Anyone in the market for a sternwheeler?https://www.denisonyachtsales.com/yachts-for-sale/willamette-queen-87-custom
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It's possible Mark Twain exaggerated parts of his stories for artistic effect.@dougfir @W6KME @douglasvb @camless @sarae @msbellows I don't need to hire small children with long sticks? That's disappointing.
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42" draft and they have a habit of getting stuck on sandbars? If I may be allowed an understatement, that does not sound like good captaining.
@W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @msbellows the Willamette is a complex navigational environment
for small watercraft
this is perhaps a bit long
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@douglasvb @intrepidhero @camless @sarae @ai6yr I don't think getting it down Willamette Falls will be a problem at all. Getting it down them in one piece might be a little trickier.
@msbellows @douglasvb @camless @sarae @ai6yr I'm stuck on the mental image of it slung beneath a heavy lift heli soaring through Portland.
But navigating the falls atop a bunch of inflatable rafts is close second.
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@camless @Will @intrepidhero @sarae @ai6yr @msbellows it would be pretty epic to get a second vessel and have it setup so you can rent both, and do actual pirate battles on the Willamette River.
The swords would have to be foam though.
@douglasvb @camless @Will @sarae @ai6yr @msbellows I like this is definitely an attraction Portland could get behind.
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@dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae If only there were some sort of device that, I don't know, bounced sound waves or something through the water and measured how long it took for them to return and then calculated the depth, ideally on an ongoing basis as your ship moved. Someone probably should invent that!
@msbellows @dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae Using the small child with a stick method, a mechanical device could replace the child, and reach farther ahead than a child's arm. When the stick rises to a dangerous level, it triggers a solenoid to ring an alarm. It would collect muck, though.
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If I remember Mark Twain correctly, part of the challenge of being a river boat pilot was the sand bars move around. You had to be able to read the water surface to know where the sand bars were each time you went through an area.@dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae @msbellows Should have hired a surfer to pilot them.
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@dougfir @W6KME @douglasvb @camless @sarae @msbellows I don't need to hire small children with long sticks? That's disappointing.
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@douglasvb @ai6yr @msbellows oh, I don't think we could make it pay down here
@sarae @douglasvb @ai6yr @msbellows does any of you have Pete Davidson’s phone number? Colin’s?
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@sarae @douglasvb @ai6yr @msbellows does any of you have Pete Davidson’s phone number? Colin’s?
@wtrmt @sarae @ai6yr @msbellows I think they have had their fill of purchasing boats
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@douglasvb @sarae @ai6yr @msbellows even though Pete has been removing his tattoos (ouch), surely that doesn’t mean that he will be able to let that beauty pass him by.
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@dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae @msbellows Should have hired a surfer to pilot them.
@dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae @msbellows Or a whitewater kayaker.
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@dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae @msbellows Or a whitewater kayaker.
@jhavok @dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae You guys are thinking about it completely wrong. You don't want a routefinder in a SHALLOW craft; you want one that's deeper than the sternwheeler so it gets stuck first.
I'm thinking either a fly fisherman in hip waders so when he steps wrong and they flood his loud cursing will alert the other captain to hit reverse, or a decommissioned Columbia River tug just because that compounds the transportation problem nicely.
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@jhavok @dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae You guys are thinking about it completely wrong. You don't want a routefinder in a SHALLOW craft; you want one that's deeper than the sternwheeler so it gets stuck first.
I'm thinking either a fly fisherman in hip waders so when he steps wrong and they flood his loud cursing will alert the other captain to hit reverse, or a decommissioned Columbia River tug just because that compounds the transportation problem nicely.
@msbellows @dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae Surfers and whitewater kayakers learn to read the surface telltales of shallow water. Or else.
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@msbellows @dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae Surfers and whitewater kayakers learn to read the surface telltales of shallow water. Or else.
@jhavok @msbellows @dougfir @W6KME @douglasvb @camless @sarae Kayakers? (i.e. so you don't get stranded on a sand bar?)
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@jhavok @msbellows @dougfir @W6KME @douglasvb @camless @sarae Kayakers? (i.e. so you don't get stranded on a sand bar?)
@ai6yr @msbellows @dougfir @W6KME @douglasvb @camless @sarae To stand on the bow and read the water.
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@jhavok @dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae You guys are thinking about it completely wrong. You don't want a routefinder in a SHALLOW craft; you want one that's deeper than the sternwheeler so it gets stuck first.
I'm thinking either a fly fisherman in hip waders so when he steps wrong and they flood his loud cursing will alert the other captain to hit reverse, or a decommissioned Columbia River tug just because that compounds the transportation problem nicely.
@msbellows @dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae That would limit the speed of the boat to the speed of wading through the water. And if the guide lost his footing you might need to recruit another one.
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@jhavok @dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless @sarae You guys are thinking about it completely wrong. You don't want a routefinder in a SHALLOW craft; you want one that's deeper than the sternwheeler so it gets stuck first.
I'm thinking either a fly fisherman in hip waders so when he steps wrong and they flood his loud cursing will alert the other captain to hit reverse, or a decommissioned Columbia River tug just because that compounds the transportation problem nicely.
@msbellows @jhavok @dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless lol clearly you missed the news story about the duck hunting guy who wore his waders in his kayak
it was quite the topic of discussion on the kayak club email lost I tell you what
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@msbellows @jhavok @dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb @camless lol clearly you missed the news story about the duck hunting guy who wore his waders in his kayak
it was quite the topic of discussion on the kayak club email lost I tell you what
@sarae @msbellows @jhavok @dougfir @W6KME @ai6yr @douglasvb The progression of this thread from "Hey, look at this sternwheeler YACHT" to "remember that one time a guy in waders got swamped?"
Grade A distraction from the dystopia. Thank you all
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@ai6yr @msbellows @dougfir @W6KME @douglasvb @camless @sarae To stand on the bow and read the water.
