This guy is essentially doing the great loop in reverse, up stream. They Mississipi got him so he portage that and restarted on the IL river but he uses a small sail as well.
This came up on my memories from a few years back when I was remodeling the bathroom and into the plumbing portion. Fred loves pex chew toys but this one outsmarted him. Yes, I took it outside for him....
Predrilling is key. Drill a very tiny hair smaller than the shaft of the lag bolt. This allows the teeth of the lag to slice into the wood and hold rather that forcing apart.
Take a 3/4 board and run a screw into the thin edge without splitting it. Do the same with a predrilled hole and...
I saw that. Im trying to convince him to have volunteers stationed along the way for fuel, food and 'bio hazard' mitigation so as to keep him moving as much as possible. That way he can run/sleep when he needs to without having the logistics of finding a marina. I'd head that way when he...
Not sure i would consider that bad? Purpose built imo. Rainy location, old crappy boat with a really long tiller to stay dry whilst fishing, napping, trolling probably grilling...