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Transcontinental Kayak Relays
By:!RUSS
Date: 2/17/2002, 12:50 pm
In Response To: Other: Oldest uncompleted kayak (Brent Curtis)

Brent I cuaght the Bill Murray joke...The movie Stripes I think?....

I have a unfinished kayak that sat in my basement when a fella couldn't get here to finish it. Job changed, got married etc.

In hte interest of reclaiming some space..... I finally packaged up the half finished boat still on the forms (shrink wrapped etc) that wasn't being completed.

Leg one of the Kayak relay:....I drove it first through Manahattan, Time Square etc. Christmas night...That was a cool set of looks. I had put two flash light in to the shrink warap, kind of add to the over all impression. Then I Parked it in Manahatten....returned to find it was still on the roof. (I had half hoped someone had stolen it atnd releived me of it. No such luck.

Leg 2 of kayak relay: Then I drove it to PA.

I handed it off to a fella from MD who duct taped it to his trooper. He drove it back to MD. He drove around MD for a few weeks with it on his roof.

LEG 3 of kayak Relay: Young guy in MD Finally starts driving west from MD to
Colorado.....

He drives boat around colorado for a few days (flash lights have burned out) :D
Finally original builder comes to his house picks up half a boat and drives it up to his place in the Rockies... where the boat is now safely ensconced...probobly under a snow drift....

This half a boat is approaching its 2 year birthday. I'm told it will be finished up come summer. I don't know how nmany miles it has on it, but its been through a lot!

If ya work your boat 10 minutes a night you have your boat done in a year.
Remember procrastinating is what you do on hte half toos...Baots are what keeps you from doing the stuff your supposed too. :D

Enjoy,

!RUSS

Heck thsi boat's been more places, had more adventures unfinished then many boats have been finished. Its even been to East coast R2K.....

Messages In This Thread

Other: Oldest uncompleted kayak
Brent Curtis -- 2/16/2002, 11:24 pm
Going on 4 years with one S-O-F Longer for others
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/17/2002, 4:52 pm
Transcontinental Kayak Relays
!RUSS -- 2/17/2002, 12:50 pm
Other: Oldest uncompleted kayak
Mike Scarborough -- 2/17/2002, 12:33 pm
Re: Let's hear some more Tom Waits! :) *NM*
Jon Limebrook -- 2/17/2002, 11:08 am
Re: Other: Oldest uncompleted kayak
Bob -- 2/17/2002, 10:31 am
Re: Other: Oldest uncompleted kayak
Ross Sieber -- 2/17/2002, 8:48 am
Re: Toss "Animal House" in the VCR *NM*
Ken Finger -- 2/19/2002, 1:44 pm
Re: "Forget it, he's rolling" *NM*
Ross Sieber -- 2/19/2002, 2:10 pm