Head Case Water Sports

[swt61]

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

[luvdunhill]

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, 2021 by luvdunhill

[grawk]

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.  

[luvdunhill]

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.

[luvdunhill]

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.

[swt61]

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. 

[luvdunhill]

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

[grawk]

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

[luvdunhill]

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

 

[morphsci]

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, 2022 by morphsci

[luvdunhill]

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

 

[swt61]

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

[luvdunhill]

Just now, swt61 said:

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

It was all melted

[swt61]

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

[grawk]

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...

[morphsci]

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

[grawk]

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

[luvdunhill]

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

 

[grawk]

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.

 

 

[Kerry]

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

What a great trip!

Enjoy

[grawk]

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

 

[guzziguy]

Congrats.  Looks like you had a lot of fun.