Rules

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We inform all the students that the success of this challenge well on its good atmosphere and the motivation of the competitors. That’s why fair-play and cooperation seem necessary.

Here are the rules that we established about this challenge:

Schools can bring 1 or 2 canoes and teams

Competitors must be from the school

Canoe must be built throughout the scholar year and by the students eventually helped by their teacher

Help from supplier scan be ask

Oarsmen must also be from the school

The size of the canoe has to be between 3 to 6 meters

The width can go up to 1 meter as a maximum

The distance between the top and the waterline will be enough to permit the buoyancy during the race

No floating organs will be allowed up to the canoe

The global shape of the craft will look like a standard canoe (monohull, no keel, no mast and no motor)

Canoe must be made of concrete

Proportion of non-concrete elements must not exceed 5% of the total weigh

Canoe on water must bear the weight of at least 120 kilogramms

The crew during the race will be composed of at least two people

Float can be installed : they must not contribute to the canoe’s rigidity, they will be taken off for the try and the weighing, they will be inside the canoe

Repair the day of the competition is allowed if the concrete is made the same day

Crew will be responsible of his canoe during the competition: fishing out a canoe will be expense of the team

Canoe will be put in the water by human’s strength

A construction report will be given before the competition, it will explain at least :

Performance and functional requirements

Plan of fabrication

Shape of the mould

Building method

The construction

Building process

Materials and equipment used

Composition of the concrete used

Team have to bring a sample of the concrete used for their canoe

Team are allowed to paint or put advertisement on their canoe. This one must not helped to the rigidity or buoyancy of the canoe

Sponsor’s logos are allowed only on the canoe and the clothes of the team

The amount of participation’s fees is not definitive

The journey of your team and canoe will be in your budget

If you need special accommodation, please let us know

The event will be made up of 4 parts : two races (slalom, sprint), analysis of the construction report and design.

Depending on the number of school, these races could be divided into rounds

A jury composed of professionals, students and organizers will named the winner

The atmosphere of this special challenge will be fair-play, organizers have the right to disqualify a crew if a condition is not respected

These rules have been written by the team “Challenge Concrete Canoe” of LÉcole des mines de Douai. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:

Alban PILARD, Chief of the Challenge Concrete Canoe 2012

Student of l’École des mines de Douai,

È: +33 (0) 7 86 10 87 05

+ : alban.pilard@minesdedouai.fr