Hi Chris, we learned a number of things. Poster paint is not waterproof and several of the materials we used to connect parts were also not waterproof. Smaller boats tended to be more riverworthy with sails causing lots of problems if ballast of boat not carefully weighted. We also had a number of “men overboard” in cases where they were not securely tied down.
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I did that last year
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I did that in 5 th class
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It looks like a lot of hard work went into these boats! i hope they stayed afloat.
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had loads of fun doing this :]
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That’s a lot of different looking boats!
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Yes there is lot’s of different looking boats
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The boats look amazing
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Wow great boats!! Looks like a lot of effort was put into them, very nice!
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Thanks karlo’s sister!
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Siobhan that comment on the boats was done by my sister
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That was great fun!
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Wow amazing creations !!!!! Well done all.
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thanks i thought that was great fishing with my boat
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Very creative they all look brilliant and very well made did you try them out and if so how were they on water?
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Most of them floated very well but some boats came back to the class damaged
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We did try them out and most of them did great on water
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How did u make your boats ??
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I made mine out of a plastic bottle a chopstick and tape with so me paint too mine is the one called Karlo’s awesome fun time boat!
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It was great fun sailing the boats and getting soaked afterwards.
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Yeah that is true that the boats were getting soaked but we had a great time
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They look great I remember doing those last year it was fun
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Each one of those boats are so different. Very creative.
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all look amazing
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Great effort by all. Hope there weren’t too many submarines at the end.
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There were no submarines at the end
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Apart from my cardboard box wrapped in tinfoil.only at the very end when I dropped it of the bridge
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Cool boats! Different from last year
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It was great fun. I remember when my man fell out. I WAS HISTERICAL
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I had so much fun doing this
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Congratulations from Barcelona. Amazing creativity and these boats are lovely. Well done to all of you!
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Wow lovely to get a reply from Barcelona! Thank you!
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Well done, that s very nice!! Congratulations from Portugal
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This is fantastic! Our blog goes international! Thank you!
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I think they could sail to England that’s how good they are.
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They look amazing, did you learn anything interesting when you did it?
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Hi Chris, we learned a number of things. Poster paint is not waterproof and several of the materials we used to connect parts were also not waterproof. Smaller boats tended to be more riverworthy with sails causing lots of problems if ballast of boat not carefully weighted. We also had a number of “men overboard” in cases where they were not securely tied down.
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They were really fun when my class did them
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