Duckworks

Scrap Ship Contest
by Adrián Callejon

On November 28, 2004 we Participated in a Scrap Ship Contest in Buenos Aires. The object was to build a ship with waste or recycled materials and navigate it over a preset circuit.

It was really very amusing and we hope to repeat it again this year.
With a friend we built the "Junkucha", a ship that looks like a dog house with a Junk Sail using two mega bones as floats. The construction of the dog house took approximately 1 month, of weekends.

It didn't really navigate very well, but its grace and uniqueness helped overcome it's shortcomings.

Here are some pictures of the construction and of the event.

	Building the frames of the dog house.
	The 'hull' half ready. The mast is in position.
	Internal reinforcment to make the deck stiffer.
	The crew on the ship.
	Gabriel painting the bottom.
	This is the first bone cleat in the world.
	Making the Junk.
	The junk Rig ready for install in the boat.
	It floats !!!!!
	Place the bone floats to make the dog house more stable.
	All ready to go.
	The Junkucha ready for sail.
	Another participant, the Omnigraphics team.
	The "Viejo del Agua" of Martín Stern (Remember the Tres Marias Minicat??)
	The ships on exibition.
	Preparing the Junkucha to sail.
	Launching the dog house.
	Another view of the Junkucha Sailing.

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