Cardboard boats

Design

 * There is free software for hull design here. Need to install windows xp mode to run it.
 * Lots of build pictures and video are below

Operate
A typical competition involves races and parades. In some competitions, the rhythm is to race the boat in pairs, carry it back to the starting line and race again in tournament. In other competitions, everyone pushes off the shoreline at once.

There is usually a MC making announcements and a panel of judges that are continuously commenting on the boats. The judges typically start with a narrative supplied (or not supplied) by the builders. The judges run around the docs organizing the races.

The races identify the fastest boat through heats like a swimming meet. After all races, there is typically a demolition derby. Announcements at the end give out awards in other categories .. most dramatic sinking, most futile, most dramatic sinking, best of a theme, judges awards, etc.

Demo
Presentation

Next Steps

 * Build established boat designs using corrugated fiberboard
 * Use old fiberglass forms to build corrugated fiberboard boats
 * Develop questionnaire for those requesting a boat be built that focuses on how the people want to get wet.
 * 1) bad engineering
 * 2) bad planning
 * 3) demolition derby
 * 4) planned failure mechanism
 * 5) unknown planned failure mechanism