02-26-2013, 04:28 AM
Man it's been forever since I've been here. Had lots of stuff happen since I left off with the story, but let's jump to this last weekend...
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Well, she floats! I do have to reposition the seat a bit, and I may need to choke a cat or two - there was a small claw hole in the seat that kept me from staying out longer than a minute or two. GRR!
At any rate, proof of concept - CHECK! Seems like I'll be sitting high and dry once everything is worked out and it seemed pretty stable while I had air in it.
![[Image: 8503706325_12c0c07468_z_d.jpg]](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8365/8503706325_12c0c07468_z_d.jpg)
![[Image: 8503706981_ba11e6a8cb_z_d.jpg]](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8503706981_ba11e6a8cb_z_d.jpg)
![[Image: 8504815872_b078ebdb80_z_d.jpg]](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8101/8504815872_b078ebdb80_z_d.jpg)
No, I didn't catch any fish, but that was secondary.
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So, it weighs in at two pounds even. Pretty stoked at how it's turning out. If you want all the details since the last post above, go here:
http://www.kiene.com/forums/showthread.p...ect/page12
Hope I can get more updates soon.
_SHig
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Well, she floats! I do have to reposition the seat a bit, and I may need to choke a cat or two - there was a small claw hole in the seat that kept me from staying out longer than a minute or two. GRR!
At any rate, proof of concept - CHECK! Seems like I'll be sitting high and dry once everything is worked out and it seemed pretty stable while I had air in it.
No, I didn't catch any fish, but that was secondary.
CUT
So, it weighs in at two pounds even. Pretty stoked at how it's turning out. If you want all the details since the last post above, go here:
http://www.kiene.com/forums/showthread.p...ect/page12
Hope I can get more updates soon.
_SHig
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