I'm a bit nervous about this.....for physics we launch our cardboard boats tomorrow....
Our dimensions are as such.....
73 inches long x 52 inches wide x 18 inches tall for the body
and a nose that is 23 inches long on top and the bottom is 26 sloped up to create an 8 inch gap that is filled in on either side back to the boat.
Anybody have past experience with cardboard boats? I know the key is to displace a ton of waterbut my main concerns are us sitting too low in the water (I weigh roughly 125 but my partner weighs roughly 235), the cardboard soakinng up water like a sponge and the rigidity and stableness of the bottom and sides. We need to make it across (the long way) a regulation pool and back for full credit....