Won
Cardboard Canoe
A cardboard canoe competition with friends and co-workers on Cayuga Lake: one roll of duct tape, two large cardboard sheets and scrap cardboard per boat. Ours, the Pequod, a two-layer box with 18 inner ribs, won by floating with about 400 lb on top.
LOG · WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES
With a few friends and co-workers, we decided to have a cardboard canoe competition on Cayuga Lake. Each boat got one roll of duct tape, two large cardboard sheets and scrap cardboard, and had to support one person inside.
WHY
Fun with friends.
WHAT I WORKED ON
Build and assembly.
WHAT CAME OF IT
It was for pride. Ours was a two-layer box with 18 inner ribs, called the Pequod since we expected it to drown with 400 lb on top. We won because it ended up floating with about 400 lb of weight on top of it, against 2 more boats (don't listen to the rest of the participants saying "everyone won", we won).
- OBJECT
- M37
- YEAR
- 2026
- CONTEXT
- Hobby
- CATEGORY
- fun
- TYPE
- hardware
- STATE
- working
- TOPICS
PLATES · 12
PLATE IThe cardboard, loaded up
PLATE IIHauling a sheet
PLATE IIIThe Pequod, afloat
PLATE IVThe Pequod, back on the dock
PLATE VThe Pequod, two of us in it at once
PLATE VIA floor built up from scrap, in layers
PLATE VIIAnother team's box boat, carried down to the dock
PLATE VIIIGetting into the box boat
PLATE IXThe box boat, out on the lake
PLATE XThe box boat, paddling out
PLATE XIKneeling in the box boat
PLATE XIIThe third boat, folded to a point
MORE FUN HARDWARE
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