Maiden voyage

Although just 2 hulls connected by wooden beams and without its deck, mast, sails and sunroofs we could not resist laying down a piece of plywood to make a temporary platform, hanging the 4-stroke (less polluting) outboard motor in its well and going for a cruise.
Although this boat is from the Huckleberry Finn school of funky boat design everything seemed to be working fine and holding together as we made our way around la laguna under motor power stopping at one beach for swimming and a game of frisbee and another to eat stuffed platanos.
On the return voyage to our dock the wind kicked up and it was exciting to imagine how this craft will be when we can raise the sails and turn off the motor using only the breeze for power.

A special thanks goes to ex-volunteer Hannes who was with us for a year back in 2007 when we lived near Cusco.  Back then he helped me teach woodcarving to youngsters and made the decision to enter a 3 year cabinet-making program on his return to Germany.  On graduation he crossed the Atlantic on a sailboat and worked for several months as a yacht carpenter in various Caribbean boatyards.  Now he is here in Sauce and has worked with me in our house under construction making this beautiful hand rail

and he has really helped me move the catamaran project forward using his carpentry and yachtsman knowhow.  The outboard motor at first did not want to start having been stored unused for almost 2 years, but finally Hannes gave the rope one last tug and it roared into life