Everything went to plan
I managed to finish the repair, paint her and get her into the water for a quick test
the boat sat quite high in the water and so the rudder was not as effective as I would have liked BUT once the waterline has been achieved it will be another 20% submerged and should be more effective. There was also a bit of a current on the water so that didn't help. That said it was good to see her in the water and moving under her own power
Once I got home I thought it best to find the correct ballast in the garage so I had to make a test tank
any water I used went on the garden afterwards
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First I finished the repair..........
Then, well you have to draw the line somewhere..........
Once I got home I popped her into the home made test tank...
Loaded her with cargo to find the correct waterline
And sailed her from almost one end of my workbench to almost the other with her precious cargo of garden rocks and gaffer tape
Pics of today's outing coming soon to a screen near you, (as soon as I can get the camera of OH)
It won't be long now and it'll be first proper outing......
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