I would love to make you an offer, however I know that I need to move in the lighter kayak direction, and that adding a fifth yak to the fleet would make my wife suuuuuuper pissed, and land me squarely in the shithouse for way too long.

I hope someone else takes you up on this sweet deal. It’s a great platform with a super comfortable seat!

Aloha,

Isao

Im heading to Monterey next week from SF, but dont think ill make it up to the north bay before then....

I’ll take it, I can pick it up sometime this week,

Aloha,

Isao

Socially motivation is one of reasons I am decided to unretiring besides the income.

Got the offer letter from KLA yesterday and accepted their offer.  Will going back to work in 2 weeks from now.

Congratulations brother, I’m glad you got the job!
I am guessing that I’m the youngest one to contribute to this thread so feel free to take it with a grain of salt, but if you are able to pay back any SS you have received so far( your opinion 1) and push back your retirement age it might make your contributions higher when you are ready to re-retire.

Thanks for setting the bar high ,

Aloha,


Isao

Beautiful work!

I hear the car topping concerns loud and clear, however cant help but have an image of OG Raydon's solution to car topping. At a simply fishing years ago, we were setting up camp and I saw Raydon getting ready to get his yak (AI? Revo?) off the top of his rig so I strolled over and asked if he wanted a hand. He turned around, threw me a huge smile and said that he got it, so I stepped back and watched in shock as he pulled the boat off the top of his rig, and let it drop to the ground 

Im concerned about not being able to stand up on top of the rig, as I can stand on the top of my trucks shell right now.

Did that float almost exactly two years ago, and found a great spot that was just me and the crew I was with. It was an amazing experience

Paddle or peddle, there is ample opportunity to talk things out with a significant other. Hobie makes better boats in the peddle realm. they will track better, keep you drier, and will be fairly durable. My wife and I have fished out of a tandem Oasis for the last decade, and been in all sorts of water, and it is a lovely ride. MalibuTwo XL is a great all around boat, but the Zest by ocean kayak tracks like a dream.

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/spo/d/gilroy-hobie-oasis-kayak/7766264991.html

we started out in this version of oasis, and it is a super worthy boat. I like that it has more space than the compass.

good luck,

Aloha,

Isao