Welding Day

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Had  a great Welding day last Monday.  Made the bubba hut much more structurally sound – thanks to a great welder and some good advice from Mark Anderson – thanks! Here are some photos: http://gallery.me.com/sundogjoe#100871 Thanks to Sabra for the photos Cheers Joe

Spring Shakedown PWS

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  Photos at: http://gallery.me.com/sundogjoe#100864 Last weekend we went out for our shakedown trip into Prince William Sound and it felt good to just be out on the water and anchor up and take stock of the long list of things that need repaired from a very tough winter in the water in Whittier.  Turns out our [...]

Sunrise 2012

Welding Project Ahead – May 7

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Jason – posting this for you so that you can put together all the materials we will need for May 7 welding day   The best result will be if the new braces actually intersect and weld to the existing vertical brace, as close to the bottom of the existing braces as is practical.   [...]

Caleb’ Journal From IP Trip

CALEBS TRUE ADVENTURE       AUTHOR IS CALEB LAW         the biggest adventure of my life begins on friday april 15Th. We went to the airport when we got to security and one of are friends named linda got stopped they thought she had some water in her bag. A young [...]

Bubba Hut 2

Bubba Hut

http://gallery.me.com/sundogjoe#100847 Those of you who saw the last several years of my 22′ C-dory boat saw my $40 dollars worth of materials and 1 afternoon build of what I called the bubba hut out of wood and tarp that covered the whole back of my boat. In fact – here is a picture of the [...]

ADAK ALASKA ADVENTURE

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ADAK ALASKA ADVENTURE http://gallery.me.com/sundogjoe#100834 When I learned that you could take a round trip from Anchorage to Adak for 15,000 air miles, have inexpensive lodging and truck rental and a high probability to shoot some caribou from the road system I knew that it was something we had to do. Somehow what was brewing into [...]

Green Island Deer Hunt

Green Island Deer Hunt

Just back from a great fall hunt out in PWS on the Sundog. We had been planning on going out to Green Island to chase some deer around on the 1st of Oct. when Doe season opened up but 9′ seas kept us from it so when we had an opening this last weekend we [...]

Last Family Trip 2011

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Hello All, Just back yesterday from a wonderful trip out to Bettles and Granite Bay. Photos: http://gallery.me.com/sundogjoe#100824 Highlights: • Nice weather – flat calm seas until the last day • Fixed my deck lights and anchor light – thanks for the help Charles – we even stepped the mast again with a coin – after [...]

Hard Top Idea

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Hoping to build something like this so that we can be dry and toasty on the back deck and have room for a dance up top.       handrails