Hannah really enjoyed the Sea Pup and managed to dump it a few times. She doesn’t have a spray skirt yet so she had to exit each time. Travis even gave it a paddle and except for one trip a bit too far out he enjoyed himself.

The Sea Tour paddled nice. There isn’t a lot of initial stability (at least for my inexperience) but it’s got some secondary stability. I managed to lay back and sit back up a few times. Need to watch a couple more DVDs before I try rolling all the way over. I still need a lot of work on bracing and turning but it’s a fun workout.

Here’s a pic to tide you over till I can write more.

I losely followed the miriad of directions available on the web for making the paddle. The large cuts were done with the table saw and anything I couldn’t do there was finished with the pull saw. Total time with the plane was about 4 hours plus another hour to rasp, sand, and balance it.