Harold Ellis
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Troop 608 on the Housatonic Speed Version
For the second time in, well, forever, Troop 608 is in canoes (and kayaks), but going point to point, instead of just padding around.
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Troop 608 at Brownstone Adventure Park, June '24
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Once again, what is there to describe? Our Troop went to Brownstone, we had a great time, and thanks to an event nearby, we had great lunch options.
Troop 608 at Deer Lake September '24
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Troop 608 returns to Deer Lake, formerly Deer Lake Scout Reservation - now in the thoughtful care of The Pathfinders. The Scouts work on getting their Ultimate Frisbee game in tune, visit Fat Man's Squeeze (I just fit), set up a short wave radio, run a campfire, and work on Advancement. Re-uploaded after we detected some typos, and with some refinements.
Troop 608 Deer Lake Sep '24 Speed Version
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Three minutes of Troop 608 at Deer Lake; Fat Man's Squeeze, Ultimate Frisbee, a very funny campfire, and more.
Voyages of the Blessed and the Damned, Dyer Dhow in Boothbay Region, '23
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Six "voyages" in my Dyer Dhow 7-11, East to Southport Island; some went better than others. As I catch up on editing these, I fear I have fallen into the trap of telling the same story over and over again, only a different year. Oh well, that's the thing about UA-cam, you dear viewer can always click away - as 70 to 90% of my audience does in the first ten seconds of most videos. There are no r...
Troop 608 5 Min Promo mk1
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A 5 minute video to promote our Troop.
Sequassen Firehose 23
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Much of the first week, 2023, Firehouse Competition - once again, there were camera issues, so let's cut strait to lessens learned. Lessons Learned: This is the second Firehouse Competition I have shot, and the third I have edited. Why didn't I edit this sooner? I think it was because the technical issues (battery dead) frustrated me. Besides battery management, I have had a camera go down from...
5 Trips, 2 Islands, Dyer Dhow, Klepper, & Something Made of Plastic
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Small boats in the Boothbay Region; we have a new adventure, an old adventure, and a quest.
The Wind Blows Free for Dyer Dhow and Klepper, Maine 2021
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Our adventures in small boats, where I am both clever and stupid, often in rapid succession, and we learn the Klepper needs a new skin. The difference between an Olympus Tough and a Sony action camera in a water proof case is striking.
Small Boats Under Covid Conditions, Maine, 2020
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We're back in the Boothbay Region, with boats, but Covid makes it different. This time I will talk about cameras and boats, and maybe wax a bit philosophical. The sailing and kayaking was good, and was our once chance that year to really get out, and have some fun. We are, and were, truly blessed; we did not losing anyone in our family to Covid, and whatever economic harm caused was quite manag...
Small Boats Small Wind Maine 2019
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More adventures in a Dyer Dhow and some sea kayaks, with trips to Capitol Island and one of my favorite hardware stores, Grover's Hardware.
a Perfectly Prepared Project Produces Planters Part two
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Part one of this project was the best organized Eagle Project I have ever had the honor to participate in. Part Two was the most emotionally satisfy and moving Eagle Project I ever had the honor to be a part of. As there were concerns about client privacy, I prepared a version of this video with pixels and smily faces to protect their privacy, however, we now have releases for all concerned, so...
A Foggy Day in Maine ASMR
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What is there to say? We had a foggy day, I pointed a camera at it. Besides the - obvious - fog horn, and passing boats, you can hear birds, including an osprey. I hope you enjoy, and if not, there are no refunds.
a Perfectly Prepared Project Produces Planters Part two Privacy Protected
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If Part One of this project was the most prepared ever, and it was, Part Two was the most emotionally satisfy and moving Eagle Project I ever had the honor to be a part of. As there were concerns about client privacy, I prepared this video with pixels and smily faces to protect their privacy. However, we now have releases for all concerned, so a version that will show the clients will also be m...
Sequassen Land and Sea
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The Sequassen Land and Sea games pit troops in a life or death competition on land, and on the sea. Honest. OK, ok, ok, no; first off, the "sea" is a lake, and hardly anyone gets killed these days. Fine, it is a really fun set of races and other games, on Clark Field, and at the waterfront, and if troops are competing, the old cliche about how you play the game is really true; lots of Scouting ...
Bug Wall at Sequassen '24
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Bug Wall at Sequassen '24
Sequassen Relay Race
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Sequassen Relay Race
Serving up some pie, at Camp Sequassen
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Serving up some pie, at Camp Sequassen
Sequassen Firehouse 2024
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Sequassen Firehouse 2024
Sequassen Scoutmaster Cook Off - an Odyssey
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Sequassen Scoutmaster Cook Off - an Odyssey
Sequassen Conquistadors 2024
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Sequassen Conquistadors 2024
Jack's Eagle Court of Honor
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Jack's Eagle Court of Honor
Kung Fu New Year Party Part 1
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Kung Fu New Year Party Part 1
Kung Fu New Year Party Part 2
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Kung Fu New Year Party Part 2
Super8 Time Machine Douglaston Beach
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Super8 Time Machine Douglaston Beach
An Eagle Project that Breaks the Fourth Wall
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An Eagle Project that Breaks the Fourth Wall
Troop 608 Aviation Merit Badge at BDR
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Troop 608 Aviation Merit Badge at BDR
Troop 608 Spring of '24 Church Clean Up
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Troop 608 Spring of '24 Church Clean Up
a Perfectly Prepared Project Produces Planters Part one
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a Perfectly Prepared Project Produces Planters Part one
Troop 608 Camp Cedarcrest and The Adventure Park
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Troop 608 Camp Cedarcrest and The Adventure Park

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 20 годин тому

    1:35 Yep yep yep. Somewhere behind that first row of houses

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData Місяць тому

    "apologies"

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData Місяць тому

    "Audience"

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData Місяць тому

    I had a dinghy back in the 70's that was the same size (if not a touch larger) than your Dyer Dhow. It was not equipped for sails, but it DID have oarlocks and oars.... and was not dependent on the wind (and I bet it was just as fast)

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 Місяць тому

      Funny thing, I have a set or oars and oarlocks - OEM - sitting about my house for some reason.

  • @funded.
    @funded. 2 місяці тому

    Last day this week. It was great

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 3 місяці тому

    Well THAT was painful for my OCD

  • @briangolrick4195
    @briangolrick4195 3 місяці тому

    0:04 is the campsite in this photo waskake? just looks familiar

  • @mikemccar1296
    @mikemccar1296 4 місяці тому

    Great job Ryan!

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 4 місяці тому

    4:12 ...um, huh?

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 4 місяці тому

    Perhaps if you used a camera that _looked_ like a video camera, instead of a static image camera, they would not be confused.....

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 4 місяці тому

      Why would I help therm like that? Such a dumb idea.

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 4 місяці тому

      OK, serious answer; besides "That's not how cameras work" being a running joke (since a Scout, now in college, held a pose at Deer Lake), compact cameras, like Sony DSC series, and Olympus Tough, allow me to rapidly transition between hands on and shooting video - as I discovered at an Eagle project last year, when transitioning from shooting with a Sony prosumer to being useful, and back, proved to be problematic. The right tool for the job at hand.

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 4 місяці тому

    In MY day.... nail-guns used .22 caliber blanks!

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 4 місяці тому

    Helmets? (shaking my fully functional head) Last time I went downhill was 1985, and we didn't have helmets.... It's a different world I guess.

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 4 місяці тому

      Remember back in the '70s, and even the '80s, and the one guy saying, "Kids, wear a bike helmet." was Eval Kenievel? It was a different time. I am looking to get my own, so I can mount a camera on it, and other things, that they frown on if you do that to a rental helmet.

  • @ariha2717
    @ariha2717 4 місяці тому

    I will be nice having that canopy for future… Never mind

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 4 місяці тому

      I still like it better than the Blackstone.

  • @MrMisterMills
    @MrMisterMills 5 місяців тому

    hi! Im in the process of restoring one myself, love what you did here. Question, im having a LOT of trouble fitting/installing the new clamp. C-clamping it down is a bit of a nightmare! any advice? does it need to be flush against the hull all the way around before nailing? thanks!!

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 4 місяці тому

      Good question, which my mushy brain is struggling with. I have been meaning to make a full video on restoring the rails. My quick, cheep answer is, have lots of clamps on hand to help you get the wood just where you want it, and work patiently. I'll try to dig up more information for you, and get that restoration video in the can. Thank you for your kind words and interest.

  • @Jason-qt5js
    @Jason-qt5js 5 місяців тому

    i heard some kid say that medicine bow is just a bridge from three point to sandy beach

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 4 місяці тому

      🤣🤣🤣 Them's fighting' words. 😡

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 7 місяців тому

    8:32 .... NICE view! 11:08 ....and now you know why the ski lift keeps stopping. 12:04 ...Mr. Ellis says a BAD word!

  • @haroldellis9721
    @haroldellis9721 7 місяців тому

    The Kung Fu starts at 14:43.

  • @haroldellis9721
    @haroldellis9721 7 місяців тому

    If you are here just for the Kung Fu, feel free to skip to 4:57.

  • @pierusa123
    @pierusa123 8 місяців тому

    Out of the parades of Manhattan, Flushing, Montral, Boston, DC, this show was outstanding with the young people Kung Fu show, Bravos. If I knew it is available in New Haven, I will definitely go.

  • @ryant7865
    @ryant7865 8 місяців тому

    I wonder what date this has been filmed / recorded about this Yawgoog rainstorm part

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 8 місяців тому

      Summer of 2019, I want to say Week 4.

  • @rhodeislandrocks10
    @rhodeislandrocks10 8 місяців тому

    Awesome!! I’m from Troop 66, Cranston Garden City RI. I know that our troop is very well known.

  • @JosephGuillot587
    @JosephGuillot587 8 місяців тому

    Glad to see I’m not the only one who makes scouting videos

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 8 місяців тому

      Nearly my entire content is Scouting; I had plans, but Covid knocked a lot of travel on the head, and so good habits died, and some of the other projects I just haven't gotten to because I still have lots of Scouting video to edit yet.

  • @JosephGuillot587
    @JosephGuillot587 8 місяців тому

    I’m going on a ski trip with the Boy Scouts in New England in a week or so. I,ll probably make a post on it. I’m glad I found this channel. Atleast I’m not the only one who makes UA-cam videos about Scouts.

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 7 місяців тому

      We're back from our most recent trip, but computer problems are preventing me from exporting the two videos I made (full length an 3 min), so I got around to 2022's ski videos, which re up now. I think I know what you mean, because some times people don't get it. Fortunately, many of our Scouts do, and enjoy seeing themselves in action.

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 7 місяців тому

      As long s your videos do not ID scouts, and do not reveal future event dates/locations, your videos would be Youth Protection compliant.

    • @JosephGuillot587
      @JosephGuillot587 7 місяців тому

      @@haroldellis9721 yeah, it’s great seeing that some of the youth nowadays still want to be scouts and like enjoying the outdoors. I don’t upload videos on this channel but on our Troops channel I upload some of the events we do as a troop.

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 9 місяців тому

    2:11 time to get that Lynyrd Skynyrd t-shirt ready

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 9 місяців тому

      For those of you not in on the joke, during a major construction project I managed, our "workmen's comp" program was a free Lynyrd Skynyrd tee, complete with Stars and Bars, and a trip to the middle of Newhallvile - zero reported injuries.

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 9 місяців тому

    5:47 Proof that Harold is allergic to chip-board

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 9 місяців тому

    6:30 Load-bearing, shmode-bearing. The glass can support the weight!

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 9 місяців тому

      Some of us might have noticed the headers above the windows.

  • @SomeRandomeGuy69420
    @SomeRandomeGuy69420 9 місяців тому

    Im happy I found this

  • @ariha2717
    @ariha2717 9 місяців тому

    For science

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 9 місяців тому

      Which we now have added to the list of standing jokes for Troop 608 videos.

  • @dion3727
    @dion3727 9 місяців тому

    yawgoog was some of the best years of my life, think i did medicine bow 7 years in a row i believe a with year with troop 1 Manville RI the rest with troop 711 Albion RI

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 9 місяців тому

      Nice. We have had three trips, with a Troop now run by a friend I was in Troop 10, Cos Cob, with. This was my guys' first Scouting adventure, and now they are nearly done with Eagle.

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 10 місяців тому

    Nothing warms a person up after a cold day better than root beer floats?

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 10 місяців тому

      This is New England; ice cream is a welcome winter treat.

  • @mikejackson8669
    @mikejackson8669 Рік тому

    Troop 284 copiague my .it's been 30 yrs and I still remember the medicine bow song and will never forget the great times I had their!!!. Rah rah rah yea

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 9 місяців тому

      I'm terrible at remembering song lyrics; I can only manage a few lines, even from my favorite songs. But I have memories from Seaton - from 40 years ago. Creating good memories is a very important thing, isn't it?

    • @DrVepr
      @DrVepr 2 місяці тому

      Troop 284 from '87 to '93 here. Made my first visit to Yawgoog and MB in over 30 years last weekend, fell in love with Yawgoog all over again. Cheers!

  • @SouthernMaineFoamer
    @SouthernMaineFoamer Рік тому

    A Mainer who used to live in the woods, definitely a nostalgic sound.

  • @ttnyny
    @ttnyny Рік тому

    I think they called this 7' 11" version the "midget" at the time. Probably not anymore, however. Thank you for your engaging, sensitive and not overly-filtered narrative.

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData Рік тому

    Thank you for the super-shaky-cam footage at the end. Were you having a stroke?

  • @Tiltowait-
    @Tiltowait- Рік тому

    Nice job

  • @MagnificentKaaboom
    @MagnificentKaaboom Рік тому

    Top Shelf! Keep up the Great Work!

  • @SuperPlayerYT197
    @SuperPlayerYT197 Рік тому

    Hi Mr Ellis do you work at a middle school (I’m not telling the name cuz the comments will see it) I go to that school as well you were my Computer Teacher for MP1 you must know Mr Kearney who was our former Computer Teacher at the school

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 Рік тому

      Hi, yes this is me. I have meet Mr. Kearney, but I don't know him very well. Depending on which high school you go to, you may have him again. I hope you enjoyed Computers.

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData Рік тому

    "ANOUTHER task that is easier"?????

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 Рік тому

      It is the British spelling, and if that web page said otherwise, remember the Internet is packed full of lies.

  • @gamingwithcam6600
    @gamingwithcam6600 Рік тому

    I have a question about registering for a civilian course. I've ran with rotc but I want to do it on my own. I just want to know how to do it.

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 Рік тому

      Glad you asked. Where are you? There are various Local Clubs that have their own web site and schedule. Typically, you can show up, sign up then and there, and run a course or more. If you go here, you can find a local club (or two, I belong to WCOC and HVO): orienteeringusa.org/events/clubs/ Membership in USOF and/or a Local Club is not required, but of course is always welcome. A few events do require preregistration, but that is very rare.

    • @gamingwithcam6600
      @gamingwithcam6600 Рік тому

      ​@@haroldellis9721 I'm in florida. I just looked it up and found a website with a club in my area. I will look around for registration. Thank you.

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 Рік тому

      @@gamingwithcam6600 Fantastic, and thank you, as this exchange makes the time spent editing this video totally worth it.

  • @CeilingFanVideosOnYT
    @CeilingFanVideosOnYT Рік тому

    If anyone can spot ceiling fans at 1:51, I have those ceiling fans now.

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 2 роки тому

    “A compass will point to true North from where you’re standing. But it’s got no advice about the swamps and the deserts and chasms that you’ll encounter along the way." ~Abraham Lincoln

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 2 роки тому

    "I mute or edit around any time a scot's name..." What do you have against the Scots? "This even really calls for a second camera" I even really agree with you. "new time, I would have a dark hood" I would use a hood, even in Old time! "My apologize for the terrible camera work" ....and my apologies for correcting your spelling.

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 2 роки тому

      Nothing, darn it. You might not know this, but my Mom was an English Teacher, and English is my native language. Next time is a new time, this time is an old time. Couldn't correct it before I spent nearly a day uploading this? OK, I am thinking of fixing the spelling/text problems, and using a map zoom to cover the problematic opening camera work. Thinking.

  • @flyingtonyw
    @flyingtonyw 2 роки тому

    I think I'd stick with a tricycle.

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 2 роки тому

      Pashley does make some nice trikes, so that is something to look into.

  • @RingAndSky
    @RingAndSky 2 роки тому

    Not even the mechanized Troop 10 had ice cream trucks...I remember a different time 🤣

  • @stevens8490
    @stevens8490 2 роки тому

    this is totally different from when I was in the boy scouts in the 60s.

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 2 роки тому

      I can guess. I was in during the '80s, and a lot has changed. Albeit, I did not go to Yawgoog then, so I do not have that frame of reference.

  • @Poplocks4583
    @Poplocks4583 2 роки тому

    Set on Death! Lol

  • @Poplocks4583
    @Poplocks4583 2 роки тому

    What’s up man? That looks like fun!Trying to get in touch. You won Traveling Joe!

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 2 роки тому

    Not a lot to see on the FLIR side of the screen, fireworks-wise.

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 2 роки тому

      Agreed. I think this video would a lot more interesting with FLIR superimposed over conventional, but that will have to wait a year. Meanwhile, I think I may make some other FLIR comparison videos of various things and situations.

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 2 роки тому

    Multiple truck tree?

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 2 роки тому

      Yes, that particular white pin owns several trucks. It also has a few trunks.

    • @iDontShareMyData
      @iDontShareMyData 2 роки тому

      @@haroldellis9721 "White Pin?

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 2 роки тому

      @@iDontShareMyData Shut up Geoff.

  • @iDontShareMyData
    @iDontShareMyData 2 роки тому

    "No Coke... Pepsi! Pepsi!"

    • @haroldellis9721
      @haroldellis9721 2 роки тому

      I don't think anyone there got it, and only maybe two other people would have been old enough to. Maybe a member of our audience?