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Prototyping!

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 Much thought has gone into the process of creating this prototype. I'm trying different ideas that I came across in my studies on boat building. My original plan was to create a small boat like the ones that were built in Ancient Egypt called papyrus boats. I had no resource that provides the papyrus plant, so I instead used palm tree fronds. These fronds are quite plentiful, and very light and is an easy material to work with. I never saw an actually papyrus plant that I can make a comparison with to palm tree fronds. Palm tree fronds, are very light weight and very easy to work with. I thought the two are very similar by the way the frond leaves fans outward. The boat is truly coming together nicely. I will be able to duplicate the process when I start working on another Egyptian Skiffy! Right now, I'm working on refining the design so I will be able to perfect it in the next model.   I also added some other material for making the hull watertight. I learned that tar has bee