Puddle Duck Racer maiden voyage

I built a small sailboat called a "Puddle Duck Racer" from plans downloaded off the Internet at pdracer dot com.

One of my law school buddies helped me out by letting me use his truck to carry the little boat to the resevoir. There wasn't any wind, so the sail was no good, so we just rowed with the oars.

I don't think we "floated" so much as merely "sank very very slowly"

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Puddle
• Duck
• Racer

[Rserlo]

damn, that sucks! All that work just to sink. Maybe you'll have better luck next time.

[goodluckfox]

All I need is some fiberglass tape for the seams and it'll be unsinkable. I hope. :)

[cmasailor]

lol im lofting my sail, have not gone 3d with the boat yet, good times

[zkenzo]

Naw, we'll be fine---lol

[philami1]

Help! Help! Please, silly putty! Yep, PDRacers have every kind of experience known to boats --- but --- it's wood and won't really sink. You Guys will never forget this experience. For sure.

[theflyfishkid]

Can you give me a link to the plans you ordered?

[sergeantsailorman]

I'm sure you've fixed your leak by now but I have a technique that might be helpful to anyone else having the same problem. Find the leak by putting the boat up on sawhorses and filling it full of water. The leak area is easily found that way. Fiberglass cloth and resin will fix the leak. Happy Sailing.

[riverbilly224]

Radius the seams then tape them with thickened resin and you'll be fine.

[JammerJawz]

i also like to go geocahing