Sunday, June 30, 2013

Plastic kayaks - Pros and Cons

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Recently, a friend let me paddle his plastic kayak, a boat that he was quite fond of.  I never turn down an opportunity to try out other kay...
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Thursday, June 27, 2013

No More Spots

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The dust motes, like floaters in your eye are most noticeable in the sky which is a uniform color.  They are not that noticeable elsewher...

Wendy Tremayne and the Good Life Lab

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I met Wendy Tremayne through my wife who participated in a Swap o Rama Rama event at the San Mateo Makers Faire.  The Swap o Rama Rama id...

Just-In-Time Upcycling

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In the old days, like back as far as the 60's people used to re-use stuff.  Then along came re-cycling which was not the same as re-use....

Good News!! Tapping the Waste Stream

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While the world economy as a whole might be circling the drain and every other country is having watercanon fights with its citizens, here i...

Moving Boats

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Jan Adkins wrote a book called Moving Heavy Things .  The other day I decided to use the two ton crane at the shop to lift a kayak up int...
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Hot Air Wood Bending

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NOTE to readers: This particular post has gotten the most traffic of all my posts for a while now.  Is there really that much interest in w...
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Woman - Dog Boat

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Inka Petersen launched her two hatch baidarka yesterday.  One hatch was for her, the other for her dog, Rosie.  The boat was a bit of a chal...
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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Fiberglass and other crimes

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Sometime ago I got the notion that when you build something yourself you get to control how much violence you do to your environment and to ...
Saturday, June 1, 2013

Stegosaurus Boat Construction

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Ben, my neighbor at the shop is building a motor boat. The process of boat building is a great deal easier than it used to be due to CAD fil...

San Francisco Maritime Museum Warehouse Relocation

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For some time, the San Francisco Maritime Museum housed various odds and ends in a warehouse at the former Alameda Naval Air Station.  A few...
Saturday, May 11, 2013

Goose Story

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The geese are starting to hatch out back of the shop. A few days ago while riding my bicyle home, I ran into this family of geese, mother...
Saturday, May 4, 2013

Bent Shaft Paddles

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I've been making a number of prototype paddles at the request of a friend and promoter of my paddles.  After a number of weeks I came up...
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Sunday, April 28, 2013

l'hydroptere in Alameda

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The French boat l'hydroptere is currently in Alameda being overhauled at Nelson Marine before heading to LA where the team will try to b...

Five Gyres and More

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 I saw this photo of kayakers on facebook and the thing that popped into my head unbidden was, Plastic Gyre.  Of course this isn't ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Sausalito, Houseboats and Rowboats

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A woman who will be building a kayak with me gave me a tour of her housboat community in Sausalito.  I took some photos of the houseboats an...