It appears the hard part of building the canoe is done! I put 2 layers of 4 oz cloth on the ama, cut the iakos to fit, and rigged up the rudder and pedals. We went to the canal to make sure the rig was right, and Kaile took off! She paddled under the bridge and wanted to go out in the “real ocean”. She wanted to paddle to flat island, but I didn’t have any way to go with her so we went home to get my SUP. We walked to Lanipo and were going to just paddle to Rella’s to play… When we got there, Pete said Rella and Jen had paddled to the Mokes, so Kai said “let’s go”. SHE PADDLED ALL THE WAY TO THE MOKES ON HER FIRST DAY OUT!!! I can’t even believe how well she did. This kid’s going to be unstoppable. OC-1 to the Mokes and back at just 5 years old!
Next steps on the canoe are fill the weave on the ama, paint, and make a seat. Almost pau… Here are a bunch of pics from her trip. Sorry they are so blurry. There was a bubble in the dry bag…
Aloha,
Eric
Holy Mokes, you guys are having too much fun!
nice going.
Tech question: self draining footwell?
Thanks! I did make a self draining foot well, but I didn’t make it with a venturi (too much work). I just made it old school with a tube from the foot well through the hull. It doesn’t really drain that well, but it keeps the water in the well at the same level of the water line of the canoe.
This is awesome! Nice paddling form too – take after her mom eh?
You bet she does! Her dad’s a slouch!