Canoe Launch

I have finished the canoe so it was time to try it out. We headed over to Pop and Nanna's house for the first splash. The canoe was great, tracked straight, fast enough, nice and stable. I wanted to test how stable it would be but I wasn't sure if it would float when swamped. So we put it in the swimming pool where the canoe proved to be quite stable, even when standing I didn't end up having to swim. The canoe hull is also quite buoyant when swamped. Thank you to Miss Roxy for  the photography. 

Matisse painting her paddle

Adventurous Paddler

Even more Adventurous Paddler

Yay

Matisse and I

Matisse and I

Helping to paddle

 
Keiths turn

Reasonably stable

I didn't fall in

Floats when swamped

Late Update

These photos are from a week ago. The Dinghy needs a sand and final coat of toplac. The canoe canoe has had the rubrails / gunwhale shaped and given a coat of epoxy. I have since done some more work on the canoe. It now has its interior finished with satin varnish over epoxy. The hull has its final gloss white paint, and the rubrail has some gloss varnish. I just need to finish the varnish on the brightwork and some sika on the underside of the rubrail. (A boat is not a boat if it does not have some sika). Also I have made a couple of paddles. A dodgy one for myself and a nicer one for Matisse.