Wednesday, April 24, 2013

KC Foong's visit

 I came to know KC Foong through the MBS Loop a couple of years back. He is about 10 years my senior and we were from the same scout troop...10th KL (Air Scouts). He stays in Auckland and earns his living by ticking the volcanoes( geothermal engineering). Over the weekend on his way back from Redang Island he poped in to pay me a visit. Knowing his love for the great outdoors I had planned some activities for him. First I took him out to the river.

Well I am impressed. He can handle my single seater kayak like a pro! Too bad it started to rain after a while.
 We took shelter in a fish farm and from here I bought a 1 kilo Sea Bass (Siakap) to be steamed for dinner.
 Next day I took him to the Cemerong Waterfalls and we hiked up the 350 m waterfall.
 KC is no tenderfoot at hiking for I know he does quite a bit of hiking back in NZ
 This is the claimed highest waterfall in the country (maybe not true..I had seen bigger ones in Sarawak)
 Lord Baden Powell would be proud to have KC as his follower. I could see that he lives by the scout laws and is still very much a scout at heart.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

OOps ..a slight error !


 The plan says "cut the upper portion of bulkhead No 2 and fit that section last". I forgot to trim the bulkhead and realised it only now. the reason for leaving the section empty initially is to allow the beam to come in and be fitted.

So now it is the difficult task of "destroying" part of the bulkhead !
 Finally this is how it should be. as I go along I find bits of mistakes here and there...nothing major yet so far . I am sure if I ever build another boat I would know how to read and interpret the plans more accurately!