Sailing at last!

This was actually our second outing, as we forgot the camera the first time. We're using a laser rig, with the mast lashed to the forward beam and the foot of the mast resting on a step about halfway up the hull. There's no rudder yet, so we're relying on a paddle and moving our weight around to steer. It's not quite balanced like this, the rig is a little far forward which is why we're all sitting at the back. Even so, with three of us on board we were matching the lasers, and it only needed one of us to sit on the hiking bench for balance.

We took a friend and his children out briefly, the extra weight didn't seem to make much difference, although it's getting pretty low in the water.