May 19, and 26, 2010 Building process begins

Day one and two......Construction of the Del Webb @ Lake Oconee cardboard dragon boat for the OPAS regatta began by selecting and cutting enough 4' x 4' cardboard panels to start the bottom of the boat. Each panel edge was then taped with one inch masking tape to keep water from penetrating the corrugation. The panels then were placed edge to edge on a hard 16 ' surface and 2 inch masking tape was used to join them together. The panels were then marked 4 inches in from the two edges that will be the sides, gunwales, of the boat. A blunt tool was used to score each edge line and the the edge was bent upright. This was the start of the sides. These panels were then flipped so the inside of the boat was upright. The bow and the stern were then made and added to the bottom panels. Corner packing material from appliance boxes approximately 3" x 3" was glued to the inside of each turned up edge for reinforcing.