Water Bottle Kayak with Outrigger

Step 6 Paddle: Friday

 This was the first thing that I used for the pole. I used a PVC (I believe) and I capped off the ends with tape. After I put the wood on, I noticed that the paddle was too heavy for me and I didn't think that it would float much. So I scraped that plan and I used a dowel for the handle. First, I used string to bind the two together, but that wasn't a good idea so I drilled holes into the wood and I used zip-ties to hold them together. As you can see, I also drilled holes into the dowel itself so they are now together. Here is the final paddle: