Josef “Jeff” Sipek

Roth Pond Regatta 2009

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:
What could it be?

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

These folks did not have Dino around:
Flint-mobile

Gargamel (SBCS member):
Gargamel

Getting the head on:
Head-less smurf

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

Another team had fun with special effects:
Dragon with smoke

Then, the races began…

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

Others did extremely well:
Dragon on water

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

Gargamel finds it very amusing:
gargamel enjoying the race

Paddle faster!
Action shot

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

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

Mummy trying to get to the shore:
Paddling mummy

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

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