First sea trial, Titanic (almost) revisited :)
When you are almost finished, only outstanding some nitty gritty stuff, it's always tempting to go for a real sea trial.
So i did.
Before i went i had to move the battreries forward in order lift the transom to the expected waterline. In order to move to the batteries i had to remove some scrap wood. I removed the wood,using a large wood chisel and the batteries moved forward.
What i did not notice was the small crack/split that the operation had left in the bottom of the vessel below the batteries. The aft deck was taped in place so the final works below deck could be performed later and off i went.
At the local fountain i put her in the water, turned on the power and made a u-turn around the sparkling fountain. She looked great.
I examined her, there was a small amount of water inside the hull. I thought it was related the taped deck and water comming from the fountain, so i went to a bigger lake where i could make u-turns without entering the dangerous sparkling fountain water. She sailed well with a nice wave pattern (everybody says that), but continued to take water in.
Nice wave pattern ::)