Week 6

This week, we tested how much weight the boat could hold. A 100 pound weight was placed on the boat, and then 25 pound cinderblocks were repeatedly added to the boat, to see how much it could hold. The boat supported the 100-pound weight and six 25-pound cinder blocks, meaning the boat currently holds 250 pounds. No additional weight was added because the pool was not clean and we did not want to risk sinking the boat. Also, ATSM standards were acquired from the engineering librarian. We hope to run the lumber and plastic tests this week.

Figure 1: Testing of the pontoon