"Florida Man" is a busy guy and a few weeks ago, he launched his truck 100 feet through the air and landed it upside down on the roof of our beloved local bait and tackle shop, Fishin' Frank's. Style points for sticking such a challenging inverted … [Read more...]
Archives for 2020
Unusual Tractor Jobs
Today's novel Kubota B-26 job was a platform from which to pick mangoes that were about 17' off the ground. The roof of the tractor is about 8' high, getting me close enough to bend the branch and grab them. The other day the tractor … [Read more...]
Varnishing The Stray Goat
I don't like trying to get varnish to flow upward so I decided to put a few coats on the underside and outside of the Goat's rails with the boat upside down. A thunderstorm came through while I was varnishing and my ever-vigilant dog ran … [Read more...]
Painting The Stray Goat
With the runners on the bottom replaced, there was still a bit more work to be done before painting the Goat Island Skiff Julie B. The problem that concerned me most was the daggerboard trunk, where I could see some pretty large gaps in the epoxy … [Read more...]
New Backyard Chickens
Since I could not get any toilet paper, my COVID19 PANIC buying consisted of four new Leghorn chicks from Tractor Supply. They are intensely interesting to Luke the Cowdog. We only wanted two, since we already have four yearling chickens and … [Read more...]
2020 Everglades Challenge
I love to watch all the interesting boats and people who participate in the WaterTribe's Everglades Challenge each year. This year, my grand plan was to position myself on our pontoon boat somewhere inside Stump Pass and use my drone to take pictures … [Read more...]
Fishing Turtle Bay March 2020
We did a lot more fishing than catching last week in Turtle Bay, but you know what they say about a bad day fishing! While I was soaking a shrimp, the Pelicans were having a banquet! Some of them did some really aerobatic dives, like these … [Read more...]
2020 Speck Tater Derby
Inspired by WaterTribe members who have spent the last few months doing a training Derby for the upcoming Everglades Challenge, I decided to do a trial overnight camping trip on our pontoon boat. My goals were to test my ability to charge up all the … [Read more...]
2020 Valentines Day Massacre Regatta
Our boat was the race committee boat once again for the 2020 Valentines Day Massacre Regatta match races of the local Harbor 20 fleet, a great opportunity to get some pics of these attractive little boats. I brought my DJI Phantom 4 Advanced drone … [Read more...]
Fishing New Years Day 2020
We took our Twin Vee 22 down near the mouth of Charlotte Harbor today for some fishing. The water was thick with bait fish and some of them helpfully schooled up just in front of our boat so I threw a cast net at them. We had a livewell full of … [Read more...]
