Water Bottle Kayak with Outrigger

Step 3 November 11, 2009 - Wednesday

Today was (Iżbelieve) the first day of real construction.

I finally found my old chicken wire that we had around from trying to build a small fence. It didn't work out as we planned, so I now have some chicken wire. Next, I have been collecting some bottles at school and my mom already had several trash bags full. My other teacher, Mr. Hollister, donated a large trash bag of bottles which I carried on the bus.  I laid out the first sheet of wire out on the floor and because it was curving up too much, I used some pots filled with water. That helped out A LOT. First, I measured out 10 feet of chicken wire, but after much time debating if that was good or not, I opted for a smaller 6 foot kayak. With the extra chicken wire that I had cut off, I used that for the front and the back for some support.ż

Then, I started on the water bottles. I emptied them all out ( if they had water in them ) and then I capped them off. If they didn't have a cap, then I would set them aside for now. Next, I looked at my images that I had made and that was my reference. This was the start, and it was going somewhere.ż