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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.

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

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