Cyli wrote:
On 20 Mar 2005 22:31:55 -0800, "Tinkerntom" wrote:
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We should probably start him off with some papyrus reeds! TnT
Is there, by the way, a midwestern US equivalent of papyrus reeds?
It'd be fun to float down river in for an overnighter on an island.
Especially if it were a day that the aluminum hatch was headed
downstream, too. More fun than doing willows and a tarp, which I
have
contemplated a time or two.
Cyli
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I have a Folbot, SOF, so I expect that willow and tarp should work just
fine if done right.
Reminds me of the Tom Hanks movie, when he was stranded on the island.
He had plenty of smaller pieces of wood branches, with the mylar tape,
and the old life raft, any good boy scout should have been able to form
a serviceable boat that would have been better than his raft. Oh well
he made it back to civilization, so I guess alls well that ends well.
I don't know whether cat-tail reeds would float when dried. We could
suggest that frtzw use them and let him find out for the rest of us
whether they would work or not. Naw, that would be mean, he'd probably
get wet and then be mad at the rest of us! Besides I am getting to like
the guy, and nice guys are hard to come by these days. TnT