Tee time is 9:42 am. I have been riding so far this year. I do enjoy walking though.

 

We got whacked with a short down pour in the early afternoon, had to hustle to get off the ladder but I got my piece of custom made water deflector done and installed in time. The rain deflectors on sale are galvanized tin and look like crap when they're in an obvious place so I bent one up from the extra length of eavestrouph I bought.
I'm still boat hunting as that will be my golf alternative, casting a lead sinker and not catching fish is more my speed some days.

 

Another couple of weeks and the river here should be ready.

 

There's not much available out here for the class or style of boat I'm looking for. There was a 50s Grandy that needed completion and would need a I/O conversion but the price was to good and I don't have the time for it right now. There is a pair of boats that are interesting but 4 grand is a bit of a stretch right now but in 2 months they might show up if they're still around.

 

There should be a lot of boats for sale from the tourist camps with all the belly aching they are doing..

 

There's quite a bit of the covid money floating around so it depends what you're looking for, myself, I like the muskoka style boat with an overnight cabin. That only shows up as a project here or is top money. I could cheat and start with a big enough shell with a 4 cylinder inboard so that my basic structure is there. It would give me a year to see if there's a v6 option I can do, the mill in the shop opens up the option book pretty good.

 

I've never had an interest in a boat, car and trucks burn enough fuel..

 

I want something that I can tow around and use as an weekender lake cottage on occasion.

 

An aluminum skiff is all you need for that, camps around here are selling them all the time. I've never looked at pricing though seeing as they don't interest me. In fact all my fishing gear I had I gave to the young guy living next door..

 

I can't stand the sight of aluminum boats unless its sinking, they have they're place at the recyclers but I just like mahogany boats.

 

Could always build your own..or Mactac the aluminum skiff...lol

 

There's a pair of shorter under 16' inboards, one is good motor bad boat and the other is the opposite. Both are fiberglass and I can cut up mahogany strips to dress it up from the high water line. Building a cabin is easy enough but I'd rather have a 21' and these things are dangerous to stretch.

 

My dad built his own boat. A few years ago my uncle said it was still around.

 

I was going to build a canoe once, as far as I got was making the stations to build it on, still have them but I'll never use them now..

 

Hello John, Chris and Perry.