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Nothing. It's sitting and waiting on me to get back to it. I've has some entertaining thoughts about how to refurbish it but with "wintah" setting in here in Maine and several surgeries scheduled over the next few months, it won't be till next "summah" before I do anything with it. 👍👍👍

Honestly, I don't remember. That project took place quite some time ago. I do remember visting the Mantus and Rocna websites and looking at their drawings with dimensions to help determine the sizes and angles used in making my anchor. Sorry I can't be of more help. 👍👍👍

Wow! That was quite awhile ago when that video was made. I don't remember the length used but both lines should have been the same. 👍

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Will do! Right now we are experiencing a heat wave (very unusual for us). Yesterday the high temp made it just over 100 degrees and the weather forecast calls for higher temps today. Humidity was also very high (83 percent yesterday). I'm trying to stay inside today - not used to this kind of heat! 👍👍👍

Bummer! I hate those little blood suckers! 👍👍👍

Didn't know about the castile soap thing with ticks. Thanks for the tip, Marty! 👍👍👍

​@@shoestringshipyardsailing9681You're welcome and I should have said I hope you're feeling better.

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Thanks for the tip. I have a granulated compound though that works quite well and I spread it around every year. It's also pet safe (so the company claims) but I keep the pets away after spreading until after the first rain. 👍👍👍

Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed the experience! You might plan to return for the annual Blueberry Festival in Machias during August. 👍👍👍

@@shoestringshipyardsailing9681 yes I’ve heard of that and also the lobster festival in Rockland in August. We stopped at that wild blueberry land museum on Route 1 and also Monica’s Chocolates on Route 189. Both were nice.

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Greetings Fred! Thanks for watching and commenting. Can't wait to get back at it. Right now, I'm building my daughter a "tiny house" on a trailer inside a local boatyard shop. I've been posting those videos on my main TH-cam channel (Downeast Thunder Creations). 👍👍👍

Thanks for watching and commenting! 👍👍👍

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You're welcome, and thank you for watching my channel! 👍👍👍

You are so welcome! Glad you like it. 👍👍👍

Thanks, Mark! 👍👍👍

I'm happy those videos are able to help you out! There is a more recent video on fabricating some small jack stands from scratch that I posted a couple of weeks ago on my main TH-cam channel: Downeast Thunder Creations. You may find that useful as well. Thanks for watching and commenting, and good luck with your projects. 👍👍👍

Glad you enjoyed it!

You're very welcome!👍👍👍

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Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving! 👍👍👍

Thank you.

The Mexican place is only take-out and seasonal. They will be closing for the winter within the next few days and won't reopen until some time in late April or early May. Winter time around here leaves very few options in terms of eating out! We could use an entrepreneur to come here and open up a year round coffee shop/bakery. 👍👍👍

They are very nice boats with good sea handling qualities. 👍👍👍

The plans for the 8' Frugal Skiff are no longer available, however: My FREE 78-page manual on how to design and build your own flat-bottomed skiff contains all of the instructions, drawings with dimensions, and much more information about building your own “Simple Simon.” You’ll find all of the Simple Simon info towards the end of the manual and you can download your FREE copy in pdf format from this download page: www.downeastthunder.com/2020/12/free-dinghy-design-build-manual/

Glad you liked it! 👍👍👍

Good question! The answer is no. Cars and camping are not allowed in this particular park. However, there are campgrounds nearby and plenty of woods roads and trails in close proximity that can be used for an off-road vehicle excursion - plus a number of ATV and snowmobile trails nearby as well.

@@shoestringshipyardsailing9681 Thank you. I'm 100 % Service connected disabled and live alone w/ trained service dog, and would like to have seen it but can't walk it and would need car. So can't do w/ car, but thank you. Paul

Thank you for your service, sir. 👍👍👍 I'm a fellow vet (USMC), got out in 1975. You can't drive a car in the park but disabled folks can use motorized wheel chairs and such - no problem. You can also have a service dog with you.

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Thanks for watching!

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Thanks for your comment. If you do indeed visit the Downeast region, I'm sure you will not be disappointed! 👍👍👍

Good to hear from you, Steve! Believe it or not, it's still raining here almost every day! This climate change thing has gone nuts here in Maine. In fact, it rained yesterday and it's raining right now! Jeff lives a couple of hours away and Cindy keeps him busy. I hardly ever see him. I last saw Jeff at his 25th wedding anniversary in the beginning of July. He seems to be doing well in spite of his health issues. In the meantime, I've been doing a lot of volunteer work for local non-profits and have been posting some of those projects on my main TH-cam channel (Downeast Thunder Creations). 👍

No. It's not anywhere close to being seaworthy yet. It needs quite a lot of work before it can go in the water. I'll be documenting the entire process here on this channel when I have a chance to start in on this project.

It was a matter of convenience (for me). There are very long periods of time between opportunities to check the boat and there is no one to pump it out. Eventually, when I get caught up with my back log of ongoing projects, this boat will undergo a major redesign and modification, making such holes minor in comparison. The holes I drilled allow the boat to no longer fill up inside while it sits on the trailer outside over a long stretch of time. It's a very old boat with many places that allow water intrusion and I don't have time to tend to it right now. Thanks for asking.

Well, it's your boat. You can drill the hole where ever you want it. No judgment about it. I own a mirage 5.5, mine is parked in a heavily wooded area so I've had similar issues in the past. But, just a tip: if you make sure the deck is angled back so the stern is lower then the bow you get far less water ingress. Even with a clogged scupper. I've had mine for more than a decade and have done alot of work to it. If you ever want to compare notes just send me a message. Happy to discuss the topic with you.

Thank you!

Thank you! 👍👍👍

Sorry you've had to endure that, Justin. Hope the air up there has been improving. 👍👍👍

Must be a TH-cam glitch, Marty. I was able to play it back without any issues.

@@shoestringshipyardsailing9681 I don't doubt it. All kinds of strange internet glitches going on here. Sometimes just have to put the phone down and walk away!😆

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I'm hoping to get back to it soon. We've had a lot of rain - almost every day for such a long period. It seems like we're in the Pacific Northwest rather than Downeast Maine!

Mine came from a bunch of large size, homemade boat stands that were given to me. You can get them through Fastenal but they are very expensive from them.

@@shoestringshipyardsailing9681 Yeah, that's my problem, I can weld great but finding materials for cheap is hard sometimes. I'm thinking of just building a wooden boat cradle so I can do trailer repairs.

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Wow! Sorry to learn of your loss. I'm thinking I should have gone with one of those Versa Tube, portable steel carports and then add steel roofing panels to the sides. The cost would have been at least 4 times more but worth it in the end. 👍👍👍

Thanks, Marty. We just plod along, one day at a time! 👍👍👍

Vazquez Mexican Take-Out recently re-opened for the season, so you can load up on chimichangas. burritos, and tacos as well! 👍👍👍

Yup. Downeast Thunder Farm. It's a small family farm, about to get a little smaller as we deed a couple of acres over to our daughter so she can build her new home.

I'd love to see a few photos of the progress you're making, Justin. I agree, it is sometimes difficult to capture video during a build - especially in cramped spaces! 👍👍👍

@@shoestringshipyardsailing9681 I need the weather to warm up! I can't finish the hull in the garage but it has been cold and rainy for what feels like weeks.

I hear you loud and clear! Welcome to my world! 😂🤣😂🤣

Having bicycle onboard would certainly be handy. 👍👍👍

I think YT is just covering their butts against legal challenges. Even though they would prevail, it would cost them too much to fight every bogus claim.

This park is "dog friendly" and many people do take their dogs with them. 👍👍👍