JEM Watercraft

Mick
I had some friends that bought new puters they finally just nuked them and reinstaled a copy of xp , Its an option
Ron

Yup, I've been working on computers for over 15 years now and unless you are running a top of the line system, I would *not* switch to Vista, it just requires too many resources. Windows XP Pro is a good, solid platform and I won't upgrade any of my systems to Vista for at least another year and a half.

G'day Ron and Prof,

My other little computor was only 40 gig and ran XP with office 2003 and worked magnificently.

This pig has 320 gig, with all the bells & whistles & will not do what I want it to and the problems I am having with it are seeming endless at the moment. The bloke who sold it to me told me it was the top line Hewlett Packard model. I HATE the bloody thing! When I get time, I intend to send Gates an abusive email.

OK, had my little tantrum sorry.

The bloke had my tower all day and it seems to be fixed now. Time will tell.

Time for some piccies I can re-size again - YAY!!!

This build has been going quite slow but I am averaging about 1/2 an hour each day and slowly getting there.










Started fitting coaming.

Getting there!

OK,

Still only averaging about 1/2 hour a day. Working on this has helped me to keep my head straight and de-stress a little. She seems to be coming together now all too quickly.

Thigh braces ans seat back supports are in.



Cockpit coamings are done,



Bow shot.

Mick
Pretty job
I am curious to see how u compare this boat with the p5
I thinks the Laker is going to be a winner.
Ron

G'day Ron,

Pretty job
I am curious to see how u compare this boat with the p5
I thinks the Laker is going to be a winner.

Thanks mate. I am not sure there will be much to compare. Laker is a little skinnier and should be a little more slippery through the water.

I think it is a winner too. Small rec kayaks are very popular out here. The Australis Bass a little plastic boat at 10' long is our most popular kayak, though why that is so is anybodies guess. They are a pig to paddle, will not track and they don't have a quarter of the features Matt's Laker does.

As more and more people discover just how easy it is to build a better boat, at a fraction of the cost, I think wooden boat building will go from strength to strength. A rough, but very serviceable one of these could be knocked up in just a few weekends for a couple of hundred bucks (if that much).

I think I may have maxed out on my weight ambitions a little in that she will probably come in at 35 - 36 pounds and I still haven't figured that one out.

Got the first coat of varnish on yesterday.

SHE'S DONE!!







Rigged for business.





Weight - 15.3kgs - loaded





I REALLY like that.

Oh yeah,

The carport got trashed the other night in a storm.

Robin & I took her for a little walk this afternoon. She was as keen as I was to try this one out.

Robin LOVES this boat.








So do I!!







Will build up a review in the next day or so but in short, this is a great boat. It is so good, that Robin has put in an order for her own Laker - purple of course. and I will be talking to Matt very soon about this.

When I asked her wat she would like changed, her reply was "Nothing. It is perfect the way it is" That, pretty much sums up my feelings too. Laker is a stroke of genius.