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Step 7November 14, 2009 - Saturday RACE DAY
Yep, I know its RACE DAY, but I wanted to make something else. Something to help me with stability or I could overturn so I started to build the OUTRIGGER!
I started to cut down some more trees and I remembered that I cut down a very large one several days ago. When I got there, the wood was all hard and it would make echoing sounds, but its still usable wood. I got the wood and now I needed some buoyancy at the end so I found some empty liquid Tide containers and there was my buoyancy. I lashed them all together using some twine that we had at home and because I was in a hurry, I didn't know if it would expand wet or not. O' well.
Now, I'm officially done with the "Hunk o' Junk"
We drove down the the Marianas Yacht Club by 11 o' clock and what we saw was all REAL boats. We didn't know that there were any other rafts/kayaks entering. So we dropped the kayak off and what we saw was a wool blanket covering an object. All of a sudden a little boy comes to me and asked me,
Boy: "Is that your's"
Me: "It sure is!"
Boy: "Well, why does it have a sail?"
(Note: remeber the sail? I brought it along just in case.)
Me: "Because I wanted to, ok?!"
Boy: Well, this is mine."
When the race finally started, it was the two boats ready at the starting line. As soon as the kayak went into the water, I really noticed that it had a lot of drag as I tried to move though the water. When we started, I went on a slow start, but the other team had two people... cheats :l
Even though that the kayak lost, I did get to get the Most Outstanding Award that day and I hope to rebuild it can compete new year :D
I started to cut down some more trees and I remembered that I cut down a very large one several days ago. When I got there, the wood was all hard and it would make echoing sounds, but its still usable wood. I got the wood and now I needed some buoyancy at the end so I found some empty liquid Tide containers and there was my buoyancy. I lashed them all together using some twine that we had at home and because I was in a hurry, I didn't know if it would expand wet or not. O' well.
Now, I'm officially done with the "Hunk o' Junk"
We drove down the the Marianas Yacht Club by 11 o' clock and what we saw was all REAL boats. We didn't know that there were any other rafts/kayaks entering. So we dropped the kayak off and what we saw was a wool blanket covering an object. All of a sudden a little boy comes to me and asked me,
Boy: "Is that your's"
Me: "It sure is!"
Boy: "Well, why does it have a sail?"
(Note: remeber the sail? I brought it along just in case.)
Me: "Because I wanted to, ok?!"
Boy: Well, this is mine."
When the race finally started, it was the two boats ready at the starting line. As soon as the kayak went into the water, I really noticed that it had a lot of drag as I tried to move though the water. When we started, I went on a slow start, but the other team had two people... cheats :l
Even though that the kayak lost, I did get to get the Most Outstanding Award that day and I hope to rebuild it can compete new year :D
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very nice- but maybe a little less about your daily activities and a little more about the design and construction of the boat. This is a great concept, worthy of more exposure.
With more pictures and details I would be inclined to recommend this to places like http://www.survivalblog.com/
cheers
Just asking so that I can answer your question, what do you mean by "Is that like Guam?" The Marianas Yacht Club that I know of is currently on Guam, but I don't know if there are others. Well, thanks :D
Was the Radio Station the one on the hill, near the steps and the War Dog cemetery? Well, I think that Guam has changed a lot since the 50's and now we're going to changing even more, with the upcoming Marines Build Up. :l