Veteran team members teach some new recruits how to mix and make cylinders. |
Mixing... Safely! |
Cap n Crush Cap n Crush |
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Some less than standard testing. |
The prototype gets plotted. |
Cutting Prototype Panels |
Looks like it will become a boat! |
The panels are prepared |
Stiching panels |
Glueing Panels |
All done, the designer is happy. |
Girls up to speed for the first time |
A mold starts to take shape. |
The mold is nearing completion |
Mold in the tent ready for concrete. |
The team gets going. |
Half way done, prestress is installed. |
Pre-batched buckets are the key to a quick placement. |
Let the patching and sanding begin! |
The mold comes off and exterior finishing can begin. |
An EARLY spring race affords the opppotunity to write with snow. |
The paddlers did great! |
What a pretty prototype. |
Finishing is tedious work, but the final product is worth it. |
Tools of the trade. |
This area was probably the hardest to finish. |
Lots of tape and lots of repititions. |
Did we mention lots of tape? |
Concrete Dust is everywhere. Thank goodness for dust masks. |
One side is sanded and looks great! |
The stern details are coming out better than expected. These lines are sharp! |
Finally we can polish! |
Once polished the boat was ready for lettering. No stickers for this cement ship. |
The interior inlay gets started. |
initial fill is complete. |
Fixing lines and leveling the surface took many tape applications |
Filled, ready to be sanded. |
another tape application, ready for more black. |
Everything is done, Letters and stone have been applied and are being sanded. |
The stones came out better than we could have hoped for! |
These W inlays are like icing on the cake. |
Gotta make sure they cure enough to hold together. |
Black in, ready for the red. |
Tape is critical to everything we do aesthetically. |
Red being applied carefully. |
Cleaning edges getting ready for the final grey fill. |
All done and cleaned out. |
These stands are overkill... we admit. They're cool though! |
The UW-CCT War room. |
We arrived at the races in the morning before it wasw even light out. |
The canoe was ready for its maiden voyage. |
We are lucky to have a fleet truck this nice. Our trailer may as well not be back there. |
The finished product on display at Conference. |
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This interior inlay couldn't have been better. |
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Exterior lettering is so sharp, what a great detail. |
These hull detials are easy to miss, but they really set the canoe apart from the competition. |
Ready to go paddling! |
The coed team can't wait to put Descendant through her paces. |
Overall a very successful Conference. |
UW-Seattle's Beautiful Campus. |
Our accomadations were on the 9th floor of these very nice, spacious dorms. |
George and Jesse having a great time! |
Jaeme and Dave, responsible for two past canoes wouldn't miss nationals for a second. We owe you a lot for all your hard work and help. thanks! |
The CNCCC and sponsors put on a great ice breaker social at the Museum of Flight. |
University of Nevada Reno with their beautiful Canoe, Cerulean. |
Cal Poly San Louis Obispo had the most detailed concrete canoe ever made with this MC-Escher patern. |
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Western Kentucky had a very sharp canoe. |
The team after a successful swamp test |
University of Florida, with Gladigator. |
Cal Poly Pomona's Wedge lounging in it's hamocks. |
The Mississippi State Mud Dogs with, Dawgliverance. |
The fighting Falcon from Fairmont state may be the first concrete canoe to fly! |
UW-Plateville representing the Sconnie Nation well with their sub 140lb "Whiskey Tech" |
Michigan Tech's Gitchee Gumee on it's very cool stands. |
Ivy and Ann Excited about all the pretty boats! |
What do you want?!? I didn't do it... right Brent. |
The guys out on the tonw. L to R Matt, Evan, Tyler, Adam, Mike. |
Austin, left, and Robbie, right look Pensive |
Arick, AKA A Rock, is our biggest fan. He's one big reason we continue to succeed. |
The Girls starting out their endurance run. |
Finish strong! |
Kelly and Alex in the midst of a fun, intense race day. |
The men lining up for their endurance race. |
That looks like a lot of work! |
Mike-unibomber-stone gives his news update to the camera. |
Kelly showing us a text book crossbow bouey turn. |
Dave and Alex all alone at the turn. |
Adam in his favorite position, sitting-looking asleep. |
The womens final with Wisconsin first out of the turn. |
Entering the turn in the Men's final, it could be anyone's race at this point. |
The coed final turn. What a close race. |
Coming down the stretch, the top three were seperated by .22 seconds at the finish. |
The girls, L to R Kelly Jodi Ann and Jaime |
The team... L to R back row: Dana, Tyler, Austin, Matt, Jesse, Brent, Evan, Marc, Mike, Nick, Corey, Adam, Robbie, Adam. Front row: Jodi, Nicole, Ivy, Kelly, Dave, Alex, George, Ann. |
The team showing off a beatiful canoe |
These lines are all dyed - inlayed concrete. No paint or stain. |
The tradition of Varsity lives on! |
The ladys had to be held behind the camera so we could get this picture of Tyler and Evan. |
The Seattle Skyline, it's quite a city from the Needle. |
The world Famous Space Needle. |
Kelly and Jodi enjoying the space needle. |
The team, L to R Nicole, Ivy, Jodi, Ann, Ausint, Robbie, and Dave proud of a job well done. |
The team takes a final picture before the celebration begins. |
