End of the Year Scramble

Between athletic commitments, students away for other reasons, senior skip day, etc, things came right down to the wire this year. We did launch all the boats in the fire pond at the school entrance, so we know they float, are stable and are trimmed properly.

One odd note; two off the guys managed to break a floor-board.  Not sure if this is related to the placement of the cross-bars on the floorboards, a miss-step getting in, or the size of the user - a number of the builders this year are big, athletic guys.  Not a major deal; the floors are not part of the structure of the boat, and I know builders who don't use floorboards at all in this type of boat, but bears a little more research.

Skinning the boats.