I got her wet. I sculled her, ran her on the trolling motor, tipped her over on purpose at the ramp, sailed her and ran her with a 2.3HP honda. I had 2 full grown men in the boat for all of the sailing. I'll go into depth on all of it, but to summarize she worked just great. Here's a few shots of her in the water.
The man with the back turned on the dock is Greg. He came out with me for the first sail and was a lot of help. It's nice to have backup on a brand new boat as you try everything for the first time.
After 8 years on a 4.5' draft, 12-ton twin diesel trawler, it's nice to have a boat that can just go to the beach.
This is Dave Pierce, a huge help for the entire day. Greg above is his cousin.
And here's all of the video I managed to personally take that day. Not much time for camera work when you're having a blast sailing the boat you built for the first time in the wind and current of the Columbia River gorge. Sorry about all of the crazy tilting.
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