A great year!

The regional competition has passed and the concrete canoe team has had a fulfilling year! We did very well at competition taking 3rd place overall with 1st in the oral presentation, 3rd in overall product, and 3rd in races! On top of that we had the lightest boat there weighing in at 190 pounds. The team this year was phenomenal and I hope to see everyone come back next year!

We also held our yearly clean-up day complete with a heart attack in bacon-rolled form! Enjoy some of the pictures from competition and clean-up.

If anyone should have any questions about this years boat, CyDuct, or concrete canoe in general, feel free to email either me or Will at the email addresses shown in the top left corner.

Thanks for a great year team!

Patrick

the CyDuct has reached adolescence...

It has been a few weeks since my last post but i've been busy so there. Since pour day we've been meeting regularly sanding and making CyDuct look pretty like so:

No cracks have been observed so far which is great because last year we had some pretty big ones right down the middle. This is most likely due to the fibers we added into the mix this year.

CyDuct is turning out to be one nice looking boat.

On the 24th of February CyDuct was removed from the mold. This process can be seen in time-lapse format below:

Thanks to all of those who showed up to help out! The whole process couldn't have gone any smoother. The steel spine popped right out and so do the fiberglass mold. This process took less than an hour where as last year taking the canoe off the mold took around a week. The week included the time spent removing the styrofoam. The fiberglass mold came off in one piece and we are looking into making it into a practice boat. The duct tape removed will be reused as a makeshift kickball.

A few spots need to be patched and some sanding needs to be done on the inside of CyDuct. Overall, things couldn't be going smoother.

Pour Day = Success

The canoe looks great. We definitely had a great pour day. Thanks to all of those who showed up! Check out the video and possible theme idea??

End caps, runners, and reinforcement oh my!

Wednesday night was another super productive night! We managed to get the runners done, the reinforcement measured out, and the end caps shaped. A special thanks to kevin for assembling his spotty wire cutter complete with hacksaw. And can you believe a company tried to get us to pay over $1000 for one of these??? All we needed is a old computer power supply, some wire, and a lot of guts to press the "on" button. Pictures n videos below. enjoy.

Back! It's boat makin time! almost...

So after a month of partying, drinking, and eating cookies we are all back and ready to make this thing happen. Tonight was our first meeting of the semester and we were super productive! we got the fiberglass mold cut and plastered! Add a few runners and some release agent and we're gunna be ready for concrete! Watch the time lapse! see if you can see me light the dremel on fire.... ANNDD a super special hello to our newest concrete canoe team member! The creepy guy in the blue hat!!

hey! it looks like a canoe kinda!

This week we have been very productive! During the week we preped the mold for our fiberglass with duct tape and today we applied the resin! Also, we are playing with our new webcam at spangler so some cool videos should be popping up. I think we are about done for the semester. we are definitely on track to have a late january pour date. Here are some pictures n such:

(notice will picking his nose in the first shot haha)

final mold? what? duct tape? oh yea!

Well hello faithful viewers! It has been awhile since my last post but we sure have got a lot done!! We have completed testing on two practice molds and have now started the assembly of the final mold!! We are well on track for a late January pour date! Our new mold technique has brand new never been seen technology! DUCT TAPE!! This new process worked great. We reduced the weeks of painful Styrofoam placing and sanding into two hours of duct taping! quite amazing in my opinion. The mold will be covered with resin at our next meeting followed by plaster. Then she'll be ready for concrete! Our mix design is in its final stages and will be finalized by mid January! Here are some duct taping pictures for your viewing pleasure: