Sika

“QUICK AND DIRTY” BOAT BUILD COMPETITION

- A GREAT SUCCESS --

Eight teams participated in building a boat of their own design in 5 hours on Saturday. The teams were very restricted in the tools they could use and their boat construction was limited to only 3 sheets of plywood, some miscellaneous wood strips, cable ties, and all the Sikaflex (adhesive/caulk) needed to construct the boats. At the end of the first day, all teams had their boats ready for decorating on Sunday.

Sunday morning brought the teams back to the boat shop where they decorated their vessels with latex paint, stencils, and on one boat, their children’s handprints. They had 3 hours to complete this task then moved their boats to the beach for judging in the categories of most original design and most colorful paint job. The judges were Mayor Margot Garant and PJ Village Project Manager Bob Tumilowicz. By the time the boats were on the beach, a crowd was gathering on the pier, along the park rail, and on the beach. At race time, there were more than 100 plus people to cheer the teams on.

The bell was rung to start the race, which was around a triangular course of approximately 100 yards in length. The teams all got off the beach with only one boat capsizing, but they got right back in and finished. Of the eight boats, only one did not finish, they just could not stay on top of their boat.

All the teams returned their boats back to the Boat Shop where Mayor Garant handed out the prizes: engraved wooden boxes containing a clock. This year’s winners were: First to Build Boat--George and Michael Sotiriou; Last to Be Built--Jim Brite and Casey Kirk; Most Original Design – Marty Mandelbaum and Joe Ahlert; Most Colorful – Al Raschdorf and Grant Connelly; Race Winner – Al Raschdorf and Grant Connelly.

Participants, spectators, LISEC volunteers and judges all agreed that this was a terrific event and look forward to next year’s “Quck ‘N Dirty” boat build.

LISEC wishes to thank the following donors who made this event such a success: Nassu/Suffolk Lumber, Sika Corp., George and Mary Dugoniths of Awards and Gifts

and Charles Carter.