This is a boat I made for the local cardboard boat regatta.
A young friend and I decided to enter. He wanted a fish. So we made a "Brown Trout".
He wanted a trout, and since it was going to be a "Brown Trout", I gave it a racing number of #2
The basic process was to get up real early and go down the alleys downtown looking for large pieces of cardboard:
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| Cardboard.... check. |
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| Tunes for the 20 or so hours of work. check. |
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| The rules say only cardboard, glue, duct tape and household paint. |
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| This isn't a very good design. I was really going for the artwork. We knew we wouldn't win in the speed category. |
Here is my detailed plan:
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| it ended up pretty close. |
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| My young friend, Keola, wanted it to have a mustache. I didn't have a good reason why it couldn't, so here it is. The number 2 here was printed on the cardboard. Maybe it was destiny. |
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| Fins and more paint. I also added about 3 tubes of glitter. I wanted it to shimmer. |
RACE DAY:
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| A float tube painted to look like a bobber.... |
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| Some of the competition. We were ready to have anyone who wanted to waterski behind. |
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| Stretches and push-ups to get limber. |
We made it out pretty well. And well, we made it back.
We did win an award, the 'Titanic' award. But it was a lot of fun.
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| yes, a rubber ducky and a bathtub stopper. |
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