Recent content by tod osier

I'm just glad that I hit the sweet spot with the snowgoose when I built and it served so well as a compromise boat for ducks and fishing and general transport. Back when I was young and poor (and more frugal), springing for that 40 hp seemed like quite a leap, I'm so glad I didn't go with a...

Thanks, I've done a fair bit of 3 strand and done quite a bit of single braid (amsteel), but I hadn't done much with double braid. Good thing to do on a cold day to put off more important things that are less fun.

We are on Starlink here in Wyoming since there are no other options, when my son is home we often at 12+ devices attached. I've been really impressed. We have an iridium sat phone that we used to use, but with the PLB and satellite texting, we haven't used it lately. Only a matter of time for...

Thanks, I wanted to give it a little bit of work to let the outer and core equilibrate before committing to whip it. I do like whipping, so I'll probably do it at some point. I need to make a painter and stern lines, so probably then. Seems like pretty nice double braid.

Quick update... Ordered OLIVE, but got an email from the gal that I had talked to about colors and she said the olive was more of a straight up green in this batch. She sent pics of their earth tone colors unsolicited and I went with their "gold", which when it came on the spool from the...

Depending on the company a lot of cell phones have it now, text, not voice. We switched to iphones on Verizon because of the ability to text using satellite. We used it a ton this summer in the mountains, It works pretty well considering.

This post got me thinking and I looked up the ACR PLBs, like everything the cost has gone up. They are over $400 now. I've had a couple, buying new ones when the battery "expired" (really expensive to get the battery replaced). This last time the battery expired I bought a new battery and...

My experience with having a lot of trouble hiding the snowgoose this fall has me looking the smaller boats. I don't know what direction I'll go, I think I will try a season with a modified field blind as a hide using the snowgoose for transport and then reevaluate. Would be fun to build one, but...

You are right on both counts, he may very well be better than halfway, maybe 9/16 even and yes that is some great workmanship. I believe that will be the nicest built and most customized Devlin duckboat we have seen.

You will get there, I have no doubt!

ACR PLB for me, they are the industry standard and there is no plan, just buy the unit. One button to push in an oh shit moment. It is especially great now that I can text with satellite with my cell phone - a PLB when you need a rescue and you can text in a lesser situation.

Looks great. You are probably at the halfway mark now!!!

38 pounds will be really nice, especially if that material is tough enough to do some dragging through the reeds/cattails/grass. The first thing that got me really excited was the camo interior, I really like that. Get some mud on it to tame the sheen and you will be styling.

The bismuth in shot is in its metallic form, not bismuth subsalicylate. The form can be more important than the elements involved.