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OK, for all you long trippers out there, Here it is, a chance of a life time…
Pacific trip

Nice to know you can Google map your way just about anywhere…

Tony

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Canoe made from disposable chopsticks

A former city employee in the Fukushima prefecture town of Koriyama has built a 4-meter 13-ft long canoe from thousands of used disposable chopsticks recovered from the city hall cafeteria. Bothered that perfectly good wood was going to waste after a single use, Shuhei Ogawara — whose job at city hall involved working with the local forestry industry — spent the last two years of his career collecting used chopsticks from the cafeteria.

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Eric sent me a link today..
Jeez… Talk about tough guys.. James Castrission and Justin Jones, took off from Forster in New South Wales and spent 62 days at sea before finally reaching New Plymouth in Taranaki - a journey of 3300 kilometres. (Google it for a geography lesson.. ) For those of you who are kilometer impaired, that is a journey of 2050 miles.
So, for more info on these intrepid lads, check this link:
http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/press-releases/2008/1/08_jan_16_adventure_kayakersarrive_pressrelease.cfm

Way to go boys!!

Tony

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Commuter Kayaks Los Angeles River > The LaLa Times: California Satire, Weird and Bizarre News

What California commuter hasn’t ever had the urge to just walk away from traffic entirely? Well, George Calvarescu found a way to kayak away from it all.

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I managed to miss the updates, but here they are: Yostwerks Kayak Building Manuals.

Tom now has a few more designs and quite a bit of detail on building an inflatable kayak.  The new Expedition looks pretty cool and a bit more stable.  I’ll have to hunt around and see if anyone has built one yet.

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I’m in the process of building a piano bench for my daughter to raffle off for a fund raiser for the home school music coop. Here’s a picture of it nearly done. Still to go is hinge and lid support and two more coats of tung oil. The bench is made of red oak with a redwood inlay of a pair of 1/8 notes. This is the side of the lid that gets lifted for access to the inside. (”pick up” notes?) The tenons are pegged with 3/16th red oak dowels. If you want to buy raffle tickets, comment on this post with contact info.
As usual, you can click on this picture for more views.
Tony

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I bought a new kayak, a plastic one this time. It’s a 10 foot pelican sink, got it for fishing as it has a bunch of room inside. Here’s a picture of the fish and you can see a bit of the boat in the background. My current thoughts on this boat is to copy the lines of the hull, modify them a bit and build a 11 to 12 foot version that tracks just a tad better. After that, I’ll probably sell this one.

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