One Day Ndrua

Step 8 Float Test

It may seem ridiculous, but the whole time I we spent working on this boat we were not completely sure that the little hulls would have enough bouyancy to float a person. As you can see, the ndrua definately floats, but not by a huge margin. You had to be very careful to keep your weight centred over the hulls evenly so as to not submerge a hull or pair of bows. Due to this fact and all the bamboo everywhere paddling the craft was fairly awkward.