Marlinspike Skills I class knots

Marlinspike Skills I class knots

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Hiking Stick Grips

Hiking Stick Grips

I tied these two knots as handgrips on my and my son's hiking sticks. On the left is a four-bight,...

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$30 WRC 2009

$30 WRC 2009

It floats!

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No roof rack?  No problem.

No roof rack? No problem.

It fit in our Grand Caravan with less than two feet overhang.

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$30 WRC 2009

$30 WRC 2009

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Educated Guess

Educated Guess

We really don't know how to build a proper boat, so we picked out an appropriate name. Our bro-in-law Jeff painted the name for us.

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Obligatory boat-in-the-grass shot

Obligatory boat-in-the-grass shot

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$30 WRC 2009

$30 WRC 2009

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Sweet paintjob

Sweet paintjob

The end of day two. We went from scrap wood to a painted junkboat in under 36 hours (probably 16-20 actual work hours).

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$30 WRC 2009

$30 WRC 2009

How far did we get? Only 5 miles or so. The boat was fine, but it became very cold (see-your-breath...

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$30 WRC 2009

$30 WRC 2009

What is more fun than paddling down a river in a boat that 48 hours prior was nothing but a pile of scrap lumber? Nothing. That's what.

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$30 WRC 2009

$30 WRC 2009

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$30 WRC 2009

$30 WRC 2009

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Patching the leak

Patching the leak

In the 2007 $30 WRC we used duct tape to patch the boat, and it turned out not to be very waterproof. ...

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$30 WRC 2009

$30 WRC 2009

"Hey, is that a leak?" Yeah, it is. There was one tiny gap where the bottom attached to the...

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$30 WRC 2009

$30 WRC 2009

Launching in Chesterfield

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Priming at dusk

Priming at dusk

Everyone joined in the fun of priming the scow with primer we found at an apartment complex construction dumpster.

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$30 WRC 2009

$30 WRC 2009

Completed junkboat hull.

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