Friday, 31 July 2009

BLACK FIN



NAME

Black Fin


MATERIALS SOURCED

55°58'51.02"N, 3°17'22.17"W

Links next to beach on East side of breakwater

Lothian, Edinburgh

Autumn 2007


VITAL STATISTICS

Hull - Poly styrene

Mast - Cut from black plastic crate

Boom - Cut from black plastic crate

Sail - Clear plastic polythene sheet

Keel - Cut from black plastic crate, ‘torpedo’ white and orange screw top container.

Standing rigging - Assorted nylon string from fishermans nets


LAUNCH SITE

55°58'54.85"N, 3°13'02.10"W

Granton East Pier, Edinburgh, Scotland

9th June 2008


FLOTSAM PERCENTAGE

0%


JETSAM PERCENTAGE

100%


PERFORMANCE

6/10


The black fin worked very well. I could have used even heavier ballast inside container rather than sand, perhaps rocks. Directional steerage was a failure. A rudder or staysail would have fixed this.


CONTACT INCLUDED

No




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