Alan decided to make a Viking Longship. He measured the available space in the van for transport to the Rec Center, and designed accordingly.
Alan decided to make a Viking Longship. He measured the available
space in the van for transport to the Rec Center, and designed
accordingly.
applying snow & ice duct tape to the hull.
Yes, it fit. just barely.
Alan flew a raven banner.
some of the other boats.
They did heats of 4 boats at a time - winner of each heat would
compete in the next level.
Alan launches
It floats! video clip
Sadly, it didn't have enough ballast and rode pretty high. So it tipped
over and dumped Alan out.
Alan tried to drag it down the lane to get it out, and a helpful
person jumped in to assist. video clip
It was pretty heavy when water-logged.
Getting wet zapped any structural strength, so Alan relinguished it
to the recycle pile.
The organizers had a fine-tuned salvage operation going.
Some groups were still applying duct tape while waiting their turn.
