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Bat-Mo-Boat is Best in Race
Under warm, sunny skies, ten cardboard crafts took to the calm waters of the campus pond on Friday afternoon for the 17th annual Cardboard Boat Race. The Bat-Mo-Boat emerged victorious, taking the “Best Overall Boat” (BOB) and three other (cardboard) prizes.
It was a classic contest that delighted spectators young and old. The race also attracted a WBAL-TV news helicopter, which chronicled the action from high above the pond.
Most crafts made it to the finish line intact, at least through one heat. That is, except for Git-R-Done, which promptly sank.
But the story of the race was the Bat-Mo-Boat, crewed by eight caped crusaders from the senior class. The slick black vessel with its shiny chrome-colored “engine” won its heat and the final, a tribute to the boat-building skills of this veteran team.
The Fresh Friday Frigate made an impressive run, winning the first heat with its freshman crew chanting “Fresh Fridays” as they oared through the water with efficiency. The waterlogged craft started to fall apart when the crew removed it from the pond. FFF was barely seaworthy for the final race.
(The Fresh Friday Frigate crew filmed the boat’s construction and posted the video on You Tube.)
My Little Pony galloped to the finish, only to capsize.
The pretty Love Boat sailed along without its sail. No problem, since the crew designed sturdy oars for propulsion.
With suspects Professor Plum, Colonel Mustard, Mr. Green, Miss Scarlet, and Mrs. White aboard, the beautifully painted Clue board boat made its way to the finish using oars decorated like weapons.
Poison Purple and its Crayola-colored crew made it. So did the similarly shaped No. 2 (pencil).
The long, sleek Sparta 300 stayed mostly afloat. Rometanic, the battleship, did too.
During the final race, a good number of crew members abandoned their ships when the vessels got soggy. Some stayed with the cardboard remains, determined to swim to the finish. The detritus was promptly taken to shore aboard the canoe manned by teachers Rob Smoot and Alex Gardner.
Preparations for the annual race began in April. Interested upper schoolers formed teams and designed models of their crafts, applying principles of physics to the challenge. The boat building took place after school in May. Teams constructed their vessels and oars using sheets of industrial-grade cardboard, glue, tape, and many coats of paint.
Under warm, sunny skies, ten cardboard crafts took to the calm waters of the campus pond on Friday afternoon for the 17th annual Cardboard Boat Race. The Bat-Mo-Boat emerged victorious, taking the “Best Overall Boat” (BOB) and three other (cardboard) prizes.
It was a classic contest that delighted spectators young and old. The race also attracted a WBAL-TV news helicopter, which chronicled the action from high above the pond.
Most crafts made it to the finish line intact, at least through one heat. That is, except for Git-R-Done, which promptly sank.
But the story of the race was the Bat-Mo-Boat, crewed by eight caped crusaders from the senior class. The slick black vessel with its shiny chrome-colored “engine” won its heat and the final, a tribute to the boat-building skills of this veteran team.
The Fresh Friday Frigate made an impressive run, winning the first heat with its freshman crew chanting “Fresh Fridays” as they oared through the water with efficiency. The waterlogged craft started to fall apart when the crew removed it from the pond. FFF was barely seaworthy for the final race.
(The Fresh Friday Frigate crew filmed the boat’s construction and posted the video on You Tube.)
My Little Pony galloped to the finish, only to capsize.
The pretty Love Boat sailed along without its sail. No problem, since the crew designed sturdy oars for propulsion.
With suspects Professor Plum, Colonel Mustard, Mr. Green, Miss Scarlet, and Mrs. White aboard, the beautifully painted Clue board boat made its way to the finish using oars decorated like weapons.
Poison Purple and its Crayola-colored crew made it. So did the similarly shaped No. 2 (pencil).
The long, sleek Sparta 300 stayed mostly afloat. Rometanic, the battleship, did too.
During the final race, a good number of crew members abandoned their ships when the vessels got soggy. Some stayed with the cardboard remains, determined to swim to the finish. The detritus was promptly taken to shore aboard the canoe manned by teachers Rob Smoot and Alex Gardner.
Preparations for the annual race began in April. Interested upper schoolers formed teams and designed models of their crafts, applying principles of physics to the challenge. The boat building took place after school in May. Teams constructed their vessels and oars using sheets of industrial-grade cardboard, glue, tape, and many coats of paint.