We had a blast building our boat. Pic. 1 is the sea trials in the bathtub. Pic. 2 is the finished project. We were very proud of our design. To ballast it we used the top of one of the tables from deck 5 with the legs removed. Since we had been told it would be tested in calm and rough seas with 6 12 oz cans we used 8 1.5 liter water bottles strapped to the sides for flotation. It would have withstood any size of waves without capsizing! We then used metal coat hangers to build a frame to support our Asian bling, the long dragon tail and the head. The coat hangers were run through the top of the table and then woven through the other holes to provide exceptional stability. We used empty water bottles strung on the wire for the body. For the head we used a casino cup, cut in half to form jaws which we glued in foam for teeth and used the red foil from the Princess nighttime chocolates for the tongue. The eyes were created from ping pong balls covered in
gold foil from calcium supplements. We then embellished it with some left over St. Patrick's day decorations, paper cranes, magnets, earrings etc. Whatever we could find that gave more sparkle. We had to search for colored plastic bags to cover the plastic bottle body and head. Luckily we put together a hap hazard group that worked well together. The red bag on the base is a bio hazard bag off one of the room service carts.
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