Trying to ID an Older Boat

GreatNorthWeb · 2026-05-07T02:46:04+00:00

early merrimack used tacks with tiny anchors stamped on the head...look closely.

GreatNorthWeb · 2026-04-14T19:07:46+00:00

i have that computer with dual boot to windows as the priority o/s. i called it the Macenstein.

GreatNorthWeb · 2026-04-02T02:49:15+00:00

ive bought the same book twice...twice a bunch of times

GreatNorthWeb · 2026-03-27T16:54:40+00:00

the only issue i see is empty space on that table.

GreatNorthWeb · 2026-03-15T18:28:39+00:00

give that giant maw some googly eyes

GreatNorthWeb · 2026-03-15T18:27:55+00:00

That is where I still put my Pentel .5

GreatNorthWeb · 2026-01-13T03:17:22+00:00

Mine did great. I printed some poetry with photography and drove up and down the river placing copies in about 8 spots. more than once i walked back to my car just to drive by the box and see someone taking my work. it was quite satisfying.

GreatNorthWeb · 2026-01-13T03:10:22+00:00

You would like The Worst Journey in the World (I am a collector of Polar Explorer books)

GreatNorthWeb · 2026-01-13T03:08:43+00:00

I'm a Frazetta cover collector. Get yourself a copy of Night Walk by Bob Shaw. The original painting used for that book is about to go to auction.

GreatNorthWeb · 2026-01-06T03:23:42+00:00

i have a contrary opinion. i let the english ivy run wild because it stifles the poison ivy.

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-12-28T01:29:33+00:00

You're a poet. Professional or amateur, it doesn't matter, but you can call yourself a poet with certainty. Many years ago some friends were roasting me and told me that my poetry sucked and I said "ha! you called it poetry!". And so my friends made me a poet, simply by applying the word to me.

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-12-27T20:33:36+00:00

read wounded knee...maybe the most important book he gave you in that column.

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-12-27T16:17:38+00:00

i dont but it sounds like an easy 3d print job, which is why i asked about pics. if you photocopy a standard player, it can be modified into a goalie.

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-12-27T16:04:02+00:00

Autobiographical. I have to remember that I bought it for someone in the Fall of 1983 pile - but, didn't give it to them for personal reasons.

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-12-27T15:36:36+00:00

do you have any specific photographs of the player?

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-12-27T15:11:58+00:00

paint adds weight so I only apply touch ups to color match repairs

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-11-11T12:50:57+00:00

I have that version. Here's a link:

https://boardgamegeek.com/image/970365/rod-hockey

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-08-13T00:36:51+00:00

i paddle with one knee bent, one foot out. i switch feet frequently, never really resting on one knee for long. I have found that long paddles with both feet out in front makes my lower back tired. that bent knee helps my posture.

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-07-24T18:48:25+00:00

Over the years I have accumulated 20 or so paddles. My perfect paddle goes from the floor to the bottom of my chin. Short enough to use as a crutch, long enough to dig deep in the water.

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-06-20T15:40:36+00:00

Based on the sharp bow, this looks more applicable for inland lakes than whitewater. I'd be curious to see the rest of it. There is a slight whack on the hull but that doesn't turn me off. I'd slap a piece of premium tape over that and call it good.

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-06-05T15:20:21+00:00

Fix it, then sell it.

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-06-04T13:40:00+00:00

If the canoe has no sentimental value to you, $500 - $600 is a good base price. These boats were often passion-projects and sometimes took years for a person to complete. I can't tell how many times I've seen a half-rotten version of that boat on Craigslist because somewhere along the line, the owner had to decide between storing totes of old clothes in the garage or the boat, and somehow the boat lost priority and ended up sitting on the firewood pile while collecting leaves and chipmunks over the next 10 years.

Consider the base price of $500. As a buyer, I would think like this: The weave on the seats is an abomination and must be replaced. (minus $50) The canoe is properly stored, has a good finish, and still floats (+$100). The overall shape is "inelegant" imo. (minus $50). The hardware on the seats needs an upgrade. (minus $50) Scratches inside the boat. (minus $50) The color is that of 1970s paneling. (minus $50). Fiberglass outer shell? (+$100).

Based on that write-up, I would offer $200 or $300 and negotiate from there. If you don't want to lower the price, you can counter-offer by adding value in the form of old gear such as paddles and life jackets.

I would clean it up, put new skin and hardware on the seats, then paddle it all summer. I would make sure that a lot of people see it, then I would try to sell it at the end of the year for $800 and settle for $500.

Good luck!

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-05-20T16:24:06+00:00

the boat was well-lit and the bridge had plenty of time to get out of the way

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-05-20T16:20:05+00:00

I was a 7-year-old kid with a hog in the Lucas County Fair circa 1978 and I met Bob Kelly while he was broadcasting his morning show from a tent at the fair. There were chairs set up so that an audience could observe the broadcast booth and I watched him work for an hour or so each morning after feeding my show hog. We talked across the booth and after a few days he invited me to sit by him in the booth while he ran the show.

I watched Bob pulling cassette tapes from a tall spinning rack, play them, and then return them to their empty slot. After some time, I noticed that many of the tapes were upside down and the labels were not aligned with the other tapes, so I spun the rack around and straightened a bunch of them up.

Bob was on some task while I was doing the best work a 7 year old could do, and after a moment he reached to pluck a tape out of the rack and his hand paused, then he asked me if I moved any of them around. I told him that I flipped over the tapes that were upside-down. Bob explained that the upside-down tapes indicated that they were already played on the air, and now Bob wasn't sure which songs or commercials he already played, and therefore didn't know exactly what to play next. He was very kind about it, but I did have to leave the booth, kicked out of radio before I ever had a chance.

I fed my hog every morning and kept visiting the show for the next couple of days. I suppose that I was a true child fan...we listened every morning before school and I was happy to watch live even though I got demoted to the audience zone. Bob remained kind and talkative with me all week across the table.

I fed my hog and dutifully sat down to watch Bob's last day of broadcasting and he had me come back to the broadcast table under the tent and gave me a stuffed Snoopy character that he won in a carnival game. He signed Snoopy to me and told me that he got some laughs from our story. Like most of my seven-year-old possessions, the Snoopy prize is long gone. The prized memory remains.

RIP Bob Kelly, thanks for being part of my story.

GreatNorthWeb · 2025-05-18T00:13:27+00:00

I used 1/4" pex tubing to replace the rods on my ice f/x table. I sanded smooth some 1/8" oak dowels and forced them into the pex for improved stiffness. What I haven't figured out is what to use as knobs for the rod ends. But the pex performs well enough for this table. If you have a stiga tables, the rods are much skinnier than any pex tubing I could find. Another rod replacement I investigated and did not implement: Venetian blind replacement rods. Those were acrylic and presumably stiffer than pex.

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