Ariel & Commander Owners

Ariel Association => General/Off-Topic => Topic started by: ebb on April 05, 2007, 04:12:32 PM

Title: "I can't see clearly now the dink is gone"
Post by: ebb on April 05, 2007, 04:12:32 PM
For them who can't stomach a dinghy on the foredeck up against the mast,
check out:
http://www.nauticalniche.com/sea/clear_boat.htm
Title: "I can't see clearly now the dink is gone"
Post by: tha3rdman on April 05, 2007, 05:32:46 PM
intersting . . . wonder if the grand canyon skywalk or this came first in thought . . . chicken or the egg . . .
Title: "I can't see clearly now the dink is gone"
Post by: mbd on April 06, 2007, 09:08:53 AM
I don't know how practical it would be for cruising, but the kids would love it! You'd have to stow it on deck though - couldn't bottom paint...

Maybe it could double as a hard dodger? :D
Title: "I can't see clearly now the dink is gone"
Post by: Tim Mertinooke on April 06, 2007, 02:08:42 PM
New name Mike, or have I not been paying attention to details enough?
Title: "I can't see clearly now the dink is gone"
Post by: mbd on April 06, 2007, 03:38:14 PM
Yup, it's new. The first one I threw out to the family that resonated and everyone liked. We collected a bunch of sea glass last Summer on vacation. Hopefully she's on her way now to becoming a family member!
Title: Glass music
Post by: ebb on April 06, 2007, 08:54:08 PM
Just for you, Mike, to help celebrate a great name:

>google<    YouTube - Glass Harp
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=27POI9uH94M


The genius is the guy in the blue shirt in a mall - amazing!!!


If you click on the too precious duo in the small box and go on to the next page, you'll see his table setup in the small boxes on the right.  He's wearing a checked shirt there for the best rendition of the Nat'l Anthem you'll ever hear.  A new name does require a  little flag waving.
Title: another transparency
Post by: ebb on April 06, 2007, 09:25:37 PM
Oh...and if you feel TwiceAround James Baldwin might be a little conservative with his plastic kayak and ply dink, and you need inspiration for the truly unique:
http://www.nestawayboats.com/page6.htm

A prototype for a threepart nesting canoe,  one you can keep "unobtrusively in the corner of your living room..."  Notice the innovative springclamp connectors.
Title: "I can't see clearly now the dink is gone"
Post by: mbd on April 07, 2007, 08:02:16 PM
Quote from: ebb;14947...to help celebrate a great name...

Thanks Ebb. Now that it's been properly ceremoinialized, I just need to get out there with my heat gun and make the unnaming phase "official".