April Tools Video

[gfish]

I'm still working on a full April Tools write-up, but I edited all the video together last night. So if you've ever wanted to see me repeatedly tip over/sink in a very small, hastily constructed boat, today is your lucky day! (You'll just have to add the Yakety Sax soundtrack yourself.)

Comments

[ivy]

Heeheehee awesome. No keeling allowed?

[gfish.livejournal.com]

No materials for it. We were given 1 and 1/8 sheets of plywood, some 1x2s and a 2x2. Could have added a canoe keel ridge for directional stability, but the course was short and twisty enough I wouldn't have bothered even if we had had time. The hull shape was just a very poor choice, no primary stability.

[ivy]

Huh, yeah. My knee jerk answer to that is currach, but I don't know how to do that with the materials you were given.

Did you have fun?

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Most years they include a plastic sheet which can be used for a frame-and-skin style boat like a currach, but not this year. A reduced set of materials was one of the surprises.

Yeah, it was pretty awesome. Even if it didn't work very well, we made a boat in 3 hours!

[solarbird]

We were given 1 and 1/8 sheets of plywood
....oooooh, okay. That explains that. And the single 2x2 says why you didn't pontoon it properly - tho' you clearly gave it your best shot! XD