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March 30, 2013 Boat 33: Botobsticle
Its been a while between boats but managed to throw this clunker together over the Easter weekend at a cracking Autumn day down at Yarra Bay. Followed by a swim. No great new triumphs of technology to reference here. But she sailed well and zigzagged out beyond sight quite quickly. Zigzagging as the rudder setting and sail alignment competed for dominance. Named by my son for the number of snags I hit in trying to put it together.
Tags: Beach house sculpture, Boat, design, driftwood, flotsam, flotsam boat, hydrodynamics, recycled sculpture, sea craft
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December 10, 2011 Boat 27: Blue Balls
1. Blue Steel ready to sail
2. Bow view
3. Port view.
4. Into the Cooks River.
5. Bon voyage
This little vessel was thrown together in 5 minutes from debris washed up along the shore of Cahill Park on the Cooks River. Without even a pocket knife on hand the styrofoam hull was shaped on the rocks and a shard of slate pushed into the foam as a keel/ rudder. The fairly mid mounted take away food lid sail meant a feather was added to the bow to help pull the bow around in the wind. The lid sail was simply held in place by sticks sharpened on the rocks and pushed into the foam. The little Smurf holding his balls up was just for style points.
Tags: flotsam boat, hydrodynamics, recycled, repurposed, rubbish boat
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