What i tried to do with my boat project was replicate what a toy boat looked like in my mind. Although the final result was not exactly how i envisioned it, i feel like me and my partner, Dani Doak, did a good job at creating a decent looking boat. The boat is simple coming with the body, a keel, and a sail.

Above is a picture of the hole we created for the marbles to sit in. The body of the ship was made out of Styrofoam. I made the hole using a ruler. At first the hole was too small and when placing the marbles in it the boat tilted forward and to its side. After seeing this we decided to make the hole longer down somewhat even left and right.

Above you see a picture of our sail. The sail was actually the final object placed on our boat. This is made out of a piece of cardboard covered in aluminum foil. This is attached to a number of straws wrapped together in duct tape. After testing we noticed that the sail, along with the marbles, made the boat tilt forward. So, our solution to fix the sail problem was to cut it down an inch or two to lessen the weight on the front.

Above you will see the final product. On the bottom you can see the keel of our boat. This keel helps our boat stay straight. At first our keel touched the bottom so we had to trim it down a little. Like our sail, the keel is made out of cardboard but instead of aluminum foil we covered it in duct tape. The keel is held together to the boat through the wonderful use of hot glue.