Design Update!

I was told that I needed to add three more layers of  noodle water floating tubes to the boat, so it won't sit too low in the water. That means that I'm going to have to get at least two heavy duty jacks so I can lift the boat off the tires that it's re
sting on. A friend of the family, who has experience in boat building saw the boat, and gave me some advice on improving the design. I wish I would have ran into him a year ago, when the boat was light enough for me to still lift and turn it over. I guess it good that I ran into him when I did because good advice always come with experience.

I did some brainstorming today to figure out how I was going to put the boat on it's side. I used the lever technique, and I was able to lift the boat up on one side using a pole that belonged to a chain fence. I call it the see-saw technique, where you put weight on the other side while lifting up the object. Well to my surprise it worked. Having to work on the bottom of the boat after thinking, I was  done with building up the hull underneath was a bit discouraging to me. Well I'm totally relieved that I was able to put the boat on her side without any damage to her or myself.
 I have the feeling that this boat will be taking on a whole new look with these new developments. Not to leave out that adding more noodle floating tubes will improve the boat's integrity, and I also learned something vital about how the boat is suppose to sit in the water.

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