Danny's looking good in front of old #2!

Power system was working at one point.


Once we got some ballast in the back we did move ok.


I'm not sure but I think only one ship in our heat actually went around the course.


Sinking still is the easiest thing to do!

Mateys forever!


A local ship build inspects the boat.


Getting ready to board an enemy vessel.

Afloat!

As you can see, the ship rode very well (for a few minutes).
Note how we needed Chris in the stern to weigh down our propeller.
I have no idea how the water go in...


The water is definitely getting in!


And more water got in - I think we knew we'd be going down - all that was left was to fire our cannon and sink.


Sinking is certainly easier than racing around the loop!

More Race Day Photos.

Masts are up. (Sorry about the order on these posts - Picassa is new to me)

Some mean faces - practicing for the newspaper.


Getting ready to sail. Oh if we'd only had more time to do that rudder!

More photos from Race Day

Stepping the Mast.













A Saucy Priate Crew

More Photos!

LCC Posted some great photos.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowercolumbiacollege/sets/72157624378653514/

Drop Box

Back on dry land!

Drop Box

Marshall Abandons Ship!

2010-07-03 Cardboard Boat July 3rd Race Day & Titanic Award

Nick's posing with me & the trophy!

More to come soon - hopefully photos of the event!

2010-07-03 Cardboard Boat July 3rd Race Day & Titanic Award

Shamrock Pirates won too!

2010-07-03 Cardboard Boat July 3rd Race Day & Titanic Award

LCC's Engineering Students Won!

2010-07-03 Cardboard Boat July 3rd Race Day & Titanic Award

Marshall & Nick swashbuckling early on race day.

2010-07-03 Cardboard Boat July 3rd Race Day & Titanic Award

1:30am, July 3rd. It's loaded in the truck, still need a rudder.

Here she is! Ready for the top paint!

Test firing the cannon!

Pirate Gear!

Jami brought us pirate gear!

Jami brought us pirate gear!

You can request more gruesome versions... 5 outer stitches! Be more careful with the knife!

Waiting for the surgeon... (July 1st)

Marshall's bending the hull!

Bending the hull!

Marshall & Faith testing spyglasses.

Earning costumes & parking

Went to Pete's house to help with a play structure.  As the title says - we're earning pirate ship parking and help with costumes!

I think there were about 7 boxes of pieces.  Every type of wood got a sticky note.Andrew helped with the ladder.

Getting the structure in place...

 Spacing those boards was a major hassle!

The boys found a bunch of cool rocks! 
Geodes, crystals, lots of good stuff.Finally it was time wrap things up.  There's Marshall & Keving running trucks!

Assembly Starts!

Today we got several decks installed.  They're a multi-step process to glue so we've got it 1/2 done.

Soon we'll be working on the drive system!  Next work day:  Sunday, early.