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Mis-Led II is going to Seattle, WA for Nationals!!! 

2007 ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition

 

Captains for Fall '06-Spring '07:

  • Stefano Truschke (truschke@uiuc.edu)
    Carrie Peterson (cpeters3@uiuc.edu)

  • Concrete Canoe Room: B151 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

  • Advisor: Jeffery Roesler (jroesler@uiuc.edu)

  • Email the Boneyard Yacht Club at boneyardyc@uiuc.edu for any questions, comments, or to be added to the emailing list.

  • Boneyard Yacht Club T-Shirt send in an order request via email to boneyardyc@uiuc.edu for your very own $10 t-shirt (make sure to specify size request).  Shown below as worn by Clyde Kessler.  Click here to see the design.

Since its humble beginnings in 1970, the concrete canoe project has been an annual tradition at UIUC. The project idea was conceived by UIUC Professor Emeritus Clyde Kessler as an educational and engaging design project for his honors class. Upon the completion of the 360-pound Mis-Led, Purdue University heard about this effort to construct a ferrocemento boat. So, in a true spirit of campus rivalry, Purdue challenged UIUC to a race. In May of the following year, the competition was held at Kickapoo State Park near Danville, Illinois. Following an intense, challenging contest, UIUC was officially crowned the first Concrete Canoe World Champion.

In the years since, the Concrete Canoe Competition has become an annual event, both at the Regional and National level. Every year, students from twenty Regions around the country compete, with each Region's winner advancing to the National Competition. The 2002 Regional Competition ended with a UIUC second-place finish.

For national and worldwide reference, check out ConcreteCanoe.org.

Great Lakes Conference 2007 Hosted by Purdue University April 27-30.
 
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