Setting Sail

Paul finally got to test his raft in the water this past week. He's been working on several raft prototypes over the course of the summer. His final version included a couple of empty plastic barrels which served as flotation devices. He's been dying to get the raft in the river, so Daddy came home from work early on Wednesday and took Paul and the other kids (minus Jude) to try out the raft's sea worthiness. The raft had a rather unexceptional performance. It flipped over and spilled its occupants into the water with great ease. Matt said there should have been some gravel in the bottom of each barrel to create some ballast. Anyway, Paul did get one good run on the raft when he was the only rider and he stayed very still. Everyone came home soaking wet, but a good time was had by all.