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My partner and I weigh 240 pounds combined, and we can only cover 1/3 of the boat with duct tape. It has to float me and my partner and travel across an olympic sized swimming pool.
Thank you!
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hey, i've done this before, the only difference is that we had to race other boats, but luckily for you, my boat won :D
What we did, along with the 2nd place finishers (we were the only boats that didnt sink), was make our boat a lot longer than it was wide. this made us have less need for an abundance of cardboard (but if you want to use it all, just reinforce the bottom). we had it like 2 feet wide, 8 feet across, and walls tall enough to be shorter than your shoulder-height while sitting down, with a fully ducttaped bottom, and duct taped like a foot up the outside walls. The main part that you're going to want to duct tape the part thats in the water, as if the cardboard gets soggy, you're kinda sunk.
A narrow design makes for quick travel, little resistance in the water, and a sleek look which is great for bonus marks :P.
Have you and your partner sit apart from each other, keeping weight evenly distributed throughout the boat.
___________
|__x____x___> the x's mark where you should sit in the boat.
remember, paddles are equally important, you could just take square slabs of extra cardboard, and tape them to your hand. this will work great. Try not to lean too far over the sides of your boat, because theyre the weakest.
Good luck! hope i helped!
hey, i've done this before, the only difference is that we had to race other boats, but luckily for you, my boat won :D
What we did, along with the 2nd place finishers (we were the only boats that didnt sink), was make our boat a lot longer than it was wide. this made us have less need for an abundance of cardboard (but if you want to use it all, just reinforce the bottom). we had it like 2 feet wide, 8 feet across, and walls tall enough to be shorter than your shoulder-height while sitting down, with a fully ducttaped bottom, and duct taped like a foot up the outside walls. The main part that you're going to want to duct tape the part thats in the water, as if the cardboard gets soggy, you're kinda sunk.
A narrow design makes for quick travel, little resistance in the water, and a sleek look which is great for bonus marks :P.
Have you and your partner sit apart from each other, keeping weight evenly distributed throughout the boat.
___________
|__x____x___> the x's mark where you should sit in the boat.
remember, paddles are equally important, you could just take square slabs of extra cardboard, and tape them to your hand. this will work great. Try not to lean too far over the sides of your boat, because theyre the weakest.
Good luck! hope i helped!
should i make a duct tape boat?
Q. so i was searching the web for a reasonable dinghy to have to use once in a while to go fishing and what not or just to ride around in. but im not a man of money. i figured it would be cheaper to buy around 20 rolls of duct tape and some wood. if i constructed a wooden boat frame and used duct tape to cover it as a hull, would this be practical? would it last a while or fall apart after a use or 2? and also for a 2 person dinghy that is that is about 4' wide at the top,5' long, and 3' tall, would i need that much duct tape? thanks yallz!
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a duck tape boat would be very temporary, maybe one or two uses. you will be better off building a simple boat. here are some inexpensive designs
pvc pipe, tarp, plywood for floor and rope
http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Your-Own-PVC-Johnboat-for-minimal-cost-and-t/
http://www.simplicityboats.com/
http://www.unclejohns.com/skiff/wooden_boat_kits.htm
hope this helps
a duck tape boat would be very temporary, maybe one or two uses. you will be better off building a simple boat. here are some inexpensive designs
pvc pipe, tarp, plywood for floor and rope
http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Your-Own-PVC-Johnboat-for-minimal-cost-and-t/
http://www.simplicityboats.com/
http://www.unclejohns.com/skiff/wooden_boat_kits.htm
hope this helps
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