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| ===== The Challenge ===== | ===== The Challenge ===== | ||
| - | The raft race is held every year in June/July as part of the [[http://www.edinburghcanalfestival.org.uk/|Edinburgh Canal Festival]]. The race takes place in the Lochrin Basin at the end of the canal in Fountainbridge. | + | Announcements for the Edinburgh Canal Festival are primarily done through their [[https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCanalFest |
| - | Hacklab has entered every year since 2011. | + | The raft race is held every year in June/July as part of the [[https:// |
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| + | Hacklab has entered every year between | ||
| - | This year's event is on Saturday 27th June 2015. | ||
| ===== Ideas ===== | ===== Ideas ===== | ||
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| * Submarine. | * Submarine. | ||
| * Simple raft, outrageous decor. (e.g. look like an aircraft carrier, or a giant shark) | * Simple raft, outrageous decor. (e.g. look like an aircraft carrier, or a giant shark) | ||
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| + | * [[https:// | ||
| ===== Previous Years ===== | ===== Previous Years ===== | ||
| - | 2011 - 4-person raft based on 6 gym balls.\\ | + | ==== 2011 ==== |
| - | 2012 - 2-person pedal powered craft with gym balls for buoyancy. | + | {{: |
| - | 2013 - 4-person vessel constructed from PVC tubes. | + | **Date:** Sat 9 July\\ |
| - | 2014 - 3-person vessel constructed from polystyrene sheet and PVC tubes. | + | **Result:** Finished 5th place\\ |
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| + | 4-person raft based on 6 gym balls.\\ | ||
| + | Blog Post: https:// | ||
| + | [[https:// | ||
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| + | ==== 2012 ==== | ||
| + | {{: | ||
| + | **Date:** Sat 30 June\\ | ||
| + | **Result:** Winner of Daftest Raft award!\\ | ||
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| + | 2-person pedal-powered | ||
| + | https:// | ||
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| + | ==== 2013 ==== | ||
| + | {{: | ||
| + | **Date:** Sat 6 July\\ | ||
| + | **Result:** First place winners!\\ | ||
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| + | 4-person vessel constructed from PVC tubes. \\ | ||
| + | [[https:// | ||
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| + | ==== 2014 ==== | ||
| + | {{: | ||
| + | **Date:** Sat 21 June\\ | ||
| + | **Result:** 1st Place\\ | ||
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| + | 3-person vessel constructed from polystyrene sheet and PVC tubes. | ||
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| + | ==== 2015 ==== | ||
| + | {{: | ||
| + | **Date:** Sat 27 June\\ | ||
| + | **Result:** (no prize)\\ | ||
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| + | 2-person raft based on an oil drum and a large tub. | ||
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| + | ==== 2016 ==== | ||
| + | {{: | ||
| + | **Date:** Sat 18 June\\ | ||
| + | **Result:** (no prize)\\ | ||
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| + | 4-person barrel and metal frame, flipper/ | ||
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| + | https:// | ||
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| + | ==== 2017 ==== | ||
| + | {{: | ||
| + | **Date:** Sat 17 June\\ | ||
| + | **Result:** Prize for "Most entertaining" | ||
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| + | Single-person inflatable banana hydrofoil.\\ | ||
| + | https:// | ||
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| + | ==== 2018 ==== | ||
| + | {{: | ||
| + | **Date:** Sat 16 June\\ | ||
| + | **Result:** 1st Place\\ | ||
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| + | 4-person inflatable banana dragon raft. \\ | ||
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| + | ==== 2019 ==== | ||
| + | {{: | ||
| + | **Date:** Sat 15 June\\ | ||
| + | **Result:** 3rd place prize\\ | ||
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| + | 6-person banana flipper raft. Fippers attached to a lever plus bike brake cable mechanism, which overheated and popped the bananas.\\ | ||
| + | Photos: \\ | ||
| + | https:// | ||
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| + | ==== 2020 - 2021 ==== | ||
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| + | Each team 3D scanned and measured the physics properties of the materials they would have used in building their raft. The materials were assembled into a raft inside of CAD software before being simulated inside of a Computational Fluid Dynamics/ | ||
| + | https:// | ||
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| + | ==== 2022 ==== | ||
| + | {{: | ||
| + | **Date:** Sat 18 June\\ | ||
| + | **Result:** 2nd place, and a prize for 'Most Creative Raft' | ||
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| + | The race is back after 3 years! \\ | ||
| + | 3 person raft (it flipped over with 4 people on it) - triangular wooden frame with styrofoam blocks underneath. The design was based on a [[https:// | ||
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| + | [[https:// | ||
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| + | Date: Sat 18th June, 2.30-4.30pm | ||
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| + | ==== 2023/2024 ==== | ||
| + | **2023**, Sat 17 June: Not enough interest from the Hacklab members to form a raft building team. \\ | ||
| + | They did allow DIY rafts (unlike 2024) - photos of another team's 2023 raft: [[https:// | ||
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| + | **2024**, Sat 15 June: Unfortunately the canal festival team didn't want to secure the insurance and safety people required to run a raft race of DIY rafts, and so each team was only allowed to decorate two pre-prepared canoes taped together. Someone from the Edinburgh Forge did build their own raft and sailed it in the canal, separately from the event. \\ | ||
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| + | ==== 2025 ==== | ||
| + | **Date:** Sat 23rd Aug\\ | ||
| + | The raft race is scheduled for Sat 23rd Aug 12-5pm. | ||
| + | We will see if they will allow DIY rafts or not. | ||
| + | It is going to be a separate event from the Edinburgh Canal Festival (which is happening on Sat 21st June and overlaps with the Edinburgh pride parade) | ||
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| + | Details: [[https:// | ||
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