2011-05-01 More Boat Building

Wood Ducks 1 waits for the start

At Wood Ducks 2, Paul and Tom start cutting the bottom plate

The hull starts to take shape

Paul and Tom fitting the sides

Andy, Paul and Tom fitting the sides

Marking the depth of the sides

Cutting the freeboard

Competition

More competition

Wood Ducks 1 boat starts to take shape

More competition

Sides in place, side braces finished, now to do the bow and start the detailing

The Flying Monkey team built this amazing kickass paddlewheel boat

The Cosco Busan begins to take shape. These guys were clearly trying for the Titanic award, and it was a valiant effort and a shame they didn't make it.

Arched top on the transom

Putting in the braces in the rear

More competition. Cool boat, but note the amount of rocker. With no skeg these guys won't track worth a damn.

Skeg installed, planing out the side joints

Polishing the whole thing up

Many boats covered their hulls in plastic. Though this may have done something for watertightness, it looked like it added a whole bunch of drag, and trapped a lot of water between the plastic and the hull.

More competition

Still more competition

The Cosco Busan gets painted

Still more competition

The Wood Ducks 1 takes shape

Figurehead

Christened: The Rancho Cotati Yot Klub

The first set of races was run in 3 heats. Launch off the boat launch ramp, when the first group got to the end of the ramp, they launched the second. In between the two ramps it was a madhouse. This has implications for boat design: The rowers were super powerful, but if they got trapped had to pull oars from the oarlocks. I got clear of the crowd and pulled as hard as I could, and was shocked to hear the timekeeper call out that I came in second overall, passing all but one of the first launch.

And in final round, I got out front and stayed at my aerobic limit.

The Medal Ceremony

Signed transom