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indydude · Nov 13, 2011

The simpler the better. Here's. A good craft 4 doin this: www.sealegs.com .
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Wow! That's the simplest amphibious vehicle I've seen. Great for going to and from the beach. Bet it costs a mint!

kinulpture · Nov 15, 2011

they seem 2 b concentratin a bit much on inflatables too. & i`ve been on 2many that sprang leaks.

GHOSTCRAB · Nov 15, 2011

www.Lazzarinidesign.com

indydude · Nov 17, 2011

The Sea Jet capsule is sweet.http://www.lazzarinidesign.net/SeaJetRunning.jpg

GHOSTCRAB · Nov 29, 2011

With a silver-tongue...the but can be whatever (but never admit to a lack of money, as that frightens everyone). It is essential to maintain a pleasant, respectful, and polite mien, no matter what; to put completely out of your mind the tiniest doubt that your request will not be granted; and to be irritatingly, patiently reasonable. Reasonableness is demoralizing to everyone. Success comes in direct proportion to your determination to see the matter through. Missspelling flagrantly, magic, and making key words illegible adds a nice touch too.

indydude · Dec 4, 2011

I like this guys ideas about sailing.

Saturday, December 03, 2011
Seasteading!Friday, December 02, 2011
Occupy the Million Dollar View Now that the current phase of the Occupation movement—one that involved camping out in public places—is drawing to a close, thoughts turn to other, even more effective venues and exploits. Occupying the front lawns of mansions owned by the 1% would certainly send a message, although a very brief one, since trespassing happens to be illegal.

And then it hit me: it just so happens that the 1% own, roughly speaking, 99% of the really desirable beachfront properties, while the 99% have to make do with the 1% or so of the coastline that is reserved for public use. The 1%ers really like that “million-dollar view,” and the seaside mansion is one of their ultimate status symbols. Try to approach them from land, and you will quickly get spotted by vigilant local police and private security and won't make it very far—well shy of making any sort of statement, or even getting on the 1%er's radar.

But it just so happens that, according to US Federal law, they can only own property down to the low water line. In absence of specific regulations (marine sanctuary, public beach, municipal harbor, shipping lane, military reservation and so on) everything below the low water line is considered public anchorage. (It is everything below the high water line in Canada, which means that you can even occupy the beach at low tide and still not be trespassing.) Any vessel can anchor within a few meters of the 1%ers property, entirely spoiling their precious view with gigantic protest signs hanging from the mast, but if the boat is manned and is legal, then there is not a thing that they can do about it. On a calm evening, you can sail up, anchor, raft up, put up a big sail to use as a screen, and project a movie onto it. Eat the Rich, anyone? Then film their reaction, and project that next, with subtitles.

You might think that getting a sailboat flotilla together takes a lot of money. The boats that 1%ers such as Senator John Kerry prefer certainly are super-pricy, but then there are also many boats that can be had for free or for $1 (provided you agree to sail it away), or for a very small sum. For most people, sailboats are luxury items, and in these hard times many owners can't afford to keep them. They would like to get what they think their boats are worth, but since they can't, and since the boats are costing them money they don't have just sitting there, they are often willing to part with them for very little money. The trick is to make a ridiculously low offer sound non-insulting.

If a sailboat is engineless or has an outboard engine of 9.9 horsepower or less (which doesn't count as a real engine) then it is automatically grandfathered in and doesn't even need to be registered: just paint a name and a port of call on the transom, and it is legal. If it has an inboard diesel that runs, pull it out and sell it, and use the proceeds to finance the purchase of the boat itself, sometimes with money left to spare.

Would you like a more permanent occupation? Rotate vessels through the anchorage, going on an overnight cruise to nowhere every fortnight or so, keep all of the boats occupied at all times, and you are still legal. To establish a permanent base of operations that doesn't move, buy a mooring (a stationary mushroom anchor with a buoy chained to it) and use it to park a habitable but non-seaworthy vessel such as a houseboat.

There are some safety requirements, but they are minimal: life jackets and life preservers, sanitation (a composting toilet works well), functioning navigation lights, fire extinguishers and flares (unexpired ones), and an anchor. Land cops can't touch you. It helps to have a marine VHF radio. When hailed, you have to know radio protocol and marine terminology, and use it. If boarded, you have to cooperate. Some things are stricter than on land: get caught with any drugs, and the vessel gets arrested (as well as you). Neglect boat maintenance in a serious way, and it will be declared “manifestly unsafe” and scuttled, and you will be set ashore. But the water is generally free of riffraff as well as police brutality. Everyone tends to be polite, safety-conscious and just does their job.

You might have some issues with private security, who might not be particularly interested in following the law. But then sailors in pirate-infested waters have found a neat trick that really works: shooting skeet. It's quite challenging to hit a clay pigeon from a boat, so you will need to bring plenty of shotgun shells. It is good sport, and also a peaceful yet effective show of force that works on pirates, and will certainly make the private Mickey Mouse cops think twice about challenging you further.

For something more to do, why not join a yacht race? Yacht races are organized for and by some of the wealthiest 1%ers, who like to show off before each other. Join them just for the downwind leg (their fancy racing sloops are all about tacking upwind and actually don't do that well downwind) and unfurl a gigantic square sail with a protest sign painted on it. You might even win (that leg).

And so I hope that come next summer there will be Occupy flotillas floating up to crash swank exclusive seaside gatherings by planting themselves directly in the middle of the million dollar view and doing what Occupy already does very well: trolling the 1%ers really, really hard, 100% legally, and giving the 99%ers a chance to start thinking about getting out of that tired old pantomime sheep costume and into something a bit more fashionable.
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GHOSTCRAB · Dec 18, 2011

It's kind of ghostly, there's a arc of light and on a good night you'll pick up a bit of color at Cumberland Falls State Resort Park. http://parks.ky.gov

kinulpture · Feb 29, 2012

bump

Huertal-hippy7 · Feb 29, 2012

This is an awesome idea. Thanks for the share

GHOSTCRAB · Mar 6, 2012

Is an Annapolis-based nonprofit that's helped people with developmental, physical, and financial challenges to go sailing for 20 years. www.crabsailing.org

indydude · Apr 16, 2012

Cool I had no idea they made Catamarans portable like that.
Getting a boat tomorrow. Perfect river boat. 14 ft. Wolverine with a 10 hp Johnson. $400. The saler finally got the title out of lien. Yeah!

kinulpture · Apr 17, 2012

Thx ghost. Congrats indy.

indydude · May 1, 2012

Thanks k. Cant wait to get her on the water. Been real rainy lately. Have you done any river logging? With all the rivers around here I'm thinking of trying it. I'd luv to wench out an old river bottom log for furniture or musical instrument making. Some of them are valuable and can't be found anymore.

kinulpture · Jul 13, 2012

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kinulpture · Aug 10, 2012

Hi indy, there may be a gig in indiana soon. No site picked yet. The only known scout is wantin 2 use '95 fall regional site. This is near salt crk indiana. No water there tho. My vote is a spot on a navigable tributary of the ohio. But im not near there so cant scout. This would be southeast corner of hoosier nf.

indydude · Aug 23, 2012

Hi K. Hows the scoutin' going? Hoosier NF is huge. Its broken up in different forests. I definitly want to go. Keep us posted.

kinulpture · Aug 28, 2012

Not doin 2 well on the scouting. My vote's for lake patoka. But most want the '95 regional site.

kinulpture · Aug 28, 2012

The white rivr appears to have 2 forks, one being from lake patoka. These r east & west forks respectively. I'm curious as to which one is highest. One would think comin from a lake would be the deeper fork. & would the white river flow continuously to the wabash? Or are there logs, etc. I'd hoped that a float frm the vicinity of an indy gig to vicinity of shawnee gathering could be done.

By the way, if you will google abigail king save maumee she's havin a float down the maumee river sometime in spring. 12 canoes are available for volunteers.

She's informed me the maumee's current isn't very strong. & the eel river appears very close to headwaters of the maumee. It would be awesome to go all the way from lake erie to ohio river. Dunno how many snags tho. It appears eel river connects to wabash. This would shorten a grt loop journey quite a bit. I heard there may be a "float commune" starting sometime in 2013 somewhere in ontario if i read the sisters blog rite. Her location just says "on". I'm hopin its not too far into canada. Im lookin up her screen name.

kinulpture · Aug 28, 2012

Oops i read makihiko's profile wrong. Male & alberta. Interested in men. Thats was my error. Sry.

indydude · Aug 29, 2012

kinulpture said:

The white rivr appears to have 2 forks, one being from lake patoka. These r east & west forks respectively. I'm curious as to which one is highest. One would think comin from a lake would be the deeper fork. & would the white river flow continuously to the wabash? Or are there logs, etc. I'd hoped that a float frm the vicinity of an indy gig to vicinity of shawnee gathering could be done.
I'm gonna look for a river map.
By the way, if you will google abigail king save maumee she's havin a float down the maumee river sometime in spring. 12 canoes are available for volunteers.
That sounds awesome!
She's informed me the maumee's current isn't very strong. & the eel river appears very close to headwaters of the maumee. It would be awesome to go all the way from lake erie to ohio river. Dunno how many snags tho. It appears eel river connects to wabash. This would shorten a grt loop journey quite a bit. I heard there may be a "float commune" starting sometime in 2013 somewhere in ontario if i read the sisters blog rite. Her location just says "on". I'm hopin its not too far into canada. Im lookin up her screen name.
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I've floated the Eel where it meets the Wabash. Pretty good flow rate. Wabash is big and fast river. goes straight into the Ohio.
Planning to go to Dark Star Orchestra Jam at Buckeye Lake then to gathering at Hoosier forest. After DSO stop by Louisville and see some old friends hopefully they'll want go to gathering. This is going to be a fun roadtrip!:2thumbsup:

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