Posted on June 20th,2011
I have now gotten out twice this season in my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe,AL DEMANY CHIMAN,a much better pace than with the Peace Canoe,PEACE OF THE PUZZLE. I am really liking the boat,overall. She is light enough for me to car-top myself and easy to assemble at the shore,but,most of all,she paddles well. There is something about that feeling of readying a boat in the water and then stepping in and pushing off for that first glide. I know I dump about 40 gallons of worries in those first few yards.
The outing was at Leesylvania State Park,VA. It was a pretty typical summer morning here –still and hot. A great blue heron sat majestically in a tree and ospreys circled here and about. I wanted to do a long,straight outing to get a sense of speed,so I just crossed the river and back. As best I can figure I did 3 knots-ish going at a modest,comfortable pace. Bigger adventures now await…
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I have a fond memory of launching my first outrigger (and first home-designed/built boat) on Father’s Day (and the little proa was also named after my father = double appropriate). Enjoy!