# First Launch!

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/first-launch/43676>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [December 1, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/first-launch/43676 "2015-12-01T17:02:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_Hoeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_Hoeper](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Jeffrey_Hoeper)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/first-launch/43676/1 "2015-12-01T17:02:31Z")

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After exactly two months of construction, my Northeaster Dory finally got splashed with lake water. If you are interested in seeing some pictures and a couple of brief video clips, I have posted them here:

http://lakenorforkadventures.blogspot.com/

Jeff

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**Author:** ![Hooper\_Williams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hooper\_Williams](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Hooper_Williams)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/first-launch/43676/2 "2015-12-02T07:36:43Z")

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&nbsp; &nbsp;Beautiful boat Jeff and congratulations! &nbsp;I wish I had your speed.

Hooper

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**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_Hoeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_Hoeper](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Jeffrey_Hoeper)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/first-launch/43676/3 "2015-12-02T09:52:41Z")

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&nbsp; &nbsp;Thanks, Hooper. But I have to admit that if I were more patient, I could have taken a run at creating a showroom boat. That's not me, though, and it's not really the boat I want. I've been addicted to the building process and to seeing progress . . . and I've been driven on by the prospect that winter weather will bring an end to epoxy work in my unheated garage.

Maybe I'll build a showroom boat next time -- perhaps &nbsp;a CLC kayak that comes apart at a bulkhead and becomes two pieces of livingroom sculpture when not in use! I've seen some pictures but can't remember which boat.

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Richardson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@Robert\_Richardson](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Robert_Richardson)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/first-launch/43676/4 "2015-12-02T16:17:17Z")

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&nbsp; &nbsp;The Shearwater Sport breaks down into three pieces and is a very good all round boat.

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**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_Hoeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_Hoeper](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Jeffrey_Hoeper)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/first-launch/43676/5 "2015-12-02T16:40:23Z")

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That's it! The Sectional Shearwater Sport. But it's so beautiful that I might always leave it in the livingroom as a work of art.

http://www.clcboats.com/shop/boats/kayak-kits/shearwater-kayaks/shearwater-sport-take-apart-sectional-sea-kayak.html &nbsp;&nbsp;