Not much new stuff but here's what I have. I looked an the Duckworks site that tells all the happenings with boat blogs. There are tons of them and I looked at some and am not sure why people do them. Is there money to be made with blogs? I'm no doubt missing something, I also don't do messaging on my phone, don't have any idea how to tweet and don't understand why you want to know what I had for dinner on Facebook.

Helen has a friend in Cornwell, where ever that is, some place in the British Isles I think. Those places always seem to have neat boats. They aren't replicas of old boats, they are actual old boats and the whole dam country is full of them. This friend lives in a castle of some sort so maybe we need to visit.

I talked about John (left) and Cindy (right) last time. They were at Cedar Key with us in the drunk bum patio at Faraway Inn. He had a sailboat but it wasn't nearly as exciting as a motorcycle. He needs one of our melonseeds. Way, way back in the old days I had a girl who was adventurous but I got old and had to settle down.

This is the motor I traded. It's exactly a hundred years old this year. Howard rebuilt it like new but we didn't have the gumption to start it. It takes a real man to grab the little handle and give it a big pull. All we could do is get our hands hurt trying. The Crystal River guys got it running and it purrs like a kitten. They have a video of it running on their Facebook site. We really don't know our limitations but when this dam thing about broke my hand we figured it was time to let it go. We still have a very old Palmer #27 marine engine and it has a starter so we'll make a boat for that one.

This is the latest of my fast commuter. I've stated the reason for owning a boat several times in the past but I'll say it again cause you guys still don't get it. The ONLY reason to own a boat is to have a good place to drink beer in public without going to jail. And the corollary to that is that if you're out in the water drinking beer you should have a comfortable boat. If it's not as comfortable as sitting in your easy chair at home you need to go back to the drawing board. You don't really think guys go out in boats to fish or sail or ski do you, get real; they go to drink beer. I've done my research on boats and have determined that this boat will do 35 or 40 mph with a 50 hp motor, Crazy Steve says that I'm full of shit and won't get more than 30. Here's my reasoning. I'm keeping a careful eye on the weight of this one and have determined that the bare hull will weight 900 pounds. The motor and all of the equipment and gas and me and crew will weigh another 1000 pounds. So how fast can a better than average planning hull go? Let's see.

Based on my extensive knowledge of hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, planodynamics, and pretty everything else I've determined that my fast commuter will easily achieve a speed of 35 knots with a 50 hp Suzuki or in real speed, 40 mph. So get ready to pay up Stevo. Some of you dumb asses questioned my statement that the most efficient hull design for a displacement boat is flat bottom, straight side, sharp chine with a with a beam to length ratio greater that 5 but wide enough to hold you fat ass.

I don't care how much money you have, your Tiki hut and surrounding area is no match for the one here at the Happy Hour Club; you don't have the bunch of booze swilling boat bums who hang around to entertain and amaze. Merritt sent me this one of his place, I think. It's pretty cool but can he tell his visitors to hit the road if they didn't bring beer. We had the cops show up here once and the first thing I said was did they bring beer. They naturally said no so I told them to hit the road. The guys in the hut were shocked till they realized that I knew the fuzz.

San Salvador, this is a full scale build that Annie from San Diego sent me. OK you Crystal River guys, screw that simple little thirty foot flat bottom stuff, go for a real boat for a change. You can put the make and break in it.