The frame of the second prototype St. Lawrence River Skiff is finished. It’s exactly the same weight as the frame of last year‘s prototype but with 5% more scale and 20% more volume. So that’s a decent accomplishment and I’m convinced I can reduce it by another 2 pounds before I run out of places to shave. Additionally I corrected the end shaping on this prototype and I got the information that I needed to correct the sheer on the next one. I’ll probably start the next prototype in a couple week

The second Pedal Drive Canoe prototype is finally finished. You haven’t seen much of this canoe yet because I had to choose between documenting the build for social media and actually creating the video course for how to build it. I really want to push this design over the line this year so I decided on the latter. . This time we decided to go with a small tandem that can also be used solo. Just like with the solo prototype I built this tandem as small as I dared because I need to know where the

I took the pedal drive prototype out yesterday in relatively light winds to see how our pop-up sail system would interface with the pedal drive. As expected, not very well. The flippers add enormous drag to what is otherwise a surprisingly swift sail, despite its tiny size. There’s also just way too much risk of tangling the control lines on the pedals. So for these reasons, when it’s time to sail I would likely pull the drive out and fasten it behind me, and then plug the drive hole. . Speaking