Dingy Dash Boat Build

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CONSTRUCTION AND RACE RULES

 The ENTIRE boat must be built of cardboard, duct tape, and one-part polyurethane. (Any part of your boat that touches the water must be cardboard. This includes the hull, decking, keel, cowling, superstructure, oar locks, seating and rudder. Nuts, bolts, washers and staples are NOT allowed in hull construction. The cardboard may be as thick as you want, but may not be glued or attached to wood, plastic, fiberglass, etc.)

 The ONLY exceptions to the cardboard rule is for paddles/oars & decorations.

 Use cardboard boxes, “blocks”, carpet tubes

 NO pre-treated cardboard, Sona-Tubes, waxed or ‘treated’ cardboard allowed

 NO wood, plastic, Styrofoam or fiberglass

 NO caulking compounds or two-part/mixed adhesives

 NO wrapping entire hull with duct tape, plastic or fiberglass or similar product

 Duct tape, masking tape, or adhesives such as ‘liquid nails’ CAN be used to connect cardboard to cardboard and CAN be used to reinforce all seams and stress points. It CANNOT be used to waterproof boats.

 You CAN waterproof your boat with Varnish, Paint or Polyurethane (one-part,…