Pffft - concrete canoes. Who needs 'em.

Concrete toboggans - that's some serious business. I'm told some of
those can hit 70-80km/h. 300lb of concrete, with a multitude of (often
drunken) engineering students on top.

http://www.gnctr.info/English%20-%20About%20-%20What%20is%20GNCTR.htm

On 8/15/06, M. Adam Davis <stienman@gmail.com> wrote:
> They have a density that is lower than water.  Some teams simply
> create large voids in the canoe ends for this purpose, but most make
> the concrete composition less dense than water.
>
> If I understand correctly, one of the competition events includes
> completely submerging the canoe near a checkpoint and then bailing it
> out before continuing the race.
>
> So it's just like a regular canoe... Only not.
>
> My brother in law helped out a team one year when he was getting his
> civil engineering degree, and he made a concrete rose for his wife
> which floats in water.  It feels like concrete - but extraordinarily
> light.
>
> -Adam
>
> On 8/14/06, James Newton, Host <jamesnewton@piclist.com> wrote:
> > James Newton "BASH" (!) What? Pi=F1ata? Sputter! Wait a minute now...
> > What the heck is this?
> >
> > And how does one recover a concrete canoe in the sad event that it sink=
s?
> >
> > ---
> > James Newton: PICList webmaster/Admin
> > mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com  1-619-652-0593 phone
> > http://www.piclist.com/member/JMN-EFP-786
> > PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu
> > > [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Gus S Calabrese
> > > Sent: 2006 Aug 14, Mon 09:48
> > > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> > > Subject: [AD]: will add concrete canoe racing to RUBYROUC 2006
> > >
> > > thanks to all the comments about bubble blowing, RUBYROUC
> > > 2006 has added a new event.
> > > http://nope9.com/projects-axxx/tiki-index.php?page=3D2006+Internation=
al
> > > +PIClist+conference
> > > http://nope9.com/projects-axxx/tiki-index.php?page=3DA326
> > >
> > > inspired by http://www.concretecanoe.org/
> > >
> > >
> > > Gus S Calabrese
> > > 4337 Raleigh Street
> > > Denver, CO
> > > 720 222 1309     303 908 7716 cell
> > > adding "spam2006" bypasses my spam blocker.  Please place in
> > > the text or at the END of the subject line.
> > > ( i am hard to reach by phone )
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change
> > > your membership options at
> > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
> > View/change your membership options at
> > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist
> >
>
> --
> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
> View/change your membership options at
> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist
>


-- =

-Randy Glenn
Computer Eng. and Mgt. Year V, McMaster University
Regional Student Representative, IEEE Canada

randy.glenn-at-gmail.com - glennrb-at-mcmaster.ca
randy.glenn-at-computer.org - randy_glenn-at-ieee.org
http://www.randyglenn.ca

-- =

http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist