Ho HO HO and and a bottle o'rum..

[Rex E.]

Originally Posted by Charles

I guess I should tell my story about the time my buddy and myself decided to take a trip down the Current, from Big Spring? (been a long time) to the Arkansas line. About 1973.

Long story short, they ain't shit out there, and you need more than three fifths of cheap whiskey and a bag of some lousy pot. A feller does get hungry, and drinking our of the Current ain't exactly drinking water.

I have since revised my definition of going back to nature to include a powerboat and and at least a seedy fishing cabin with a full kitchenette, air conditioning, with a lighted dock.

And a likker store within 20 miles. I learned the hard way.

Chas

Here's my boat on the Mississippi near St. Louis.

End of thread Jack

[bobabode]

My boat fits in an old duffle bag! Old red & black Achilles 9 footer.

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by bobabode

My boat fits in an old duffle bag! Old red & black Achilles 9 footer.

Is it the 2 person "splash-yak" self-bailer, shaped like a canoe?
I've had one for many years.
Grew up canoeing the Current and Black and Courtois and upper Meramac. Then I moved to California and the rivers are a little too wild for a canoe, so got the Achilles.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

Is it the 2 person "splash-yak" self-bailer, shaped like a canoe?
I've had one for many years.
Grew up canoeing the Current and Black and Courtois and upper Meramac. Then I moved to California and the rivers are a little too wild for a canoe, so got the Achilles.

Naw, it's one of those flat bottom tender models. Three piece plywood floor with a transom. Shit, I used to run a minnkota trolling motor fishing for spotted bay bass and halibut in Newport Harbor here in SoCal.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Rex E.

Here's my boat on the Mississippi near St. Louis.

End of thread Jack

Jack away, Rex!

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Rex E.

Here's my boat on the Mississippi near St. Louis.

End of thread Jack

I always thought a square stern with a small outboard & outriggers would make a pretty good boat.

Chas

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by Charles

I always thought a square stern with a small outboard & outriggers would make a pretty good boat.

Chas

I know a guy in Wilmington, N.C. that cuts a hole in the bottom of a canoe and builds a motor well. He mounts an electric trolling motor and can go miles in almost dead silence up and down the Cape Fear river.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by JJIII

I know a guy in Wilmington, N.C. that cuts a hole in the bottom of a canoe and builds a motor well. He mounts an electric trolling motor and can go miles in almost dead silence up and down the Cape Fear river.

That's pretty bold and conjures up an image of a Popeye cartoon. I mount a trolling motor directly to the gunwales of a regular (not square-sterned) canoe by putting a chunk of 2x4 on both sides of the gunwale. I do it less and less anymore as lugging the battery around is more of a PITA than paddling.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by finnbow

That's pretty bold and conjures up an image of a Popeye cartoon. I mount a trolling motor directly to the gunwales of a regular (not square-sterned) canoe by putting a chunk of 2x4 on both sides of the gunwale. I do it less and less anymore as lugging the battery around is more of a PITA than paddling.

I've got an old 3.5 Seaking with an internal fuel tank and it weighs less than a battery.

Chas

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by finnbow

That's pretty bold and conjures up an image of a Popeye cartoon. I mount a trolling motor directly to the gunwales of a regular (not square-sterned) canoe by putting a chunk of 2x4 on both sides of the gunwale. I do it less and less anymore as lugging the battery around is more of a PITA than paddling.

This guy loves to monkey around with boats. He took a surplus 32' Navy lifeboat and built it into a house boat. It looked like Noah's Arc. He powered it with a 6.5HP Seagull outboard that was hung from the rudder on a bracket he built. He, his wife, and I went up the IC Waterway from Wilmington to Morehead City and back. It was the most relaxing trip I've ever been on. Below deck it was spectacular. All the cabinetry was Honduran Mahogany he scrounged from the N.C. State Port there in Wilmington. It slept 4 extremely comfortably, included a galley, and more importantly, a head. Even had music from a tube system he built. He had storage batteries that he charged with shore power and could run the system with an inverter for a while.