Andrew and xTomanx tying the bakau trunks… and put up the planks…
Tying the drums in…
The 1 psc of platform goes in the water…
Oh… Something not right… the drum does not float well… too much of water inside the drum…
We have think of a way to remove the water in the drums… OH…!!! Shxx..!!!
after pouring half of the water from the drums… we have to drag the platform back to water again… aishhh..ye…!! tri and error…
Now… the platform in better buoyancy… at lease won’t sink when 2 person walk on it…
Thanks to the MCHammer… Ben dance and hammering at same time…
Working on the 2nd psc of platform… while we are soaking in the water… xTomanx lead another team to construct the 2nd and 3rd psc…
The 2nd and 3rd ready to go…
‘blame it on the rain.. yeh..yeh…’… someone way singing this…
tired like XXX … still can joke and laugh..!!!
Wah… while we are working like XXX…!!! these two guy curi curi go fishing ah…!!!
Last round… Nik cutting off the extras…
Hurray… Hurray… Hurray…!!! it’s done…
Every one couldn’t wait… to test the platform…
Although it’s tired… but we are all happy… satisfied and proud with the work that we have achieved… we believe, this platform, by extended out to the pond 27’… will help us reach the Jelawat easier…
We will continue building the 2nd platform, 3rd platform and 4th platform… next week on Saturday, 9th January… week after that and so on… until we have all the platform done… come join us for the fun and joke… laugh… sweat… and get wet…
…and feel proud together with us… that you have contribute to build a better tomorrow for Fly Fishing community…</font id=“black”></font id=“size3”>
Wonderful. Congratulation and big big thank you to all. This is one of the thing that money cant buy. Friendship and support from all the friends in the time of needs. 1 Malaysia is finally put into practice today with splendid outcome. The fun and joy had overcomed the difficulty, tiredness and fatique from all involved yesterday. Even my fever and flu was gone after a while yesterday.
THANK YOU ALL for everything:
Dron as our leader, Ben, Addy and family, Sharul,Rohiman, Iskandar, Ekhwan, Nik, Andrew, Jobina, Damien, Nazri for the breakfast,Dr. Ling, Bahtiar, Malik and everybody else whom have given their support in this successful Gotong Royong.
HATS OFF GUYS !!!
Amateurs built the ARK.
Professionals built the TITANIC..
Wah… Today whole body aching… [:D]
But it was truly worth it.
The sense of pride, achievement & satisfaction at seeing the finished product is indescribable.
To all who took part and give up your precious weekend, give yourselves a pat on the back. Job well done and it was a pleasure working with u guys! [:D]
"The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad." ~A.K. Best~
Guys and Gal,
Good job on the platform construction, sorry i was not able to join on 2nd Jan. i’ll try to make it on 9th Jan instead.
however i was there on 3rd Jan. the platform is definitely helping anglers in landing the jelawats!! i manage to land 3 jelawats on the platform.
but after a few run on the platform, its getting more and more unstable. knots are getting loosen, pillar(s) are getting dettached,etc…
do you think that we might need to get some help from ppl who have expertise in construction of floating platform??
i have to agree with you lah mr.ky_soon..i was also there on the 3rd (yesterday)…landed a 6 or so jelawats ..i must say that the platform really does help to make it easier to reach the jelawats…but the out-most platform is getting a little bit flimsy…1st and 2nd is still OK…the knots as long as it holds with a little bit of play is OK..the main concern is the piles…they are getting loosened (the last platform)…
fishing wise..i must say that a striping basket will help a lot..and two people flying at a time is just nice..three is a little bit crowded..other than that …the platform really does help a lot.
- fishing for life +
MOHAMED IKHWAN NASIR
Congrats all!! Nicely done.
Whats the two pipe looking things out in the water in front of the platform by the way?
Alamak the strings are loosening? Apa ni? Fishing kakis and fly tyers didnt tie properly ar? hehe
Waaa [:0]!! Nicely done guys. Nice color too!!!
Congratulation for all. I am not very good in construction, but don’t you guys think the PVC drum will limit the movement? Since the water level at the dam will not change quite rapidly, why don’t we raise it higher and make it permanent so it will be quite sturdy?
Don’t get me wrong guy, you guys did a very good job. Like I said I am not very good engineer, you guys probably know more that I do, just my curiosity. I know somebody will say, talk is easy. Ignore my curiosity if it doesn’t make sense at all.
Cheers