Making some progress on my sailing plans. My truck mechanic lent me recent charts of most of Florida's waters. He also lent me a VHS hand held radio and a nice little marine GPS. The boat does have a base VHS, but having a backup is nice. My dad has offered to buy me a GPS -again, backup for a critical system.
The motor is ready to go. Just built a humanure toilet for the boat.
http://humanurehandbook.com/humanure_toilet.html
Modified the design so it'd fit the boat better. Pretty happy how it turned out. Cost very little to build as I was able to use a lot of left over scrap material. All it needs is a bit of sanding and some varnish.
Talked with my friends in northern FL. They are expecting my lovely wife and I. We will be doing some shake down cruises on a lake near their house. My friend grew up on the water and is an accomplished sailor.
If all goes well this winter, my wife and I will eventually make our way down to the Keys. Can't wait to sail those waters in my own boat.
Now all I have to do is get the darn truck squared away . . .
-Sixbears
Christmas Fish
10 hours ago
Yep, it would be too hard to pull that boat all the way to Florida by hand.
ReplyDeleteCheck out the ten thousand islands area. Good places for a person to maintain a low profile. Hopefully ur boat is fairly shoal draft.
ReplyDeleteSpud
Will do Spud. It's a swing keel. Only draws a foot when up.
ReplyDeleteSwing by this way & pick us up. PLEASE!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'd take you all if I could. Nice bunch of people come by here.
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