The Boat

Gregory's and Christopher's den built a boat.  The plans came with a few parts, the hardest ones to make on your own.  The boys cut wood, created splice joints, glued and screwed it all together.  (The den leader sealed the joints with fiberglass tape and epoxy.)  And they had a great time trying it out on one of the ponds at the College:

The design is from Uncle John's Boats out of Louisiana.  We didn't have any paddles, so we used bamboo poles to push off the sides and the shallow bottom.  The boat moves so well, you could even use the poles as paddles.