Some Good Tips on Building a Pygmy Kayak

February 19, 2006 at 1:01 pm · Filed under Tern 14 kayak

Building the Pygmy Coho has some good tips for S&G kayak building.

Here’s a tip that I wished I had noticed earlier:
“I cut a plastic cup to match the length of the stitching wires. I put the end of the wire down to the bottom of the cup and cut it at the top of the cup. I repeated until I had a cup full of wires of the correct length. If you cut the wires with a wire stripper (adjust it so you can cut at the notch where you would normally strip) you will get a flat end on the wires. Otherwise, you will find yourself perforated by the sharp points that are sticking out everywhere.”

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Started Stitching the Boat

February 15, 2006 at 3:55 pm · Filed under Tern 14 kayak

I started stitching the panels on the Tern14 the other night. I hadn’t done much work on the boat recently, and it was good to get into the shop and make some progress.

If you click on the photo below you will see my most recent photos with a bit of information which may/may not be helpfull to you, if you are also building a kayak from Pygmy.

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This Guy Is More Like It

February 12, 2006 at 4:10 pm · Filed under Just Stuff

Hon. Garth Turner, P.C., M.P.

Garth Turner is more like what the Conservatives are supposed to be like. He doesn’t agree with the cabinet appointments, he speaks his mind, and he doesn’t mind publically opposing his party leader.

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New government gets early voter thumbs up

February 12, 2006 at 11:33 am · Filed under Politics

New government gets early voter thumbs up – Yahoo! News
Here’s a poll that has me scratching my head. Considering that the only thing the new government has done so far is pick it’s cabinet, and considering that by all accounts it has failed miserably at this, it is suprising that the public have given the Conservatives a 51% approval. I’m not sure how the Conservatives could have actually done a worse job up till now. Read the rest of this entry »

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