Heritage
Dad, David to you, built his first pedal boat in his teenage years. This was in the 1950s. His first boat was a single seater and was designed as a way of following his remote controlled yacht while keeping his hands free for the controls.
The drive mechanism was an old hand drill!
The ‘Sieve’ as it was affectionately called was moth balled in the garden not long after when National Service got in the way.
By the time David got back two years later the Sieve had deteriorated so much all he could do was cut it up for firewood.