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[Blak bart]

A good mate of mine that retired from the SAS did this for about 6 years. I did the whole contracting thing to down range for a while, but ended up seeing a market in Greece running Yak expedition tours and fishing. It started just for Operators to decompress really. He started with I think around 12 Yaks, nice size sea yaks. By his second year he owned around 20 PA 14s.

He would take out groups between 10-30 Yaks, he had a one week and a two week tour. They would hit island resorts among various islands, hand in their fish to the resorts to cook up for them, but these where all inclussive resorts so you could eat what ever you wanted, most the resorts where 4-5 stars. They only ran between 17-28 miles a day.

Then when migrants started going to Europe via boat he stayed up for a couple more months, but sold off his company.

Hiss trips ran between 3-6K Euro depending on how long you went for.

But if you would just reach out to him or was a mate of his and had you own yak and gear then you could get in on the trip, just pay for your resort stay, and you could do that through him or directly to the resort, but through him was cheaper.

His company took off like crazy though, word spread and he was always booked. Now he lives some where down by you and spends lots of time on the water. He was not happy with the reason in leaving and said he is moving to a place where only tax payers have freedom and you can carry guns and do lots of yaking.

Another mate of ours told him to try Alaska, he spent one month there and was like screw that. Ended up in Florida.

Wow.....that's an incredible idea that would work great here. Plenty people doing yak charters, but no one doing the resort to resort thing !!! You could really make money down here like that. And this chain of islands is perfect for that. You could even have a chase car follow along in case of emergency or for resupply. Man you got my wheels turning with that one !! Cant believe how sweet that sounds !!

 

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[Oddjob]

Wow.....that's an incredible idea that would work great here. Plenty people doing yak charters, but no one doing the resort to resort thing !!! You could really make money down here like that. And this chain of islands is perfect for that. You could even have a chase car follow along in case of emergency or for resupply. Man you got my wheels turning with that one !! Cant believe how sweet that sounds !!

I would not go cheap on the yaks, only PA series. Good thing about being State side, you get used ones really cheap.

Good for fishing, snorkelling or just going out 10 or 12 miles to get away from folks.

A chaser would work, but so does live app tracking so your POC knows roughly when you will be there or the general area your in.

By the way, those scotty outrigger that just clamp down work really great. My daughter uses them because she is 11 and often tends to get side ways, really helps.

But to sell that to the lazy families, you know where the man does the work and the women complains sort of trip and you will not make a sale unless you have a tandem so he can do all the work. PA 17t.

just cant go wrong with the PA series though.

 

[Blak bart]

Had an epic day today !! 86° air temp, 78.4 water temp nice and sunny with about 40 ft visibility under water. I speared some yellow Jack's and a hogfish, and we caught another mutton snapper fishing. We fished and dove all day. Off shore was slow but the shallow reefs were hot. Not only that......I stumbled on some very old and very large (2 and a half feet)bronze ships spikes. They could be very early galleon spikes. They are hand forged and square !! Bronze fasteners from later schooner wrecks are round, most galleon spikes are iron except the early galleons from 15-1600s.

 

[Blak bart]

that's my bosses son he got his first hogfish on spear today !! Hes fired up for tomorrow.

 

[Peyton Manning]

Had an epic day today !! 86° air temp, 78.4 water temp nice and sunny with about 40 ft visibility under water. I speared some yellow Jack's and a hogfish, and we caught another mutton snapper fishing. We fished and dove all day. Off shore was slow but the shallow reefs were hot. Not only that......I stumbled on some very old and very large (2 and a half feet)bronze ships spikes. They could be very early galleon spikes. They are hand forged and square !! Bronze fasteners from later schooner wrecks are round, most galleon spikes are iron except the early galleons from 15-1600s.

Must you flout your weather and sea life style over us landlocked sea Lovers?

 

[Peyton Manning]

In point of fact Bart, how did you happen to get my dream life?
I suppose you are married to shakira as well

 

[Blak bart]

In point of fact Bart, how did you happen to get my dream life?
I suppose you are married to shakira as well

Yaaaa......I may need to upgrade to the shakira type one day !! I hear they are pretty expensive though !!

 

[Blak bart]

here ya go jeff !! This was what it looked like when we left the dock.

 

[Blak bart]

Open the image and zoom in to feel the warmth of the tropics.

 

[Oddjob]

you gonna post the spikes in todays find Bart.

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

Must you flout your weather and sea life style over us landlocked sea Lovers?

"Flout." Now there's a word you don't see used often.

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

Yaaaa......I may need to upgrade to the shakira type one day !! I hear they are pretty expensive though !!

Probably cheaper to rent by the hour

 

[Simon1]

"Flout." Now there's a word you don't see used often.

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Us older "distinguished" gents still use that term as well as flaunt.

 

[Simon1]

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The chicken?

Don´t know what problem Al has with her but I think she is much hotter than Al´s Peggy!

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I agree, but sometimes her,( Marcy ), voice got annoying. People would often say that Peggy was created as an exact copy of my wife, ( except the red hair ).

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

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Us older "distinguished" gents still use that term as well as flaunt.

That is likely due to you older gentlemen sitting in your oak-paneled dens, smoking your old briar pipe whilst reading a first edition Charlotte Bronte novel. Or maybe Thomas Hardy. Or some rousing Kipling.

"So I’ll meet ’im later on
At the place where ’e is gone—
Where it’s always double drill and no canteen.
’E’ll be squattin’ on the coals
Givin’ drink to poor damned souls,
An’ I’ll get a swig in hell from Gunga Din!
Yes, Din! Din! Din!
You Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din!
Though I’ve belted you and flayed you,
By the livin’ Gawd that made you,
You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din!"

"Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones."
-- Charlotte Bronte

LOL

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

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I agree, but sometimes her,( Marcy ), voice got annoying. People who knew me would often say that Peggy was created as an exact copy of my wife, ( except the red hair ). At least you can "fix" your destroyed grenade, I can't fix my ticking time bomb So I am stuck in a Walter Mitty life. Soon to be XXXXVII years.

Marcy was kind of hot. Kelly was hot. Did you know the lady who played Marcy was a lesbian?
I loved that show. Peggy wasn't going to give poor Al a quick death lol.

 

[Tom_Restorer]

How a very smart American Kid debunks the new Chinese B/S Laser handheld weapon that can "carbonize" humans

The Chinese said that this "weapon" goes now in serial production.... they better stop it now

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

How a very smart American Kid debunks the new Chinese B/S Laser handheld weapon that can "carbonize" humans

The Chinese said that this "weapon" goes now in serial production.... they better stop it now

I understand the military here is also working on laser rifles.

 

[Tom_Restorer]

I real hope this kid will never ever work for the US military complex... The rest of the world would simply been !

 

[Tom_Restorer]

This "weapon" is GREAT! Not harmful but scares the out of everyone!