Recent content by penguin

Well, we had planned to make the run last weekend (May 3-5); however, the raining and flooded river made us cancel. Very glad we did. The river flow is 10x normal with a TON of debris floating down river. It was a good safety call to not go. We are now trying to figure out when to...

I agree with the above. Totally cool to rename the boat to your name!

What a dream that would be for me. Looks awesome. Nothing like seeing the kids pluck shrimp and fish out of the water. Good family memories being made right there!

I do not have my private pilot license; however, my bro is a commercial pilot who has taken me flying more often than maybe I should. His advice to me every time is "Let the plane do the work". What he means by it is that I tend to try to correct the path with a death grip on the yoke. Just...

The nicest marina is probably going to be Turtle Point Golf Club and Marina. See http://www.tpycc.org/ But, note, they are mostly a summer-time kind of place that focuses on the pool and golfing. Not sure what they are going to have going on this holiday season. Note, Wilson isn't that long...

Yep, none of the above for me. My wife, brother, and I have watched the decline of the boat show for the past several years and last year was our last too. About the only ones left going to are Annapolis and Miami. Miami might be fun if we can get the time off work.

I have been using the poliglow on my sun-damaged 2000 for two full seasons now. Here are my "lessons learned" with two years experience now. For anyone who has ever maintained a wood boat, they will be familiar with keeping up with varnished wood. Poliglow has to be treated almost like...

We have quite a bit of interest and conversation going at the regional forum www.southernboating.com. A direct link to the thread is at: http://www.hornbucklemarine.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=745&p=4870#p4870

I am very much interested! I will PM you my info. I wanted to do this here in the fall but got blocked by other obligations.

definitely with stripe!

And congrats on the first overnight! It's fun, isn't it!

Another tip with the canvas is to get everything loosely attached with zippers only 1/4-1/2 pulled to a full zip. Once you have all the buttons on and the track in place along the windshield, then come back and zip all your zippers the rest of the way.

What is the boat in the background of the first picture with the blue hull?

Awesome to hear that he came back asking for help! That is a win-win for everyone involved. Also, good job on your part to cut through the newbie smart-ass comments and really help him out.

Awesome pic! Be prepared for many more zonkers