What have you done this weekend...?

Fanie we will have to drag you down to Cape Town

 

hiya Fanniez,,,,,,,,thats reason #2746 why i hate boats,,,,,,,,should of gone to a CAR show,,,hehe
and the power boats are the ones with all the pretty women sittin on em,,,,,,oh,,, thats right,,,, your in SA ,,,no pretty women there,,,,,, never mind,,,haha
this is what im doing this weekend,,,,,, got another toy,,hehe

 

1Much what happend to the pickup you gon very quiet on that one

 

If it's on a boat I may consider

Why don't you answer you bloody phone ? Didn't pay the bill again eh. You said I must call you when I go there

Anyway, I'm more convinced than ever that the boat I'm building is the right thing to do.

 

Spent the morning at the auction and bought a benck saw(delta). Fanie look up CKD Boats in Cape Town some interesting boat kits avalible.

 

i am "admiring" it,,,,i really dont plan on doing anything with it,,,nice lawn ornament ,,if i do anything to it ,, it will be just enough to make it run,,,no doors or any of that,,,,,,i just like the "looks" of it,,hehe

 

Hi ya all ya boogers

Fanie - i went to the boat show on Friday afternoon as i was passing by and thought what the hell, pop in - big mistake, should have carried on driving bloody home.

Anyway the little book store on the upper level had some nice books so i bought "Weather for Dummies" and "Yachtmaster" for my RYA certificate next year by Alison Noice. Very interesting, i get the impression that we follow the British rules, go figure hey?

The1 - there were some rather pretty lassies sitting on top of some overpriced aluminium cat "raft" next to the escalator. So i couldn't stare = perv tooooo much but it was fun when you walk around the stupid boat you can see the girls from the "underside" and when you go on the escalator you can see the girls from the "topside" maybe they planned it that way

These inland boat shows are a frikken joke.
As a mechanically minded person i marvell at technology, 300 hp outboards, counter rotating dual props, and workmanship that is tops. One teeny weeny problem - the cost of fuel. Although Fanie and i live in the so called "City of Gold" i must remind you that we have only TWO dams and ONE river where all the "posers" can go with their American monster boats and Harleys. It is and absolute joke to sit and watch these people, when i lived at "Harties" (one of our locals ponds = lakes) i would ride my bicycle to the local "meeting area" to have a beer and see the show. Fu3k me, I have never seen a good looking woman on a Harley, long blond straw hair, plastic over size ****, enough make-up to paint a boat, all squeezed into "Harley leather pants" yuk yuk yuk

So this was the kind of "scene" at the boat show. So if any of you happened to pass by on Friday afternoon, i was the old fart having a beer at the bottom entrance paging his new books.

I crawled around the only CAT that was there - nice boat - brought in by Sun Sail - open deck daysailer - demountable to trailer? but **** over 700 grand?????

One thing i can say to all inland "boaters" in Saffa, start reading, boating is meant to be fun, sail a second hand "Laser / Hobie" or similar - learn to sail. Motor with 5 hp. Get to the water.

If you are going to dream about joining the 300 hp "speed boat" crowd with their "Harleys" remember this - PLASTIC **** yuk yuk yuk. And those chicks are so thin that when you stick it in you could break her bones. NO NO NO

Anyway my progess is slow on my build, it frustrates the hell out of me - because flipppen work is getting in the way again, maybe i win the lotto tomorrow

So one more glass of wine tonite, off to bed, TOMORROW = SUNDAY i build boat, thats that

Wynand where are the pictures buddy - you must post pictures

 

Eh Jim, is that your mini-bus ? Are you also in the taxi business

He he... I think Phil is right

 

its my lovvvvvvvvvve bus. hehe
so says the queen size bed in it,,hehe

 

Manie, I also stopped at the book shop.

So there you have it gents, from the horse's mouth

I missed the plastic ****... so you recon I didn't miss much

Your young lassies looks like jail bait to me. Blimey, I thought lassie was a dog.

There was one powerboat I saw I liked a bit more than most, it had a displacement hull.

I saw a 350Hp outboard there... humongous monstrocity. The defenition of an outboard motor is it is a portable motor. I lick anyone's but on the OK's switch counter if you can carry that motor.

The day sailor cat wasn't there... or I missed it

 

Fanie Jim is going to use it to tow his pickup

 

"Honey does!" That's all I do anymore!

"Fix the doors, mow the lawn, move the outhouse!"

Is there no end to this?

Went shopping yesterday and found a bargain boat trailer
and brought it home! Now I need a boat!

Two more doors and a bit of yard work and the boat is
NEXT!

 

i had a guy that wanted me to trade my old truck for his boat,,,it had 175hp outboard,, on a 15' 1 seat (included with the deal was the neck brace) little BOARD. ,, being from maine,,, the only outboards we saw was them little 25hp on a dingy.,,,he said,,,,,when you hit the throttle,,, all you can see is sky,,,for about5 seconds,,,then when you get on plane,,,the last 12" of the boat,, and the prop are all thats in the water,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i didnt trade
cant magine why anyone would want a 350hp,,,,,and they say im crazy,,,hehe

 

What have you done this weekend...?

Brushed out the back yard in prep for levelling it off (build retaining wall, install culvert & fill). Need the space to put up the boatbuilding shelter. This is one of the last few "honeydo's" that have to be accomplished before we can start building our trawler. Remaining on the list are;

1. pave driveway
2. hardwood or laminate floor in living room
3. scrape popcorn off bedroom ceiling and repaint
4. patch some drywall in kitchen and prep for paint
5. finish front porch (railings & carpet)
6. finish zip in windows & screens for boat
7. sell old boat

So far this year I've accomplished the following honeydo's (somehow it seems I've done a lot more just can't think of what I missed);

1. put steel roof on house
2. new fridge & stove & dryer

Then the fun begins!

 

Far more information than we wanted!