With the NCC getting closer I decided it was time to start a blog to document the (re)build of the Wa'apa sailing canoe 'The Rise.' Since the 2007 Everglades Challenge 'The Rise' and her sister boat 'The Fall' laid dormant while the members of Team SOS graduated and in some cases graduated once again. After a few years sitting idle I decided to pick one of the boats to get back on the water. Both boats had suffered some environmental damage from outdoor storage, but were in surprisingly good condition. I built a trailer which could carry one of the boats and started the journey up to DC where I started a new job as well. After about a year the stats are still pretty sad; the boat has been in the water about four times. Fortunately signing up for the NCC has given me more motivation to fix some crucial deficiencies; especially building a new leeboard to replace the one broken in the EC, and better attention to 'human factors' like adding hiking seats and a tiller to give us more options for moving our weight around the boat. Hopefully I will be posting more pics like this one (from the 2007 EC)!
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