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02-16-2011, 07:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 552
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Matt, I'm not sure I deserve such accolades,although there nice to hear. After all, being a bit older than most yakers, I have some advantages (I don't even want to discuss the disadvantages of being older  ). When I went to school, there use to be industrial arts classes (shop classes), that actually taught real world applications, practical skills, and trade skills; where geometry wasn't some foreign/abstract idea, but just a part of completing a layout. Those classes simply don't exist in California public schools any longer, and the emphasis is now on book knowledge/academia. I think those classes gave the students of those (my) days some good basic skills, knowledge, and abilities; but more importantly, the confidence needed to tackle such projects as this one. Unfortunately, nowadays, most youth in California are not exposed to industrial and trade arts. I guess what I am saying is, that times have changed, and at one point in time, what I am doing would not have been considered having big balls; having a sense of adventure, perhaps. I mean, it's not like I'm inventing something new, nor am I taking two separate things and putting them together, for a first time. Yet it is a bit of an adventure, and I generally do derive great satisfaction when a project comes together as planned (and functions as expected).But I do appreciate the encouraging comments! Now I've got to figure out how to get the new pics from the darn phone to here, so I can update you all. |
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02-16-2011, 08:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 611
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Gary...
stay off the computer... get back into the garage and build the dang thang already! no more internet banter untill you make more progress....   I wanna see the big ass hole in the bottom of that yak... and how about wearing a heart rate monitor and video the heart rate from the time you bust out the jig saw to the actual hole cutting...be interesting to see the effects on the body when one cuts a big gnarly hole in the bottom of the yak... I know I pooped a little when I drilled a 2" hole in the bottom of my "brand spankin' new, never been in the water yet" Revo... my heart rate went through the roof... 
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02-16-2011, 08:37 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 552
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Hey Josh, long time no see! The hole is already cut, both topside and bottom. I need a decent weather window to start putting it back together, as I don't have have an enclosed heated place to work on it. What! One little 2" hole did that to a guy that cuts, hacks, and slashes for a living, I can only imagine
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02-22-2011, 04:44 PM
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Junior
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Tropical Duluth, MN
Posts: 2
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Greetings all!
New member with a first post. I currently own a CD Altura and was surfing the web, doing some research on possibly getting another one when my search led me to this site. I'm interested to see how your project comes out. I looked at Hobies, but they didn't seem to "fit" me very well and I liked the Altura's design better. It's already a speedy SOT (I started kayaking in Greenland-style sea kayaks when I lived in SE Alaska and Washington state, and I think the Altura is comparable to them as far as flat-out speed - not AS fast, but it can certainly hold its own for such a heavy/beamy boat). A "hands-free" propulsion option would be kinda cool, though. Quote:
 ? There are actually icebergs floating on the surface of Lake Superior right now.Great forum, BTW. Ron |
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