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In the 1970s I bought a Sears Craftsman tool called the Portalign drill guide which has proved to be a very useful device. I dedicated an old corded 3/8 inch drill to be used with the alignment guide. My small workshop didn't have room for a drill press and my need for a drill press was only...

The last 3 years I’ve been solo paddling a Northstar Northwind 16 tandem. Out fitted with a center seat and foot bar.. it certainly passes the comfort hurdle as I can readily move about in the cockpit. On a recent 70 mile overnight trip I had no difficulty staying with my companions in solo...

Nice work, restorations are a fulfilling undertaking. Step back and admire.

Contribution in route via USPS. Many thanks for your efforts in bringing the site back!

The full migration plan is my preference and I would contribute to help fund that effort and the ongoing costs of keeping the site online. I’m not sure how much image size drives storage costs so it has been my practice to shrink the size of my photos before I upload them. If image storage...

I just logged in from current generation Ipad. Will try to post this response. I had been experiencing some navigational issues with buttons not working, all seems much better recently.

My thoughts exactly. I did say to myself, if I were to have a boat with a motor it should look like that.

That is the best looking OT Pack I’ve ever seen. Great restore!

Long shot, but Leer caps use Thule for their rack builds. Maybe Leer might have an inventory of rails they might sell your local dealer.

Suggest you make hanger as wide as seat stay and even wider at gunwale. You are looking to maximize points of contact to dampen sway.

Dropping the seats will mean longer hanger dowels. Suggest you beef up the hangers to deal with seat sway issues- especially with bigger paddlers. When I’ve created wood hangers I get a rectangular oak milled piece of appropriate size and cut it to length to provide wider support at the...

If this will ease your snake anxiety a paddling friend of mine who is a zoo herpetologist told me that only poisonous snakes float. A snake you see in the water that has its entire body on top of the water is poisonous; if all you see is its head and neck it is a harmless water snake.

We paddled in February so reptiles were dormant. I’m sure there are snakes about during milder temps but the odds of encountering one is probably slim.

One of the many Black Creek sand bars we encountered. Most of this paddling is in remote forested country.

In SE Mississippi Black Creek and Red Creek have quite a few miles of scenic paddling. Located in Desoto National Forest overnight trips are possible and at normal levels numerous large sandbars offer pull over camp sites. Brooklyn, MS is the center for all this. Hattiesburg is the closet...

Hopefully these helped make the recipients better playing partners.

Once a felon, always a felon. God forbid you get another one

I’m moved to agree with you. If a higher price doesn’t move it, you could rethink things

My instincts would be in then $800-900 range. You have a sellers market, your unique outfitting, the sail. If you kept the original seats you could include them in should the new owner want to restore it to a tandem.

A whistle is a good example for "if you don't have it on you, you don't have it." Many, many years ago I attached a loud whistle to my pfd as a permanent feature. It is not needed very often, but when it is, there is no effective substitute. If you recall that day after we recovered our friends...