 Okay, I need to figure out what what height I want to attach this thing so I need to go look at the boat and Think about where this is going to go and how high or low The paddle wheel has to be to hit the water at the right Spot and I want it to be lower I want to be kind of on the lower side because I could like attach the back and hinge the front up to You know to raise it up a little But I won't be able to lower it so I need to make sure it's definitely low. All right, let's go look at the boat Also, what size is the paddle wheel gonna be I Need to know that before I know what height this can be So the paddle wheel has to fit in here anyway So we've got Well, just under three feet So maybe I want to leave an inch one noodle unit clearance Make it 33 noodle units All right So that makes what's 33 divided by 2 15 16 and a half So the center will be at 16 and a half. So the bottom has to be definitely in the water from 16 and a half, okay You know, there's a nice thing about videoing this as I'm going Later when I'm making the paddle wheel, I might be like, wait, what size was I gonna make the paddle wheel now? It's already on the video So I can look back at it Okay, here we are on the boat And we are currently floating that's good. Let's see what the water level is. I have to move aboard All right If this is my thingy And here's the back and here's the front here's the side so that the paddle wheel Will be in the middle the paddle the paddle thing the whole thing goes across this way. So it goes that way So this is the side Measuring from the edge where this is going to be down to the water Is 12 noodles like a foot Almost exactly and I did rinse off my tape measure after touching the salt water Okay, so was my paddle wheel 16 and a half to the center huh So if the paddle wheel center was like right at this bottom edge That would mean it's in the water by four and a half noodles Which is not bad You know four and a half noodles in the water And then you know when I'm when I've got weight in the boat and it's loaded down We'll get more More noodle in the water more paddle in the water Yeah, I want at least Four noodles in the water sheesh So maybe Maybe on the bottoms of these I have to cut out half a circle Ah, that means I have to fiberglass A new lip along there and then make another piece here that can maybe bolt in So I can put the What are they called to put the bearings in there And have it bolted in from the bottom Yeah, because if it's any higher it's not going to be in the water Huh You know, I'd kind of rather have the hole right in the center of these Oh that puts the thing three noodle units higher because this is this is six high So that means it's going to be 15 to the water that means like One and a half noodles are going to be in the water. That's that's not going to be enough Hmm the thing is if it's if it's so low on the thing I'm not going to be able to take this whole thing and stick it on a kayak very easily for example because it's gonna have to be so high Oh I'm an idiot. Yeah, okay. It's totally fine Yeah, if I want to put this whole thing in another boat like a double kayak thing or something I just make this the bottom and that the top because then you know, yeah Duh Okay, so this will totally work I'll cut a half circle out of the bottom of that at four spots Mount these suckers in there with some kind of I'm gonna have to have a pretty pretty strong Thing under there that can bolt in and I've got stainless bolts. So Yeah, I think I think that's going to be good. Oh, I think that's going to be beautiful. Oh my gosh. All right This thing is already so nice that is it as it is. I love I love fiberglass How strong and light it is I just wish it wasn't such a pain in the butt to work with. Oh Although I am partly basing this on having just done these things which are particularly Difficult to get the fiberglass all around the corners and everything. I mean doing fiberglass on like, you know Flat-ish areas is is a significantly easier So maybe I'm just Over exaggerating here. All right, doesn't matter. I think I think that's it I've got this semi circle. It can't be that hard Well drawing those was pretty easy How do I cut those out without making a huge mess? Hmm And also this line here is right like exactly where The thing would fit so I need to cut a little bit bigger than this So I can put them fiberglass in here Ah beauty. That looks like it's lined up quite nicely Yeah This pipe obviously doesn't stay there. It's just to check Yeah, good Okay, I need to sand off everywhere that I'm about to fiberglass So this lip up here I'm going to make it continue under here and just make the circle have the lip I also wanted to overlap across here So this whole thing will be nice and strong and then this will be thicker so that I can bolt You know A thing on top of here to hold the bearing down And I don't want the bolt to rip this out. Yeah, so everything up here everything around here everything up there And Now I do the inside too. I guess I'll do the inside just in case Because I might want to put fiberglass on this side and the other side Okay, I think I have this worked out to where I can do a good job I'm going to put the fiberglass right in here up and over that and it'll be up on the the edge there And along here And I've waxed some paper. I've also waxed this whole pole. So fiberglass hopefully won't stick to it But I've also waxed a bunch of paper All right, let's be able to get the fiberglass in there. I don't need a ton Well, let's just do it and while I have the fiberglass out I'll reinforce this part a little bit because this is the part that's going to have the most stress Because right between the paddles and the paddle wheel. So this whole section here And then that one too and I checked Against my big ball bearings. I do still have some space so I can wrap more fiberglass around here I want to make that as strong as I can Make it and still fit Okay Got all four of those done I guess I just need to let them harden. Come on guys hurry up and harden I also got an extra layer wrapped around here And here a couple layers really And the sun is on it now. So This one should cure pretty quick Polyester resin cures a lot faster in the sun