Is it possible to construct a boat of nothing more than cardboard & duct tape and find it seaworthy enough to carry two crew members in a race out in Mobile Bay?  The Gifted classes at Daphne Middle School accepted the challenge on Saturday, May 15.  We had our 15^th Annual Great American Cardboard Boat Race.  It was a wonderful turnout!  We would like to give a special thank you to the wonderful parents for their support during the boat building unit.  Your love, dedication, and encouragement are the reasons we succeed! 

The Winners:

• Best Rationale or Written Design Report (The John Paul Jones Award): 

#16 Whatever Floats Your Boat:  Brittany LeSerra, Emma Kirby, Tara Suhs, Rachel Ward & Dionna Walker

• Best Dressed Crew (Captain Hook Award):  #8 Batmobile

Josh DuCote, Alex Ferguson, Luke Brown, Ethan McVay & Adam Garafola

• Fastest Sinking Boat (The Hunley Award):  #23 The Captain Morgan

Morgan Halford, Clayton Cassibry, Ryan Caffee & James White

• Most Creative Design (The Captain Nemo Award):  #13 American Thunder

Parker Hazard, Jacob McVay, Blake Carnley, Christian Parke, Josh Gardner

• The Most Spectacular Sinking Award (The Titanic Award):  #12 Color Crazy

Kendra Shepard, Mia McCrary, Ariana Hand, Gabby Baxter

• 3^rd Place Boat finishing in 4 minutes, 20 seconds:  #4 S.S. Microsoft Word

Travis Purser, Ian Downs, Lizzy Zakutney, Kaitlin Simison, Hannah Jo Wilson

• 2^nd Place Boat finishing in 4 minutes, 11 seconds:  #10 The Sparta

Max Bennett, Andrew Morgan, Will Sullivan

• 1^st Place Boat finishing in 3 minutes, 21 seconds:  #13 American Thunder

Parker Hazard, Jacob McVay, Blake Carnley, Christian Parke, Josh Gardner

Thanks again to everyone for coming out and supporting the boat race!  It was a huge success.

Submitted by: Mrs. Pendley