Bequia

I left Grenada a few weeks ago and sailed with my parents on Te Natura up the west side of the island and then crossed to Carriacou. The next day we sailed up to Union to clear through customs and immigration into St. Vincent and the Grenadines. A few days later sailed over to the Tobago Cays, and then finally sailed at over 7 knots up here to Bequia. 7 knots seemed like quite a good speed considering the large dinghy Te Natura was towing and also that the rigging is broken so we had to reef the sails. During the last few weeks I have been videotaping a large number of hilarious boating accidents and mistakes that the charterers and newbie cruisers are making. I will eventually edit them into a nice compilation. That's something to look forward to. Also, I will post some pictures of the recent sailing soon!

My Homemade Videos

On this page you will find links to all of my own videos.

Building Limin' - My Home Made Catamaran

Catamaran Video

The Foilboard Movie

Hydrofoil

Hydrofoil 2

Hang Gliding

Te Natura

Mountains and Mines

Enjoy!

Funny and Interesting Boating Videos

On this page you will find links to many funny and interesting boating videos. Sit back, take your time, and enjoy!

A large compilation of good videos.

Another large compilation of good videos.

Of course, Limin's page has some good videos and info.

Enjoy!

Flying Videos and Info

On this page you will find links to flying videos and info.

Learning to Hang Glide

The Big Foilboard Page

On this page you will find links to information and videos about the foilboard that I designed and built, plus lots of other hydrofoil info.

Video - The Foilboard Movie

The Homebuilt Hydrofoil

The Homebuilt Hydrofoil Photos

Video - First Flights of the Homebuilt Hydrofoil

Video - Getting Better at the Hydrofoil


Enjoy!

Limin's Big Page

Here you will find all the information about Limin, the power catamaran that I designed and built.

(Scroll down to see latest entries.)

*NEW VIDEO* - Building Limin' - My Home Made Catamaran

The Boatbuilding Adventure

Update January '08

Fiberglassing

Fiberglassed

Trailer Almost Finished

Gelcoating

Boat Flipping

First Road Trip

Test Float Part 1

Test Float Part 2

Test Float Part 3

Test Float Part 4

Video of First Float

Video of First Float 2

Quick Trip With the Neighbor

Boatbuilding Continues

Gelcoating and Sanding

A Complete Boat

Video - Quick Tour

Video - Decelerating

Video - GPS Speed

Video - Accelerating

Limin's Saltwater Launch

Blowout

Garage and Back Yard

Boat Slideshow

Boat Pictures 1

Boat Pictures 2

Catamaran Video

Enjoy!

The Active Drift Directory Page

On this page you will find all of the best videos I have found, including videos about boating, flying, humor, and my own adventures and inventions. I hope you enjoy! Email me at:

tiller98@gmail.com

LIMIN', the power catamaran I designed and built. Videos and info.

HYDROFOIL wakeboard (foilboard) that I built. Videos and info.

FLYING videos and info.

BOATING videos and info.

TE NATURA videos and info.

MY own videos.

Enjoy!
- Cory

Getting Better at the Hydrofoil

This hydrofoil is actually working! It broke once, but I've repaired it and it's stronger than ever.

Video of Te Natura

Here's a little video of my parent's boat sailing around the Caribbean.

Catamaran Video

Hello everyone. I found some footage of the power catamaran that I built. It shows me doing a demonstration of the boats maneuverability during it's first few sea trials. The boat was not finished at the time, as you will see in the video. The pictures at the end show the completed boat, without it's green stripes painted on the side yet. I put the whole thing to some music, so I hope you enjoy!

Learning to Hang Glide

This video was shot a couple of years ago when I lived in Marina Del Rey. The flying takes place at Dockweiler Beach, just South of LAX. Enjoy!

Videos From Summer '08 in Colorado

First Flights of the Homemade Hydrofoil Wakeboard!

Homebuilt Hydrofoil Wakeboard Photos

The Homebuilt Hydrofoil

Dad and I saw some videos on YouTube of people using Air Chairs and Sky Skis, but only a couple of videos of people standing up on any sort of hydrofoil. We looked at hydrofoils carefully on several websites, and then designed our own. We built the main strut out of two threaded stainless steel rods that we wrapped in fiberglass. The rest is built out of plywood and epoxy and a few bolts. I will post more pictures of the final result soon. We have used it and it works great! In my next post I will link to a video that I'm posting on YouTube right now.

-Cory

Back in Grenada

Hi everybody. I have left North Carolina and am now staying on board my parents boat "Te Natura". Here is a link their website. Soon I'll post some pictures of the stuff I've been doing down here but in the meantime I can tell you that I've been surfing, swimming, wakeboarding, freediving, and playing in the water every day!

Boat Pictures

These pictures show the white hull paint and the black bottom paint but I am still waiting for the green paint for the stripes. I also have the running lights deployed and turned on.

Boat PIctures

Here are some pictures of the boat with the bimini and the ski pole up.

Tomatoes No. 1 and 2

Well folks, here they are...farming isn't always pretty. Below is tomato #1, the first harvested tomato of the season. It unfortunately tried to grow a bit too fast and split its skin. Despite being an ugly duckling, however, its salvageable parts were delicious!

And here we have tomato #2, on its way to becoming the tomato of my dreams...or at least, a tomato that doesn't have an enormous gash down its side! It's already looking a little rough, but I believe it will pull through! (Note that the stripes are supposed to be there, that's why it's called a "Tigerella" tomato). Stay tuned...

Boat Slideshow

Hi everyone! I'm trying something new with this post. Hopefully, you should see a slideshow of boat pictures appear below. Let me or Noëlle know how it works for you. If this works, the slideshow should start off with some of the most recent pictures. In them you can see the new ski post that I added. You can see the straps running to the front of the boat to support the pole. We tested it out last weekend and it worked pretty good. You can also the the wood rails that I'm building. These will sit on top of the gunwales and should make the boat look a little classier. I hope you enjoy the show!

July garden update!

Lots of exciting things happening in the garden this month! Below are some photos of the veggies and flowers I've been growing.
Here are two of my jalapeno peppers. I have 11 jalapenos growing now on just two potted pepper plants!



I love marigolds! Mine have finally recovered from their two transplantings and are now blooming like crazy!

Probably the most exciting though...the Tigerella tomatoes! These are the first two that have started growing. If you look closely, you can see the one of the left is starting to turn red near the bottom. Mmmm...I can't wait!

And here's another update on my favorite pot, the herb mix! There is licorice mint at the back, cinnamon basil and lemon basil in the middle, english thyme on the left, some chives on the right, and a few lobelias thrown in for color in the front.

Noëlle's Office

Noëlle's office is one of the most bright and cheerful rooms in the house. It is also the only one with carpet. She has a nice view out the window of the front yard and lots of space for her books and things.

"I've Been Cut"

"I've been cut." That's what I announced to Noëlle as I was assembling the new electric lawn mower. A rubber grip on the height adjustment lever slipped off and the jagged metal edges underneath tore into my fingers. The picture shows my hand after a couple of days of healing. The lawn mower itself is awesome! It is like vacuuming the yard. It is a mulching electric mower so there is no gas, no oil, no maintenance, no bags of clippings to collect and throw away, no priming, no pull starting, nothing. Just sqeeze the handle and go, and fifteen minutes later you're done!

Living Room, Dining Room, and Kitchen

The pictures pretty much speak for themselves. Noëlle's office is through the doorway that's partially blocked by the couch, but you can still get through. I like the nice big windows behind the sofa. Notice the fish tank in the dining room where the noise from the pumps isn't so irritating. We didn't lose a single fish during the move despite the four hour drive and then leaving the fish in a cooler overnight! The kitchen is relatively small, but it works really well with some high-end modern appliances, including a gigantic fridge and a stove/oven that is great.

Garage and Back Yard

In these pictures you can see how the boat fits in the garage, along with tons of other stuff! The white bench that parallels Limin' is my work bench and over on the other side of the boat (near the bicycles) is Noëlle's gardening bench. Ital is standing on top of Ia Ora in the back yard.

Cory's Office

My office is at the back of the house, so I don't have any windows or views like Noëlle does. I do, however, have lots of space, book shelves, desk space, and a view out the door to the garage so I can look at Limin' any time I want. I think it's a fair deal!

Blowout

In order to move from Durham to Beaufort, we had to make many trips back and forth (4 hours each way!) towing the trailer. On one of these trips I was heading back to Durham by myself when just as it was getting dark, near the booming metropolis of Kinston, NC, the bearings on one of the wheels siezed up and the tire tire stopped turning. These pictures show the results. Fortunately, I had a spare tire, some tools, some grease, and was able to jury rig something that allowed me to get up to about 40mph. I finally made it home and then a few days later bought new bearings from Overton's!

Limin's salt water launch

Just a few shots of Limin's first salt water launch here! The actual launching we captured on video, so I can't post the champagne bath, but here are a few fun shots of our first cruise along the beaufort waterfront.

Here are the wild horses of Carrot Island, which is located directly across a little channel from Beaufort.

Here I am trying to remember how to drive the boat- what's this thing for again?! Behind me are boats at anchor near Carrot Island on the left, and the Beaufort waterfront on the right.

Just limin' along the waterfront!

N's Herb Garden Update

My mini-herb garden is coming along nicely and I thought it was time for an update. If you'll recall, in mid-May my herb garden looked like this:

By late May, the licorice mint had taken off, and the lemon basil wasn't doing half bad:

Now, everything has exploded! I am harvesting mint and basil like mad, and it just keeps coming! The thyme is also doing great!

Another view, where you can see the chives also at work!

Check out the dewdrops on my mint plant!

Airshow

Noëlle and I went to the airshow at Cherry Point (about half an hour from Beaufort) on Saturday and it was a lot of fun. The weather was very hot but the show was worth it. We got to see some amazing acrobatics, neat planes, and a good show by the Blue Angels. I hope you enjoy the pictures! [Edit by N here: Can you imagine the two of US on a military base?? It was downright frightening. But the planes were interesting.]