Recent content by Ecky Thump

I've never seen an outboard with a seat on it? I'll bet all the girls want to sit there. There is an oil injection on the 2001 Yamaha 30 hp outboard. No need to premix oil. If you want to be really sure, call a dealer and they can verify.

Like painting anything else, you first need to give the entire hull a light sanding so that the paint will adhere well. Since your kayak doesn't sit in the water all summer, just about any kind of exterior grade paint will work, depending on how pretty you want your kayak to look when you're...

The 1974 movie Zardoz, depicted a civilization structured according to L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz". What other novel could you build a civilization on? How would that civilization be better or worse than our own? By 'novel' I mean a fictional book. This would exclude sacred texts (The...

The 1974 movie Zardoz, depicted a civilization structured according to L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz". What other novel could you build a civilization on? How would that civilization be better or worse than our own? By 'novel' I mean a fictional book. This would exclude sacred texts (The...

I've never heard of that phrase but there is: "It's always darkest before the dawn.". This is actually a proverb, I don't think anyone specific said it but it's been used by lots of people.