I thought it would be nice to switch from gasoline to electric auxiliary power for our Picnic Cat and after a little internet research revealed that customers found the gearbox on the Torqeedo motors noisy and the ePropulsion's direct drive quieter, … [Read more...]
Archives for 2021
Com-Pac Picnic Cat Fun!
We had a lot of fun with our Com-Pac Sun Cat and I missed owning it but also came to realize that the Sun Cat was really more boat than we were using. One of my Rules of Boating is that the smallest, simplest boat that will do what you want to do is … [Read more...]
Selling the Stray Goat
Once the Stray Goat repairs and upgrades were complete, I decided to sail the boat and get some other listing pictures and put it up for sale. Two of the guys who help out at the Charlotte Harbor Community Sailing Center came over to sail the boat … [Read more...]
June 2021 Stray Goat Projects
After my abortive first sail back in 2020, I had a small list of projects to accomplish prior to a second attempt. The first two were related: One of the trailer bunks is directly below the daggerboard trunk so reworking the trailer bunks to better … [Read more...]
Finishing Up & First Sail in the Stray Goat
As the 2020 summer drew to a close, I got the last bits of needed work done on the Stray Goat, or so I thought, so I decided it was time to do a little "yard sailing" and check out the rig before my first launch. Here's how it looked when I raised … [Read more...]
Wild Turkeys on the Trail Camera
Wild turkeys are pretty rare here, or at least have been for the past couple of decades. I have only seen one and that was back in the 1990's. A few weeks ago, my trail camera caught some turkeys walking around near my pond. Here's the video. The … [Read more...]
Stump Pass March 5, 2021
With the Watertribe Everglades Challenge starting tomorrow, I took one of my aluminum boats out to Stump Pass today to check on the current locations of sand bars. There's usually a little swash channel running right along the shore on the north … [Read more...]
