How to build a raingutter regatta boat for boy scouts.
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A build boat and test it over and over in bathtub to check for stability.
After the pontoons are initially shaped they are temporarily screwed to the hull to check fit.
Metal keels and plastic rudders are provided with the kit to help stabilize boats.
The scouts use a kit to build a trimaran sailboat that is wind powered by blowing on the sail.
The trimaran boat kit is an exclusive alternative to the original raingutter regatta single hull design.
They can work to make their boat more aerodynamic and they can decorate it.
A knife like bow with a v shaped keel will only plow through the water slowly.
But much like the pinewood derby the raingutter regatta is an event.
The stern of each pontoon should have a slight taper.
The boys made their boats on one side of the room and then carried them to the gutters to compete in informal two man heats.
An exciting alternative to the classic single hull raingutter regatta boat design this kit has everything cub scouts need to build a trimaran racer.
We have existing 4 inch wide gutters previously.
I thought that they would want to make these boats and race them to see who was the fastest crump says.
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After that they could race again go back and tweak their boats or like crump s son start over.
Stability is the key.
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