Boat Race

During the boat race our first trial went very well with a 3.50 seconds to reach the end of the tub. However the beginners luck quickly faded. On our second, third, and even fourth try out boat continually turned to the right and hit the wall. We then did our best to work out the problems with our boat. What was going on with the spinning? Boggled, our teacher helped by offering her advice to move the sail down nearer to the bottom. After doing so we were able to make our final voyage across the tub at a 3.64 second mark. If we were to recreate the boat I would probably not use two water bottles but instead three to possibly even the weight to the middle instead of one side or the other. I enjoyed using our creativity in class. We were not given many guidelines which gave us unlimited options and our own minds to think them up.