It was a troubling experience. I'm still recovering

@@cumberlandrover thoughts and prayers... 🙏

Ha yeah and you probably expect me to rescue a plastic skeleton on Halloween! CHEE--Z. I have better taste than that, Cliff.

I prefer the axe to a naval cutlass for defense against river pirates. Personally, I wouldn't want to get that close to a snapper. The turtle would probably still win. But seriously, it's just a handy tool to have out there. I mainly use it when camping ashore

@@cumberlandrover That's what I assumed, excellent videos and thanks for the reply.

Those pesky carabiners are just not as reliable as a closed shackle even when working properly. I lost an anchor to one. They are very convenient though.

One of my favourite facts about Armadillos is that they are good swimmers but would sink due their heavy shell. They compensate for this by having the ability to gulp air into their stomachs. Which increases their buoyancy. Once they have arrived on the other shore, they fart it all out.

Yes indeed. It happens more than you'd think. Actually, I have to rescue drowning armadillos pretty regularly. I like to keep my skills current with training exercises like this.

'Em boys make good bows, hence the name: Bois d'Arc (Bowdark) "Wood of the Bow"!

Great idea! I've been sailing without the jib lately, but would love to try this way of rigging.

@@cumberlandrover Oh and thank you for inspiring me to build the 12 foot skiff you show so much of on this channel. I just need a few more days of good weather & she'll be painted and done. This is my first boat, so I wanted to see first hand *exactly* where you could and could not make mistakes. I didn't use any measurements at all and built it all by eye. I didn't have a table saw, or anything other than a small circ saw, so I just planed down the stem. Not perfect , and it contributed to some asymmetry. Turns out, you can make mistakes everywhere and the boat will still turn out alright. I'm naming her Congress, because she turned out more crooked and ugly than I expected, but it's not bad for a first try. I look forward to my maiden voyage with her, and the next boat I'll build. Thank you for the inspiration to follow a dream of mine.

Thanks again for sharing that information! I love stuff like this. Old technology that still works. Good tip on drilling holes.

The thought may have crossed my mind... haha

That is where I learned about them !!

If only the Cumberland Rover's first name were Donald. Then what a wonderful Swallows & Amazons' nickname could be bestowed upon him...

That's right Geoff. the book is called Secret Water and was published in 1939. The splatchers in the book were circular, but the children in the book did comment about how Donald had to do a funny walk to use them.

@@jonfisher9214 And I seem to recall they thought there was a Megalodon about..

Perhaps a snowshoe binding and bindings slightly biased to the i nside? Grippy pattern on bottom?

Sounds like fun! It's just a little place, but man is it nice! I gave up riding (everything) after an incident on a Banshee that ended in shoulder surgery. It was my own dumb fault. I miss riding sometimes. Had a 1970s Yamaha RD250 2 stroke road bike.

Very cool! It's always good to hear from a local. I've lived in the Kentucky Lake area my whole life and only just discovered the park. It's surprising to me how well maintained Pennyrile is compared to others like Kenlake, a big park right on Ky Lake that is very rundown.

I guess that goes with your sailing