A diversion for propulsion

While waiting for wood to come in I ran out of things to do on the boat hull, so found another task to complete.

First some 2x4s got ripped and glued.

 

Then some additional pieces were glued.

 

 Then a little bit of sawing and a lot of work with the hand plane turned 1/2 of it into this:

and the rest of it into this:

the looms:

 The paddle end:

The "artsy" display area for now:

Amazingly, they finished off at nearly the same weight, 3.14 and 3.09 pounds.  They still need to be varnished and leathered, but I'm waiting on that until I have all the other bits in need of varnishing completed.