Recent content by Steve Sanford

Merry Christmas to All~ Two degrees right now - but ice and rain coming in tonight. All the best, SJS

Dax and Tod~ Inadequate jack dimensions are not restricted to Tacomas.... I had a Ford Ranger whose scissor jack worked just fine - as long as the tire was full of air. If one adjusted it to lift a flat tire there was not enough lift (travel) to fit the fully-inflated spare onto the wheel...

Tod~ Interesting thread. I have 7 trailers right now - 6 boat, 1 flatbed/utility. Two were bought new, the rest used. I enjoy working on trailers - mostly because there are no engines involved - and still think they are one of the last bargains (i.e., value for money) in the world of...

Good morning, RM~ To the chagrin of my long-time partner, I have always aged/hung my ducks and geese - depending upon the weather. Whereas my Dad hung our birds in a Flowering Dogwood tree, I hang mine beneath the eaves on the North side of my shop - out of the sun and rain/snow and out of...

Good morning, Bob - and Dave~ Sweet little vessel! As you know, I draw a distinction between gunning boxes (coffins) and pond boxes. I have never built the latter - but did own one built to Zack Taylor's design many years ago. I never hunted it - just used it to tend my gaff sloop which was...

Great save, Bob! Gorgeous vessel - in wonderful shape. Of course, I have a few questions: 1. What HP would Gus have put on her? I am wondering if she could plane with a 6.... 2. What would Gus have used as a backrest? Was it chocked - or otherwise held in place - or just set 'twixt the...

Indeed! Except - I let my barber trim my eyebrows..... SJS

Good morning, Eric~ I woke up in a fine mood - and just enjoyed Scott Gilliland's stories and photos from northern Canada. But - I have been planning to post an NDR here about the unstoppable downward flow in too many things. Of course - words - and especially terminology - are at my core. A...

Scott~ I learned a bit about tides when I visited/worked on Baffin in August of 1984. We flew into Frobisher Bay via commercial air - then flew via Twin Otter out to our trapping/banding site - on the edge of Foxe Basin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plain_of_the_Koukdjuak Austin Reed...