Pahonu wrote: Their hulls remind me somewhat of rowing shells. The instability is heightened when not moving or going slowly, perhaps analagous to a bike, but at speed they are fairly stable. .

That's actually the best metaphor for explaining primary vs secondary stability I have ever heard.

Magnum never ate plate lunch although plate lunch wagons were ubiquitous even in the 80's. They should have shown him having some. But then, they really modeled him to be an FOB, no pidgin, no local slang, afraid of locals, antagonistic to da braddahs... At da kapu luau, garanz he would have had ka...

It is solid. It's rated for diving to cary 400 pounds! I am PADI certified, but I never bought all my own equipment. I've only dived about a dozen or so times since getting my card, but I snorkel all the time. Any time I get to Catalina Island I go. I've been in several coves there. I took my kids ...

MagnumILWU wrote:"Paper War' Season 7 episode 7. Higgins and Magnum are fighting, and Higgins sabotages his paddle so it breaks, and his surf ski so it sinks, in the tidal pool!

Thanks!

Sounds fun. You know, I've never fished off my kayak. I've been fishing many time on friends boats, but never the kayak. That would be a workout. The farthest I've gone in one day is about 16-18 miles when my buddy and I paddled south from Newport Harbor past Dana Point and camped for two nights. T...

Wot da heck? Did a search, no mention of this in the site anywhere... Daughters of Satan. Tom Selleck Vintage B Movie. Long before Magnum, P.I., Tom Selleck played the lead in 1972's Daughters of Satan, a schlocky horror movie made in the Phillipines. I watch the film now and then... It's too campy...

ironfist wrote:in season one #17
J. "Digger" Doyle
he race's Erin Grey in one.

Thanks, I'll add that one to the list!

Thanks for the welcome, Pahonu. Good to meet another paddler. I paddle in West Galveston Bay and out in the Gulf of Mexico. Occasionally I'll go really far offshore (6 to 9 miles) to fish for mahi mahi, snapper, spade fish and mackerel! Jacks, porgies, sharks, but since my boats are shorter, I gow w...

Styles Bitchley wrote:Thanks for all that Reef Monkey. Very useful advice! So what do you recommend for an ocean-front estate?

Marry into money.

I have always wondered why they decided to change intro theme music in this episode, theater than waiting until the beginning of the second season? Definitely an improvement. The old theme was too 70s, like Charlie's Angels or Vega$.

I'm a big sit-on-top kayaker, and a surfski is basically a sit on top kayak in its most elegant form, I love the episodes when Magnum surfskis. I am trying to make a list of all the episodes that feature him surfskiing. Here is what I have so far: Letter from a duchess Death and taxes (a little at t...

So last Saturday my wife was taking my daughter to a birthday party, and I was headed to the hardware store and discovered a Hawaiian restaurant right down the street from my house. Plate lunches like moco loco, Kalua pork, teriyaki short ribs, etc. I got the aloha plate - Kalua pork, fried mahi mah...

We can't all be live-in security consultants for famous authors, and our wives won't let us use the kids' college savings on a 308GT, but there are some ways you can live a facsimile of his lifestyle. Of course, there is plenty of stuff out there about where you can get team rings, sunglasses, UDT s...

Hey everyone, Mark here. I'm 36, so Magnum was in the air through most of my young childhood. I remember as a first grader being asked what my favorite day of the week was, and I said Thursday, because that's what day Magnum was on. I played Magnum as a kid, aided by a toy Colt M1911A1, and a Ferrar...