Duct tape and cardboard boxes... = Boat!

drudis · 01-21-2004, 03:37 PM

My 12 year old son and his friend spent much of Christmas vacation designing and building a BOAT!
(What better way to use his 10-rolls of duct tape Christmas present)

The Recreation Center of Livonia, Michigan held a "Cardboard and Duct Tape Boat Race". The only rules were 1) cardboard and 2) duct tape. No other materials, but not other rules either...

MANY Photos:
http://www.dariusrudis.com/temp

Lukas and Drew did EXTREMELY well in the boat race.

They took 1st in the boat speed race. To say they were superior, would be an understatement, it was no contest!
They took 2nd in creativity (the silver red/white/blue one was 1st, and the dragon took 3rd)

The final contest was who could stay afloat the longest. All the regular (not sealed in duct tape) boxes "melted", and they sank. Lukas and Drew cruised around, with their water bottles (hamming it up), and just waitied and waited.
Controversy: The judge said that everyone could paddle around and get next to other boats and splash some...(thinking the movement might cause those borderline ones to sink). Later Lukas and Drew were next to a boat and slightly pushing them... judge looked at me and said that he would like to disqualify them, so that someone else could win that contest (since Lukas and Drew already won two events). I was ok with it (wont file a complaint). Lukas was quite sore about it, and almost spoiled the day, but later was ok with it.

There were aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbors, friends... = 16 people cheering on the "USS DREWKAS" (Drew & LuKAS) boat.

After the event, and walking thru the locker room, EVERYONE said "nice boat" as it was clearly superior to all the other boats there. Thanks!

They will probably be in the thursday paper, as a reporter/photographer got their names.

[Just had to be the proud papa, and show off with his son...]

01-21-2004, 03:37 PM	#1
drudis Moderator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Livonia, MI, USA Posts: 1,194	Duct tape and cardboard boxes... = Boat! My 12 year old son and his friend spent much of Christmas vacation designing and building a BOAT! (What better way to use his 10-rolls of duct tape Christmas present) The Recreation Center of Livonia, Michigan held a "Cardboard and Duct Tape Boat Race". The only rules were 1) cardboard and 2) duct tape. No other materials, but not other rules either... MANY Photos: http://www.dariusrudis.com/temp Lukas and Drew did EXTREMELY well in the boat race. They took 1st in the boat speed race. To say they were superior, would be an understatement, it was no contest! They took 2nd in creativity (the silver red/white/blue one was 1st, and the dragon took 3rd) The final contest was who could stay afloat the longest. All the regular (not sealed in duct tape) boxes "melted", and they sank. Lukas and Drew cruised around, with their water bottles (hamming it up), and just waitied and waited. Controversy: The judge said that everyone could paddle around and get next to other boats and splash some...(thinking the movement might cause those borderline ones to sink). Later Lukas and Drew were next to a boat and slightly pushing them... judge looked at me and said that he would like to disqualify them, so that someone else could win that contest (since Lukas and Drew already won two events). I was ok with it (wont file a complaint). Lukas was quite sore about it, and almost spoiled the day, but later was ok with it. There were aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbors, friends... = 16 people cheering on the "USS DREWKAS" (Drew & LuKAS) boat. After the event, and walking thru the locker room, EVERYONE said "nice boat" as it was clearly superior to all the other boats there. Thanks! They will probably be in the thursday paper, as a reporter/photographer got their names. [Just had to be the proud papa, and show off with his son...] __________________ Darius Rudis, Moderator Corner Carvers Delight 1989 Mustang LX - Open Track Car http://www.dariusrudis.com