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To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles Billy Shakespeare Nice Ron, Very nice Tom

OMG, it's beautiful! Eked out the last of the quart with a little thinner. The paint does fine with mineral spirits as a thinner??????looks and acts good to me anyway. Of course Interlux recommends their own special thinners and "brushing fluid 333" but I did track down contents of their...

Good advice, talked to them and the skinny is..... The paint does not really touch up well, so saving it for touch up is not going to be a great option and partial full coat is not a great option. This is due to the last step to the process, which is, use it. After your final coat let it sit...

Got the second coat on the boat yesterday. Looks great.....almost. Trouble is. There are a few spots that could definitely use that third coat but it looks pretty good from a distance and I think it is plenty smooth for the race speed I want. I want to put on a third coat (as prescribed) but...

Just found me some true 1x6 rough sawn cypress. I think I got the wood for these tracks and seat bases now :D UPS man left Wisconsin with my new plastic seats this morning about 4am if you see him on the road cut him a wide berth.

TRR, I think I got it, yes a "box" The sides of the box will include extensions that will ride in my track attached to the bottom of the boat. Probably going to go with a 7.5 inch height. I will be adding padding from there that will range from 1 to 2 inches through the race depending on how...

TRR, I know, I have read about your 9 inch seat height. I started out at 5.5 added 2 inches and the boat cruised faster by .4 mph GPS. I haven't got my butt off the floor a full 9 inches yet. On my boat that would put me just a half inch under the top edge of the gunnel. The boat is very...

Yes, I will be carving and complimenting the padding in the linked chair (any chair I choose) for this race. This is extreme paddling to the Nth degree, so there will be a lot of modification in the butt padding department. The seat will only be the foundation for the padding. I could make...

Yes, the paint job is looming and I have weather, work, and women getting in my way. (note the repeated "W" humor) Gave the bottom one more coat of epoxy last weekend, so I am busy sanding out the last batch of drips. I have purchased BrightSides primer and paint the filling primer not...

Yes, you might have seen I went with snaps. So far so good. Figure that has worked for on the water boat covers that move at much faster paces than this one ever will so it should hold up and be clean and quick to take on and off. I have had trouble sewing Velcro by hand before so I did not...

The race starts Tuesday morning July 19th. The start time may be staggered this year because they have more than 380 boats in it. So it might start at 7 and 8 this year. The start location is right downtown in KC, Kaw Point access. The start of the race is definately worth seeing but it is...

There are at least 340 places to fish along the way. I have been thinking about dragging a bait the whole way. Never heard of any one having success trolling for flatheads though. I kept it light by using 1.5 oz cloth. I know it will not stand much abuse but there is not much to scrape in on...

I once read ferns have something in them that repels mosquitoes. I have tried it, strip a fist full of fern leaves and rub it on your skin. Does seem to work for me. Tom

Yes, The MR 340 is a canoe / kayak race across the state of Missouri. This summer will be the sixth running of the race and there will be over 350 boats in it. It is the longest non stop human powered river race in the world. The Yukon Challenge is longer but there are mandatory stops in...

Yea, now I can too. The preview and posting cut it off when I first did it. Tom

I built this one for running the MR 340 this summer, lots of work yet to do but so far so good. Very stable, under 50 lbs, she is a long way from perfect but she's mine. Christened "The Amanda Lee" Feb 13th. Photo is solo but plan is for tandem. Carries two big adults pretty well. I will...

I have one of those. It will help you get through the thick stuff. I like to use dental floss in it to sew tough stuff. I am making this cover with pretty light nylon. I am hoping even the 6 layers i will have in corners will sew with the machine. Tom

I would love to attend a rendezvous and meet this Old Sparky bunch. Time and money won't allow it this year. I have been a bit slack on posting photos to. Got to get some up. Bolted on some test stay holders and got my two of my PVC stays put in place last night. Might get a photo up of...

Come on KJ it's all in fun, I appreciate the reference. Matter of fact I had already visited their site. Just too much of a do-it-yourselfer and tight wad to hire anyone to do anything I THINK I can do myself. Looks like they have good stuff, but I am getting a kick out of my own design and...

KJ are you trying to tell me something? Come on it's not brain surgery. Did experience my mom when I was a kid break a sewing machine needle off in her finger????? what is that web site address again? :?