Well, poop

[rocketgeek]

No Stone City Beltane for me; GP is sick and is not going anywhere this weekend. I think I will stay home, build a boat, and work on the design for a new 6 D-cell vibrator. Working name: The Love Baton.

Comments

[leswamp]

I'll gladly be one of the test pilots for ye olde love baton. ;)

[aoibhill]

It's a stroke of genius! I think it'll outsell the Magic Wand. :)

[dionysusdevotee]

Sorry to hear you guys aren't coming. I hear you are building a canoe. I think I'd rather test drive _that_. Do you think you could make a small scale viking ship? I saw one free on C.L. and have wanted one ever since.

[rocketgeek]

One thing at a time -- I'm not entirely sure my woodworking skills are up to even this simple canoe, let alone a viking ship. If it works out, the next project is to clone it; my mother wants one. After that, I will entertain the idea of other boat projects. :)

[dionysusdevotee]

well, I was thinking more of you supervising or explaining how its done. But yeah. All in good time.

[rocketgeek]

Well, I know the basic principles, but I'm not clear on several critical steps, most importantly lining out the strakes. There's a book on building small clinker vessels called Ultralight Boatbuilding that is reputed to be quite good. The last word in traditional techniques is probably Howard I Chapelle's Boatbuilding. I, unfortunately, don't have copies of either book.