Boat Build 2007
 

 
 
01 Dave with Cardboard | Dave builds cardboard stands in order to stain the large cardboard sheets.
01 Dave with Cardboard 		02 Stephanie is armed | Stephanie demonstrates her knife skills.
02 Stephanie is armed 		03 Waterproof (hopefully) Cardboard | Sheets after sealing and stephanie cutting.
03 Waterproof (hopefully) Cardboard 		04 Dave | Dave with the sealed sheets.
04 Dave 		05 Caulked cardboard | Cardboard sheets after cauling critical edges.
05 Caulked cardboard 		06 More caulked cardboard | Waiting for the caulk to dry...
06 More caulked cardboard
07 Taped edges | Edges taped!
07 Taped edges 		08 Folding | Joe and Stephanie working on folding the cardboard for the hull.
08 Folding 		09 Stephanie with big sheet | Stephanie with a cardboard sheet.
09 Stephanie with big sheet 		10 Hull construction | Initial stages of gluing the hull together.
10 Hull construction 		11 Joe and Pat with hull | Pat and Joe examine the hull.
11 Joe and Pat with hull 		12 Joe gluing | Joe gluing....or making art.
12 Joe gluing
13 Joe gluing | Joe carefully glues between the lines.
13 Joe gluing 		14 Stephanie design | Stephanie creates a graphic design scheme based on metro pictures.
14 Stephanie design 		15 Hull done | The hull is finally glued, and Stephanie checks out the tent we used for Relay For Life.
15 Hull done 		16 Stephanie with tent | Stephanie in the tent.
16 Stephanie with tent 		17 Caps and ribbing | Individual pieces for the caps and ribs.
17 Caps and ribbing 		18 Sealed caps and ribbing | The caps and ribs after being glued and sealed.
18 Sealed caps and ribbing
19 Folding the hull | It required quite a bit of force to fold four layers of cardboard.
19 Folding the hull 		20 Caulked caps and ribbing | A closeup of the caulking.
20 Caulked caps and ribbing 		21 Finished caps and ribbing | The caulked caps and ribs.
21 Finished caps and ribbing 		22 Boat mock-up | A mock-up of the boat.
22 Boat mock-up 		23 Center support | The center support gets glued in place.
23 Center support 		24 Center support | Another shot of the center support with the folded caps and ribs in the background.
24 Center support
25 Gluing caps | The caps are glued!
25 Gluing caps 		26 Caulked caps | Spaces in the caps are filled with caulk.
26 Caulked caps 		27 Gluing ribbing | The ribs are glued into place.
27 Gluing ribbing 		28 The lid | The boat after taping and after a lid was constructed for it.
28 The lid 		29 Primered | The boat is painted with three coats of primer.
29 Primered 		30 Taping | Dave taping the design on the boat for painting.
30 Taping
31 Taped | The taped boat.
31 Taped 		32 Taped | More taped boat.
32 Taped 		33 Painted | The boat after painting.
33 Painted 		34 Graphics | Some of the computer graphics that went on the boat.
34 Graphics 		35 Mostly done | The boat with most of its graphics.
35 Mostly done 		36 Mostly done | The front of the boat.
36 Mostly done
37 Mostly done | Yup, it's the green line.
37 Mostly done 		39 Joe building door | Joe starts work on a door.
39 Joe building door 		40 Martha making banner | Martha creates a banner.
40 Martha making banner 		41 Eric inspecting | Eric inspects the boat.
41 Eric inspecting 		42 Eric and Martha with banner | Eric and Martha work on the banner.
42 Eric and Martha with banner 		43 Joe building door | Joe and Eric put doors on the boat.
43 Joe building door
44 Port-side doors done | Doors are done on the port-side of the boat.
44 Port-side doors done 		45 Marth perfects her door | Martha asserts that she can make the best door.
45 Marth perfects her door 		46 Finished banner | The finished banner.
46 Finished banner 		47 Dave with cap | Dave demonstrates how to install the cap on the boat.
47 Dave with cap 		48 Dave and Eric with cap | Dave and Eric demonstrating proper cap storage.
48 Dave and Eric with cap 		49 Test run | Joe, Dave, and Eric take a dry-run in the boat.
49 Test run
50 Test run | Do you think this thing can support our weight?
50 Test run 		51 Finished door | A finished door.
51 Finished door 		52 The builders with the boat | Martha, Eric, Joe, and Dave pose with the completed boat and banner.
52 The builders with the boat 		53 Boats and the dock | The boats and crews assembe on the docks on the day of the Boat Float.
53 Boats and the dock 		54 The metro | The commuters get set to board the train.
54 The metro 		55 The team | Team Rotaract!
55 The team
56 The craft | The metro car waits to be boarded.
56 The craft 		57 Green Line with the competition | The metro car sits unassumingly among the other boats of the competition.
57 Green Line with the competition 		58 From the Front | The front.
58 From the Front 		59 Here we are | Eric, Martha, Joe, Dave, and Stephanie pose with the boat.
59 Here we are 		60 Groucho Marx | Groucho Marx!
60 Groucho Marx 		61 Some mokeys | This is some serious monkey business.
61 Some mokeys
62 Just in case | The rescue craft awaits sunken boats.
62 Just in case 		63 Better put on those life jackets | The crew takes all necessary safety precautions.
63 Better put on those life jackets 		64 The team prepares | Preparing to board the metro.
64 The team prepares 		65 Here comes the Green Line | The Green Line makes its way into the lake.
65 Here comes the Green Line 		66 It floats | Its maiden voyage!
66 It floats 		67 We are almost in | Dave and Eric get in.
67 We are almost in
68 Hey guys, do you think it's tipping | We seem to have a bit of a problem with lateral stability......
68 Hey guys, do you think it's tipping 		69 Let's go anyway... but we seem to be tilting | Despite the instability, we made a go for it.
69 Let's go anyway... but we seem to be tilting 		70 Splash | Uh oh....
70 Splash 		71 Uggh | The commuters got a bit wet.
71 Uggh 		72 I said we were tilting! | The metro upside down in the water.
72 I said we were tilting! 		73 Joe adds some weight | You can see our weight problem.
73 Joe adds some weight
74 Pusing away | Pushing away from the dock.....wait, no, actually Dave is holding the dock because the boat is unstable.
74 Pusing away 		75 The spill | Taking a swim.
75 The spill 		76 Upside down | The Columbia Roatary's boat takes off while the Green Line has technical difficulties.
76 Upside down 		77 Team meeting | The (wet) team meets to discuss strategy.
77 Team meeting 		78 Post mortem | Conclusion: too heavy.
78 Post mortem 		79 Good Sports | Two months building, 30 seconds in the water. Well, at least we got a good laugh out of it.
79 Good Sports
80 Glad these were old clothes | The crew laughs as the soggy boat is dragged away.
80 Glad these were old clothes 		81 What went wrong | Stephanie adds her comments.
81 What went wrong 		82 The wet crew | The wet crew.
82 The wet crew 		83 The boat dries | The boat dries off for another run.
83 The boat dries 		84 Monkey Business vs Road Rally | Monkies...
84 Monkey Business vs Road Rally 		85 The Pillage People | Vikings board their craft.
85 The Pillage People
86 The Pillage People | Yarr.
86 The Pillage People 		87 Spiderman could fit in the Viking ship! | Can Spidey overtake the vikings?
87 Spiderman could fit in the Viking ship! 		88 Maybe they got stuck in a web | No.
88 Maybe they got stuck in a web 		89 What is that kid doing | Spidey is low in the water.
89 What is that kid doing 		90 Oh, yeah that will work | The Expo team on their magic carpet.
90 Oh, yeah that will work 		91 Horespower | Swimming horse!
91 Horespower
92 Your magic carpet is getting wet... water stains are impossible to get out of those things! | Team Expo has their own weight problem.
92 Your magic carpet is getting wet... water stains are impossible to get out of those things! 		93 Oh, sure swin to the finishline | Team Expo after their craft sank.
93 Oh, sure swin to the finishline 		94 This is familar | A long, skinny boat with lots of weight. What could possibly happen?
94 This is familar 		95 Yup it is | Oh, that.
95 Yup it is 		96 ..and if that wasn't enough they ied again | Yeah, they tried again, and tipped over again.
96 ..and if that wasn't enough they ied again 		97 This boat was intended to have four (yes four) people on it | They actually tried to put 4 people on this craft.
97 This boat was intended to have four (yes four) people on it
98 M&T Bank goes right past | Despite having a professionally-built boat, the M&T bank team can't make it around the first buoy.
98 M&T Bank goes right past 		99 In an insulting way | Totally cut off!
99 In an insulting way 		100 If they row faster maybe this will work | Clyde's boat is sinking.
100 If they row faster maybe this will work 		101 Vikings | Viking ship.
101 Vikings 		102 Vikings and Spidey | The vikings encounter some wind.
102 Vikings and Spidey 		103 Take two. Minus 200 lbs | The Green Line: second attempt.
103 Take two. Minus 200 lbs
104 Ready | The boat was soggy and a lot weaker the second time.
104 Ready 		105 Set | Hey, it's not tipping....yet.
105 Set 		106 Go! | We considered just holding on to other boats, but decided that was cheating.
106 Go! 		107 Are we taking water | The Green Line sets sail.
107 Are we taking water 		108 We made it | Crossing the finish line.
108 We made it 		109 We are almost there | Making its way to the beach.
109 We are almost there
110 Challenge race | Will we make it?
110 Challenge race 		111 Challenge race | The challenge race.
111 Challenge race 		112 Challenge race | And they're off!
112 Challenge race 		113 Challenge race | We took a slow pace because the boat was weakened by being soaked on the inside.
113 Challenge race 		114 Challenge race | The crafts in the water.
114 Challenge race 		115 Challenge race | Hey, wait for us...
115 Challenge race
116 Challenge race | Crossing the line.
116 Challenge race 		117 ..and the boat is finished | The boat after finishing.
117 ..and the boat is finished 		118 Yeah its pretty bad | Yeah, it's pretty bad.
118 Yeah its pretty bad 		119 Dave and Eric with their vessel | Eric and Dave with the destroyed boat.
119 Dave and Eric with their vessel 		120 Celebrating a successful voyage | Dave and Marth celebrage the successful voyage.
120 Celebrating a successful voyage 		121 Getting award | The team accepts their award.
121 Getting award
122 The victory march | Victory procession.
122 The victory march 		123 Award presentation | Accepting the award.
123 Award presentation 		124 Award presentation | Happy commuters.
124 Award presentation

This album has 123 photos in total.
Album was created 12/5/10 6:37 PM.