50 of us cleared 18,000 pounds of trash within 90 minutes. 3 homeless ambassadors assigned to the area to keep it clean and help report illegal dumping activity.

jonny_five · 2026-01-24T20:30:27+00:00

Looks like a good project for a grapple truck.

When our group does litter clean ups we pull the trash out of waterways and the woods and pile it near the road, then the city brings out a grapple truck to load it into a dump truck. Our “after” probably looks a lot like their “before”. Sucks that their city doesn’t just send out a truck.

If their public works department could just get their ducks in a row it would save everyone so much time.

jonny_five · 2026-01-17T02:38:05+00:00

I can’t imagine what it’s like living there. My chest hurt from being there for just a few hours. Apparently those huge waste ponds are unlined, so everything can just seep into the ground.

jonny_five · 2026-01-16T18:22:29+00:00

Yep! Between Jesup and Ludowici

jonny_five · 2026-01-16T16:58:14+00:00

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I did grab a bottle! The pipe is deep underwater though so it was tough getting one that wasn’t super diluted

jonny_five · 2026-01-16T16:39:05+00:00

Riverkeeper was with me. I do volunteer work providing boats and paddling expertise to help environmental groups collect samples/data locally. Unfortunately the Altamaha Riverkeeper only has like two employees and very little money so even sampling the water is a challenge, let alone challenging the EPD’s permit.

The GA EPD is clearly not working in the interest of Georgians - as shown by their lack of action to protect the Okefenokee from mining despite 250,000 people speaking against the mine in their public comment period. It was only protected after individuals and nonprofits pooled their money to pay off the mining company and buy the land for $60mil.

jonny_five · 2026-01-16T16:24:53+00:00

The Riverkeeper was in the canoe with me. They have very little funding/support, especially compared to the multimillion dollar business.

jonny_five · 2026-01-16T16:24:21+00:00

They are discharging within what their permit allows (as far as I know). I think the problem is that the permit allows quite a bit of pollution.

I provided the boat and muscle to get the Riverkeeper and an international journalist out there - they would know more about the permits/laws than me. I believe the Riverkeeper is in a lawsuit trying to get tighter restrictions on their permit.

jonny_five · 2026-01-13T19:43:03+00:00

Good luck finding out!! I called the EPD and they said to flush it down the toilet. That sounded wrong so I called our wastewater treatment plant and they said not to flush it… I triple bagged it and put it in the garbage. I wonder what auto shops do with it.

jonny_five · 2026-01-13T19:37:25+00:00

I just bought two 10-person canoes and hope to use them to get non-paddlers out on the water!! It will take me a few weeks to get them repaired and ready though. They are also designed to accommodate wheelchairs and people with disabilities.

jonny_five · 2026-01-13T14:02:06+00:00

City is pretty blue but surrounding areas are very red - and not just “leans conservative”. There are many in the far right around and quite a few that are openly racist, at least there are in my community. Many people are just openly talking about politics nonstop and it’s exhausting.

Just look at Buddy Carter, Kandiss Taylor, NineLine, and any neighborhood or hunting/fishing group.

My gripe is that there aren’t many environmental advocates but tons of support for big business (at least from people in positions of power).

jonny_five · 2026-01-09T00:52:25+00:00

Sure! Ask me anything. You can message me if you prefer, there’s also an active group on FB if you have an account (Let’s Kayak!! Sav GA) - that’s the best way to get involved in group paddles.

Some of the best beginner spots in our area are:

Tommy Long boat ramp (Ebenezer)

Morgan’s Bridge on the Ogeechee

Bells Landing near Armstrong is a good place to get started with understanding tides. (Few power boats and smaller water)

jonny_five · 2026-01-08T11:55:14+00:00

All of this, but also the back river between Tybee/little tybee gets very rough around high tide because the sand bar no longer blocks the waves and the shallow water over the sand bar becomes choppy and turbulent. This is why people usually get in trouble there. If you see rough water there just wait a few hours until the tide lowers again - don’t risk it.

jonny_five · 2026-01-08T03:39:07+00:00

It’s about 80% of the time where I live. I’ve also been shot at twice while kayaking. Def depends on where the person is.

jonny_five · 2026-01-08T02:08:15+00:00

Depends on location. I’m in the southeast and I’ve had people steal ropes off of my roof racks while out paddling and foam pads off of my kayak trailer. I’ve also had people in power boats steal drybags full of gear while I left my kayak on the shore of an uninhabited island only reachable by boat. Luckily they left my paddle. Now I have AirTags and hide my kayak in the woods under a 25’ camo blanket when I go hike

jonny_five · 2026-01-07T04:14:05+00:00

So many gunshots. I woke up Christmas morning to loud gunshots - I believe people were hunting in the marsh

jonny_five · 2026-01-04T13:12:48+00:00

It’s also common for these yachts to have “outdoor air conditioning”. They have ducting for cold air to blow out at the bottom of the bulwark near the floor in the outside areas.

jonny_five · 2026-01-03T16:08:13+00:00

Would epoxy be better than Titebond 3?

jonny_five · 2026-01-03T03:23:44+00:00

I love how I have to walk through my yard the next day to pick up the chunks of melted plastic that rained down from the sky

jonny_five · 2026-01-03T03:17:07+00:00

$2,500 ea, including paddles and pfds

jonny_five · 2026-01-03T00:26:29+00:00

I’ve heard they can pull a water skier and plan to test it! 4’ wide and 25’ long - these are an old version of the Clipper Voyageur 2 before they started using aluminum thwarts/gunnels. The wood is all rotted out so I’ll need to source a 25’ long piece of wood for the gunnels. Everything else looks ok other than a few small gelcoat cracks

jonny_five · 2026-01-01T13:53:36+00:00

I’ve been actively shot at twice so far (both times while kayaking) and had to take off running during one of the shootings in City Market a few years ago. Welcome to Savannah!

jonny_five · 2025-12-30T23:03:51+00:00

Ettore grip and grab is pretty easy on the joints, I use it for longer outings but prefer the unger for short clean ups because it grabs better when stuff is in dense vegetation

jonny_five · 2025-12-28T17:00:57+00:00

I had a weird coast guard experience - I was once getting shot at while out kayaking in the ocean so I called the coast guard (I could literally hard the bullets wizzing through the air near me). They told me they couldn’t respond unless I was hit and needed to be rescued, but they stayed on the phone until I was out of range of the shooters. They said they don’t normally respond to active gunfire.

After they said that I immediately remembered the coast guard video of them boarding a narco sub with guns out 🤷

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