The first year of boat building was not too successful. 2009 boat had a rounded hull which looked very boat like but the centre of gravity was too high and the round hull made it easy to roll. The narrow cockpit made it impossible to lean very far to one side to balance. The boat was consequently VERY unstable. Making the boat longer would make it more stable but this wasn't possible with one sheet of the available cardboard.
Yes yes, Hilarious isn't it. That canal is filthy you know.
Elegant-yes. Boatlike - yes. Well designed......er...
Lesson learnt (the hard way) and next year a wider, flatter bottom boat was designed so we'd have a chance of staying the right way up.
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