The paddle is starting to look like one

Day 349-351: Karamea, New Zealand

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January 12th 2010
Sunday, January 10th The south-westerlies brought with it a ton of rain, which it proceeded to dump on Karamea. The good news was that our third attempt at laminating a paddle had worked, so we laminated the second one and weighed it down with paint drums. Ferdi started the shaping work on that paddle, using an electric planer, belt sander and random orbital sander to sand out the shape ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more