Official results - 15th overall
Submitted by Gareth on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 08:47.Finish Pos. No. Raft Name Entrant Start Finish Overall
1 215 FTIO Sealine International Ltd 10:13 11:59 01:46
2 214 Gud Darts II T50 Sealine International Ltd 09:36 11:22 01:46
3 413 Western Express Dave Chapman 10:04 11:55 01:51
4 404 Peg 42 Stourport Cruiser Club 10:00 11:58 01:58
5 213 T50 Tek-Nosh-It Sealine International Ltd 10:14 12:22 02:08
6 208 mis-BEEHIVE-ers Mobell Communications Ltd 10:37 12:47 02:10
7 412 Team Purslow St James 09:30 11:42 02:12
8 415 Harbour Rebels Harbour Inn 10:02 12:31 02:29
9 410 Summerfield Arms 09:40 12:17 02:37
10 411 St James Crocks St James 10:39 13:20 02:41
11 418 SMYBC SMYBC 09:38 12:24 02:46
12 202 Property Care Pirates Property Care Droitwich 10:10 12:59 02:49
13 204 Brickinnit Ibstock Brick Ltd 10:08 12:58 02:50
14 203 Lindab Ltd 09:57 12:58 03:01
15 205 8 Planks on our Raft 10:43 13:47 03:04
16 210 Merry Hill Management Centre 10:18 13:22 03:04
17 209 Duct "Oars" Versaduct Sheet Metal Ltd 10:47 13:54 03:07
We did it!
Submitted by Gareth on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 07:41.On a blazing hot day, the team completed the race in approx 3 hours (finishing times have not yet being formally published).
The raft held together well, and we managed to overtake about 10 other rafts during the race too.
Lots of people from the team (and their families) who weren't on the raft also came along to support us, which was appreciated - apart from the egg throwers!
Photos are in the gallery...
More photos of the raft build
Submitted by Gareth on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 07:35.More photos of the raft being built have been added to the gallery...
Watch us building our raft in 2 minutes
Submitted by Gareth on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 18:42.We had a camera set up while we built the raft, and have got a short time-lapse video of the day we spent constructing our craft.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kea4kRckBVk
It's hosted on YouTube.
Construction started...
Submitted by Gareth on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 12:03.The team spent the day at Gareth's house building the raft (photo's in the gallery) - the main part of the raft, consisting of a wooden frame with drums lashed to it, has been finished.
We now need to finish the raft off, and jobs we need to do include:
Construct and fit a rudder.
Add more "floatage" - a number of plastic containers we've got to supplement the drums.
Build a deck along the centre of the raft.
Add some seats to sit on.
Fix a rope at the front of the raft.
Construct some kind of mast to attach our banner to.
Possiblily treat the timber we've used on the raft.
Fix our race number onto the raft.
Lots of developments
Submitted by Gareth on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 07:24.As we get closer to race day, lots of things are happening:
- Mike Hodder has been liasing with the British Heart Foundation, and has got us some BHF tee-shirts to wear on the day, along with some paper sponsorship forms.
- We've started to raise sponsorship in ernest - the Justgiving page has attracted lots of donations, and we've also got a nice cash sum raised "off line", primarily by Mike Hartles.
- Lichfield Trent Valley 4-tracking project have confirmed the delivered of a quantity of scrap wood for the 18th April.
- Mark Daley has managed to secure a quantity of plastic containers from his health club, which he has kindly offer to deliver to the build site.
There are now 8 planks on our raft
Submitted by Gareth on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 07:20.We've press-ganged another crew member - Mike Wootton has joined the crew, and we've amended our team name accordingly to "8 planks on our raft"
Entry confirmed
Submitted by Gareth on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 07:52.The organisers confirmed our entry today - our race number is 205, and we're in the Works/Company category.
Our team name is "Seven planks on our raft".
Entry form submitted
Submitted by Gareth on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 11:13.Davina has posted off our entry form - no going back now.
