Nautical oddities - Page 14

**knottybuoyz** · 07-04-2008, 09:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Ouellette

Hey Knotty ...

Somehow, I just know that "gondalier" is always singing...

"Oh sole-ah'me-Oh" !!!

AAAAAArggggggggghhhhhh!

That was soooooo bad it was funny!

caribnsol · 07-04-2008, 10:02

I've been on the Cosmic Muffin...they advertise that it is the flying boat that inspired Buffett in the book "where is joe merchant", also had been owned at one time by Howard Hughes

Cosmic Muffin Floating 1939 Boeing 307 Stratoliner - Power & Motoryacht - Flying the Friendly Seas

**GordMay** · 07-04-2008, 14:01

More about the "Cosmic Muffin':
La Floridiana by William Moriaty ******Nolan's Pop Culture Review #178

Lancerbye · 07-04-2008, 20:56

Goes to show that taste is not universal. LOL

**knottybuoyz** · 08-04-2008, 07:16

More of Cosmic Muffin

Bear Essentials · 11-04-2008, 12:33

A former city employee in the Fukushima prefecture town of Koriyama has built a 4-meter (13-ft) long canoe from thousands of used disposable chopsticks recovered from the city hall cafeteria. Bothered that perfectly good wood was going to waste after a single use, Shuhei Ogawara — whose job at city hall involved working with the local forestry industry — spent the last two years of his career collecting used chopsticks from the cafeteria. An experienced canoe builder, Ogawara spent over 3 months gluing 7,382 chopsticks together into strips to form the canoe shell, to which he added a polyester resin coat. The canoe weighs about 30 kilograms (66 lbs), which is a bit heavier than an ordinary cedar canoe, but Ogawara is confident it will float. A launching ceremony is planned for May at nearby Lake Inawashiro.

Hmmm, Looks like someone had a lot of time on their hands....

fishingbobber · 13-04-2008, 13:48

That looks like a "bird dog" to me. Although you may not run net off the back, its flat and you can do sometning off it. Robb White, Boatbuilder, Thomasville, Georgia

fishingbobber · 13-04-2008, 13:58

Those lobsters are dead. The joint between the carpice and first tail joint is slack. It is nice to see no tan lines though, this girl is bolder in some other ways.

Silverado6x6 · 20-04-2008, 20:11

**knottybuoyz** · 23-04-2008, 16:23

More from the Weirdness Files!

**David M** · 23-04-2008, 22:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverado6x6

Did they ever make a boat ramp large enough for it?

**David M** · 23-04-2008, 22:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bear Essentials

A former city employee in the Fukushima prefecture town of Koriyama has built a 4-meter (13-ft) long canoe from thousands of used disposable chopsticks recovered from the city hall cafeteria. Bothered that perfectly good wood was going to waste after a single use, Shuhei Ogawara — whose job at city hall involved working with the local forestry industry — spent the last two years of his career collecting used chopsticks from the cafeteria. An experienced canoe builder, Ogawara spent over 3 months gluing 7,382 chopsticks together into strips to form the canoe shell, to which he added a polyester resin coat. The canoe weighs about 30 kilograms (66 lbs), which is a bit heavier than an ordinary cedar canoe, but Ogawara is confident it will float. A launching ceremony is planned for May at nearby Lake Inawashiro.

Hmmm, Looks like someone had a lot of time on their hands....

Yuck, thats a lot of garbage to sort through and a lot of dirty looks from others scrounging through the garbage.

**David M** · 23-04-2008, 22:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by dacust

"Dude...trade you my yacht for some brain cells?"

**knottybuoyz** · 07-05-2008, 17:22

Huh? Is there somethin' missin' here?

Sesame · 07-05-2008, 17:57

We saw this vessel in the Boston Islands in the summer of 2004.

07-04-2008, 14:01	#198
GordMay Administrator Site Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W Boat: C.L.O.D. (Cruiser Living On Dirt) Posts: 9,339 Images: 230	More about the "Cosmic Muffin': La Floridiana by William Moriaty *****Nolan's Pop Culture Review #178 Attached Thumbnails __________________ Gord May ~~_/)_~~ (Gord & Maggie - "Southbound")* "If you didn't have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"

07-04-2008, 20:56	#199
Lancerbye Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Middle East in the winter, West Coast of Canada in the summer for this year. Boat: Lancer 44 Motorsailer Posts: 594 Images: 27	Goes to show that taste is not universal. LOL __________________ The basis of accomplishment is in never quitting Mengzi Meng-tse

08-04-2008, 07:16	#200
knottybuoyz Moderator Site Helper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Canada Boat: Sunray Mirage 25' Posts: 1,818 Images: 85	More of Cosmic Muffin __________________ Yours Aye! Rick ~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~~^~^~~^~^~^^~~^~^ "Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief even denied to prayer." Mark Twain

11-04-2008, 12:33	#201
Bear Essentials Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kissimmee, FL Boat: 42SS' Carver 'Bear Essentials II' Posts: 31	Chop stick Canoe A former city employee in the Fukushima prefecture town of Koriyama has built a 4-meter (13-ft) long canoe from thousands of used disposable chopsticks recovered from the city hall cafeteria. Bothered that perfectly good wood was going to waste after a single use, Shuhei Ogawara — whose job at city hall involved working with the local forestry industry — spent the last two years of his career collecting used chopsticks from the cafeteria. An experienced canoe builder, Ogawara spent over 3 months gluing 7,382 chopsticks together into strips to form the canoe shell, to which he added a polyester resin coat. The canoe weighs about 30 kilograms (66 lbs), which is a bit heavier than an ordinary cedar canoe, but Ogawara is confident it will float. A launching ceremony is planned for May at nearby Lake Inawashiro. Hmmm, Looks like someone had a lot of time on their hands....

23-04-2008, 16:23	#205
knottybuoyz Moderator Site Helper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Canada Boat: Sunray Mirage 25' Posts: 1,818 Images: 85	More from the Weirdness Files! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Yours Aye! Rick ~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~~^~^~~^~^~^^~~^~^ "Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief even denied to prayer." Mark Twain

07-04-2008, 10:02	#197
caribnsol Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Portsmouth Va Boat: 40' Solaris Catamaran "Nina" Posts: 132	I've been on the Cosmic Muffin...they advertise that it is the flying boat that inspired Buffett in the book "where is joe merchant", also had been owned at one time by Howard Hughes Cosmic Muffin Floating 1939 Boeing 307 Stratoliner - Power & Motoryacht - Flying the Friendly Seas

13-04-2008, 13:48	#202
fishingbobber Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5	That looks like a "bird dog" to me. Although you may not run net off the back, its flat and you can do sometning off it. Robb White, Boatbuilder, Thomasville, Georgia

13-04-2008, 13:58	#203
fishingbobber Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5	Those lobsters are dead. The joint between the carpice and first tail joint is slack. It is nice to see no tan lines though, this girl is bolder in some other ways.

20-04-2008, 20:11	#204
Silverado6x6 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wasilla, Alaska Posts: 61

07-05-2008, 17:22	#209
knottybuoyz Moderator Site Helper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Canada Boat: Sunray Mirage 25' Posts: 1,818 Images: 85	Huh? Huh? Is there somethin' missin' here? __________________ Yours Aye! Rick ~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~~^~^~~^~^~^^~~^~^ "Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief even denied to prayer." Mark Twain

07-05-2008, 17:57	#210
Sesame Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Old Saybrook, CT Boat: Camano Troll, 28' trawler -- SESAME Posts: 19 Images: 5	Seen in Boston Harbor We saw this vessel in the Boston Islands in the summer of 2004. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Allen and Judy Aboard Camano Troll, SESAME Somewhere between NE Harbor, ME and Key West, FL http://camano130.blogspot.com/

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