Adding drain holes

After testing the new skirts on land, in preparation for taking the vehicle out for testing on the water I worked with Victor to add some drain holes at the back to allow any water in the bag to be released.

We sketched out an area, cut some slits and then covered it with a flap of rubber with a rear facing opening to avoid snats.

The holes cut with markings for positioning the covering flaps.

The covering flap with vinyl cement applied.

The port pair of drain holes covered up

The starboard drain holes covered

The center drain holes covered.

The center drain holes needed some extra wax paper as the first application of vinyl cement had the cover with the glued side facing the wrong way, so it would scoop water instead of drain water. 8-)

Testing the New Skirts

With some help from Victor we were able to get out and test the new skirts in the driveway.

Here's coming out of the garage.



I took it for a quick spin down the driveway.




Then Victor took a try.

And finally we slid it back into the garage.