Josef “Jeff” Sipek

Yesterday, I went to the anual Roth Pond Regatta at Stony Brook. It’s an event where different groups of people race their cardboard and duct-tape boats across a pond. (This was the third time I went, but this year, my participation was limited to taking photos.) Below are some of the more interesting ones, you can always check out the whole gallery (as well as photos from 2007 and 2006; note that the photos haven’t been post processed).

The Stony Brook Computing Society’s boat:

Some other team’s boat…both nice looking and fast:

These folks did not have Dino around:

Gargamel (SBCS member):

Getting the head on:

Papa Smurf! (note the size of the people in comparison):

Another team had fun with special effects:

Then, the races began…

Some boats didn’t make it off the starting line:

Others did extremely well:

Papa Smurf is getting old, and isn’t as agile as he once used to be:

Gargamel finds it very amusing:

Paddle faster!

Trojans nearing the finish line (note that the boat looks somewhat unfinished - the legs aren’t fully painted!)

Papa Smurf getting demolished (part of the rules, once you lose, you must dispose of your boat)

Mummy trying to get to the shore:

The dumpster “guardians” using power-tools on Papa Smurf’s head:

This is a very small subset of the photos I took…if you want to see more (un-postprocessed) photos, follow the link near the top of this entry.