a terrible thing... I...

I'm in the process of refurbishing my strip/Okuome built 19 ft sailboat. I used Oyster White Rustoleum Topside to redo the deck and cockpit. Now I'm doing the centerboard and rudder, and I notice that the Rustoleum stuff says "for above the waterline". I think Alan and maybe Mem have used that...

Just coming back from a weekend camping at Lake Lila In the pic from left to right: 2 year old niece, 1-1/2 year old nephew, SIL, mostly hidden 7 year old daughter, 9 year old nephew laying on the beach, MDB holding 8 month old son, 5 year old nephew

Welcome Kevin (if that's your mane)... Most cost effective way to get a lightweight, durable canoe that suits your comfort level? Build a stripper!! Others will chime in, maybe other builders, there's a lot of us here.

Mr raven Nice pics man…calendar worthy

As a result of ppine's "like", I realized the links I had to the referenced pics has gone bye bye... Here is my old post repeated, but with the pics inserted directly. I spent my childhood in family canoes wood and canvas and boomalum When I was 16 I bought the other half of a sportspal cause...

Wow great stuff I camped on little Tupper within the 1st couple weeks that it was open to camping for the public. I have pics somewhere of Camp Bliss before it was removed. I’ll look for those photos and post here…

There’s tons of links to guys that build their own teardrop trailers on the cheap. I would imagine if you can build a boat you can surely build a little trailer. Like I said upthread, I work on lots of rigs, there’s no magic behind the walls. A bit of foam, some glass and resin and you’ve got a...