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G'day Bibomo and welcome aboard mate, from this side of the drain. Nice sunsets mate. Here are a couple from the land Downunder. :D

Geez Steve, You live in an amazing part of the world. The scenery in your images just takes my breath away! Thank you for sharing these

Geez Chuck, You HAVE been busy! I am likeing the lines of this skiff - a lot. As usual, you are raising the bar for the rest of we mere mortals but I like that a lot. Your well thought out approach to any build has never been more obvious than it is in this thread. Indded, this is a lesson...

Hi Susie, Welcome to the family darlin. :D and thank you. It is darn good to be back. Take good care of that big ol Texan for me please. a bloody good man. :D

G'day Captain Doug and a belated welcome aboard! I have been a little pre-occupied of late but I am back now - I think :D Mate, I have been thinking about building something a little similar to your skiff here for some time and your posts have inspired me to think about this more seriously...

Jack, LOL It would take a brave man indeed to say that to an Aussie gal. (I wasn't born this ugly ya know :D )

Steve, Congratulations mate, to both you and the beautiful Mz Susie. What a gorgeous bride! You are a bloody lucky man mate. Best wishes to both of you, Mick

Geez John, That is a cracker of a report mate! Thank you for taking the time to write it and sharing all those stunning images. I enjoyed every word of it. You should be doing this for a living. Are you a photo-journalist by anychance? If not, you bloody should be. Mate, I am real interested...

G'day guys, Thanks all to for the very kind words and warm welcome back. I think for us, a good tent and air mattress are better options :D as are a small folding table and chairs etc etc etc hence the need for a bigger canoe. The Mary River has plenty of sand bars and other places suitable...

Jack, Southwind will make a fine tandem day tripper, and mild water, tandem ,sea kayak but she lacks the necessary volume and load capacity to carry all we would need on such a trip. A much bigger, open canoe Like Sas 18 with a stated load capacity of around 800 pounds is a much better...

G'day guys, again. :D I forgot to mention that during our many talks yesterday, I just happened to mention wistfully, on how I had been trying to organise and prepare for a multi day expedition down the freshwater length of our Mary River. (probably about 200 river miles). Now, as I...

Hi guys, Janet here. Thanks very much for the warm welcome :o) I'm looking forward to doing much more canoeing with Mick, I'm having a ball so far! I can't believe I've been missing out on this for so many years. Looking forward to more chats in the future... Have a great New Year, I believe...

LOL, LOL, G'day Chuck, Mate, I am drafting replies now to both PM's. Jack, Thanks mate, appreciate it. :D :D I will very gently steer the Lovely Miss Janet in this direction. While I show her my world, she has very kindly offered to show me hers - in the city. Tall buildings, bright...

Ih, yeah, As I heal, I hope to be able to get a lot more trip reports and contribute here more regularly. Its bloody good to be back! :D

G'day guys, I haven't posted here in a while, and one or two know what has been going, this side of the drain. To cut a very long story short, I am single again and have been so for a few months. A couple of weeks ago, I met a delightful lady, a city girl and avid photographer, who has never...

Thanks guys, A teaser :P

G'day guys, Been a bit quiet here lately but that is hopefully about to change. As some might know, I have been working on a prototype, smallish, sea Kayak of Matt's design and I think she is going to be a winner in any company. A superb, low volume boat that will be very suited to day and...

G'day guys, Thanks for all the replies and for the sage advice too :D It seems, I am not 18 anymore :shock: and my reflexes are waaay slower now than they once were. Ron, mate, I hear you loud and clear. 60 - 65mph is plenty fast enough for me on the best of roads - nevermind these other...

G'day Matt, It was International, HT9000 epoxy. Mix ratio was 4 to 1. It was sold to me as marine epoxy but is now labeled as General purpose epoxy. Quite good to work with but has bad ammine blush problems. Seem to last pretty well though. 8)

My first build was a Jem Swampgirl. I used cheap ply and cheap, non marine grade epoxy and the build itself was, at best, ordinary. I used the boat hard for a couple of years and then sold it to some people who have used and abused it much worse than I. It sits outside in the weather, and...