Cut the hull down the centerline middle.
How to build a better rain gutter regatta.
Roll the plastic sail material to make a cone and using a sharp hobby knife cut small x slots opposite each other where the mast will go through and using a pen mark the excess plastic.
Set up your table s and place your rain gutters a few inches from the edge of the table as show in the photo.
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2 1 2 inches is a good beam.
How to build a fast raingutter regatta boat with pictures the cub scout raingutter regatta allows boys to build and race boats down a rain gutter filled with water in a spirit of camaraderie and competition.
Yesterday i coordinated my first rain gutter regatta.
Unroll the sail and cut the excess plastic.
Use a small amount of blue food coloring optional to add a slight blue color to the water if you wish.
Make two different model boats and sail them.
Explain how air helps the vehicle move.
Roll up again and use tape to hold edges together.
Now use the band saw with a resaw fence to cut the large pipe down the middle.
Build a boat from recycled materials and float it on the water.
Fill each gutter with about 3 gallons of water.
Make them as long as the maximum beam boat width allowed.
The two parts are now pontoons.
A typical raingutter is about 4 inches wide.
Trim the hull to make it symmetric.
Keeping the boards clamped together load a long blade into your jigsaw and carefully cut out the semi circles.
Wolf motor away 2.
Mark two channels for your drain pipe halves with a compass.
Cut two rods from the sail dowel for pontoon spanners.
To setup this game you will need a flat surface.
My son had raced in three previous regattas and i had talked with the previous cubmaster about the logistics of running the regatta for our 16 scout pack and it seemed pretty easy this year we had an incredibly successful recruiting drive and now have 45 registered scouts.
Dante watches his opponent taken by heather odenweller.
With your family den or pack participate in a kite derby space derby or rain gutter regatta.
The cut edges are the tops of the pontoons.
