Roth Regatta '08

Today was the annual Roth Regatta. To those of you who are unfamiliar with it, the idea is that you build a boat exclusively out of duct tape and cardboard, and then you have to race it against other boats. Usually each building, club, and department enters one. Of course, Wagner was there.

My RA, Kyle, and an the impromptu-entry of Kelly ended up crewing the boat, who's name was a bit ambiguous; but I think we went with Tumbleweed. I helped get some cardboard for the boat and do some of the physical construction. The boat ended up losing to three or four other vessels in the end.

Originally, another Wagner resident, Keri, was supposed to be in it but since we had class at the time it was scheduled neither of us could end up crewing it. Maybe next year.

There were some interesting designs there, though. The race can either have a speed or well-designed boat and many go all out. There was a turtle on a platform, a iceberg with a person dressed up as a polar bear by the environmental club, a bowl of ramen noodles, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's van, and the Lesbian/Gay/Bi/transsexual multi-colored rainbow boat, with two crossed penis' and a skull with a boa wrapped around it's neck.



It was interesting, to say the least.