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I wasn't too worried about mineral spirits vs turpentine, they are not going to interact completely differently in the environment. I wouldn't use any non-polar solvent if it was actually going to fall in the water, if the deck is over water, I'd scratch all I said.

Other than cutting down the trees, non-polar solvent is what you need. Turpentine and wd-40 were suggested, but also mineral spirits (which is cheaper). If you could saturate the material to soften it and then scrape it off. Think about going to a stain that uses a non-polar solvent like mineral...

Yes and a Wenonah Escape Ultra-light weighs 41 pounds. A TDB 14 SC is a much more comparable boat to the Snowgoose, at 650 pounds.

Smoother ride in chop is all.

Which is a lot less than a tdb 14 or a dw 16 published weight. one of the under discussed aspects of a stitch and glue boat is the high strength to weight ratio of the wood that provides the structure of the boat. A lot of times I wished mine was heavier, if the hull wasn’t a horsepower hog...

Bourbon for me.

We have for sure earned some easy digging coming from the rocky, tree-rooty, clayey soil of New England. Interestingly we did find lawn grass roots down to about 5-6 feet. Final story is that it was the fitting itself. If you look in the photo the hose barb threads into the elbow, but the joint...

Got to the bottom just as the sun hit the hole. The poly pipe is attached with a couple crimp connectors and a “u” bolt. Leak seems to be at the junction of poly and elbow. Going to try to get it fixed temporarily with a hose clamp.

Started on the big dig this afternoon and will give it the old college try tomorrow morning in the cool and shade. 6' plus will be a darn deep hole.

That looks pretty good. I’m not crazy about the green stripe.

My plumbing is intact, but leaks more than I’d like.

Ding, ding, ding. Winner, winner!

Agree on the home ownership. At least this house is newer (2008) and was planned and built by the owner (as in he served as the GC) - it has a lot of nice touches you would want in a custom home and things are pretty well done. We do not have a building code here, and the only thing the county...

I let it cure for a couple days and a have a good seal, BUT… I do have a leak elsewhere. The leak is behind what I can see, likely the supply and elbow junction. Soooo…. At some point I’ll be digging it up. Since it is an unknown and not a leak at the threads, I have less trust in it. There...

I know you aren't considering the TSS too seriously, but 9's are downright scary to think about in the rail marsh. 9's are behaving like 4 or 5 lead - that is a far carrying pellet and an overly potent pellet to be slinging around the rail marsh. if you could get some 12's in TSS that would be...

What are you using now?