Gravy Boat, Custom Albin 25

Sundowner Buff is an interesting name. It reminds me of the Australian native wild dog, the dingo, which are sometimes described as "sundowners" if they are of a particular golden colour. Also, during the Depression era, swagmen (hobos walking the countryside looking for work) who might receive food and shelter for the night for doing a bit of work, attracted the name "sundowners" if they arrived at a farm very late in the day, too late to be doing much work before dark !

 

First saw the color as boot top on a classic trawler, whose topsides were painted "Old Hatteras White" and the two colors worked attractively together, so I adopted both.
When I heard the name of the gold hued paint, 'Sundowner Buff", it stirred two thoughts, the Robert Mitchum movie about Australia "the Sundowners" and the color scheme of sailing British Man-o-War vessels, sky blue and buff.

I was enchanted!
Painted the whole bottom 'Sundowner Buff', not just the boot top. Ain't no boot top, or if there is, it's Sundowner Buff too!

 

I had forgotten about that Mitchum film. We make some horrible movies over here ! What's with the colour scheme of those British warships ? Must be some logic behind it.

 

Peltier cooler

Just in case anyone is interested in more details on building one of these, I ran across this Instructable:

http://www.instructables.com/id/My-Diy-Peltier-Cooler/

No idea if or how well it works, but the process and components were interesting to see.

 

I don't know! The BBC Hornblower series, the British ships were sky blue and buff when Midshipman and Lieutenant , but by the time Hornblower became a commander, changed, black and buff was the paint scheme for British Man-o-War.
I have faith they researched for historical accuracy.
While Hornblower was fiction, the times of Hornblower, French Revolution then Napoleon, ARE historical epochs.

 

Thanks, Justaguy.

Know any DIY instructions for converting ammonia fridges to work off BOTH sides of a Peltier chip/chips?

 

Only been to Australia twice. Perth on a navy vessel, and Wickham on a tug.

 

Wickham ? Never heard of it ! But Google tells me it is in the iron ore region of NW Western Australia. I'd have bet money there was no such place. And lost it !

 

Flew to Guam, towed a container barge to Wickham, left 5 days later with empty containers, back to Guam, flew home.

No idea what was in containers. Bananas?
Actually, rumor was some of it was pollution control equipment.

 

https://lib.bgsu.edu/finding_aids/items/show/769

"The post-World War II era has seen Cleveland-Cliffs become an international corporation with diverse interests in mining, energy and timber. More than 300,000 acres of timberland are owned by the company in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Oil drilling operations in Louisiana and Texas are also owned by Cleveland-Cliffs. The Robe River Mine in Western Australia is managed through the subsidiary Cliffs Western Australia Mining company. With over 140 years of experience, the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company remains a principal feature in the economic history of the Great Lakes Region."

Worked for Cliff's eleven years.

 

I was approached by a fella in a shopping mall maybe a decade ago, who greeted me like a long-lost friend. I had no idea who he was ! I said, "do I know you, mate ?" He replied "do you know me ! We worked together for five years at Cliff's Robe River ! "Nah mate, you are getting me confused with someone else. Never ever been to WA !" He then went on with a lot of questions about what he'd done that was so bad I didn't want to talk with him, etc. He would not be convinced, and it took his wife to drag him away, for me to get some relief from it ! Maybe I have a double !

 

Pretty rough area. Mining town you know. I only went to town twice in 5 days. See all of it in half an hour. or could back then.

 

Very hot sun up there. I think the bloke I met in the shopping mall had been out in it too long ! Without a hat.

 

I like an umbrella. I'm red blooded American, but the British habit of carrying an umbrella makes lots of sense to me, parasol, or deluge deflector.
And weapon if need be.

My brother carries a super collapse umbrella underwater when scuba diving.