What's New?

Mar 5^th,2001: Competition time is nearing quickly and we really need alot of help from the team members. We are working on the mold and making test batches of concrete everyday now. If you have any time to help the team really appreciates it.

Concrete Canoe 2001 would like to thank our sponsors. Please click here to see them.

Mar 4^th,2001: Hope everyone had a good reading week. Sorry I'm a little late in updating this page, it was a crazy week back.; James Raffan, Aaron Dent, Phil Miller, Matt Reid, Nick S, Alicia Doucette, Sarah Johnson, Josh Wiebe, and Phil Samut began to form the wood strips to our mold. Special thanks to Dr. Raffan for driving in from Seeley's Bay to help, and to everyone on the team helped.

Feb 25^th,2001: This year we are choosing a Scottish team. Thanks for everyone who voted.... Our team name is going to be NEACAL and our boat name is MORDAG !! Now we can start looking for kilts to wear :); NEACAL (NEK ul) means "victory of the people"; MORDAG (MOR dak) means "sea-warrior"

Feb 10^th,2001: The frame for the mold is completed! Check out the new pictures of the finished product. Book off the first weekend in March to help us lay in the wood strips. Our goal to pour the boat in the 3rd weekend of March.

Feb 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 2001

More concrete batches are being created and the ones from last week were tested!

Click here for the results.

We have a Concrete Canoe 2001 Pictures! page!

Jan 29^th, 30^th and Feb 1^st, 2001: We have officially started making concrete to test! Thank you to everyone who has volunteered so far. We will making and testing for the next few weeks. Please come out to help, it's a lot fun and actually educational!

We have a new head of fundraising and her name is Alicia Doucette. She has been doing a great job working for the team and deserves everyone's thanks. The latest plan to make money is a raffle. Many different businesses have donated prizes and we are going to sell tickets for them. Our goal is for everyone on the team to sell around 50 tickets. This raffle will help alot to raise money for our team. Tickets will be available on Monday, Feb 3.

December 14^th, 2000: Everyone have a Merry Christmas! Good luck on those last exams.

December 5^th, 2000: Our first technical meeting! Aaron Dent, Grame Skinner, Tim Kivisto, Grant Bishop and Phil Miller met with renowned James Raffen to go over designs and talk about this years canoe. Advanced hull design theory was look at, and female and male molds are being looked into for our design. Thanks go out to James Raffen for driving to Kingston, and Aaron Dent for hosting the meeting.

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