The Dutchmen Duel

Welcome to the first season of The Dutchmen Duel, a 3D printed boat race spanning across our schools! This competition is open to all students in South Orangetown and will be held in the Winter (date to be announced shortly). Students will work individually or in teams to design a 3d printed, rubber-band powered boat that can race across a water racetrack! Each round is the best of 3 races. The winner moves on to the next round.

Your design must fit within the dimensions listed below and must obey the following set of rules.

Rules:

1. Boats must be smaller than or equal to the following dimensions: 5 in. Length x 4 in. Wide x 4″ High
2. Boats must utilize less than 50g of filament.
3. Boats must be 100% 3D printed (PLA or HIPS only).
4. Boats must be powered by rubber bands.
5. No electronics or combustible materials or allowed to power your boat.
6. You can use paddles or propellers that are assisted by rubber bands to power your boat. s
7. You will be given a set amount of time to wind your paddles/propellers.
8. Your boat cannot interfere with the other boat.
9. You can use pennies to balance your boat, if needed.
10. You will be given one false start call before being disqualified that race.
11. Each round is the best of 3 races. The winner moves on to the next round.
12. You cannot push or help your boat complete the race, it must be under its own rubber band power.
13. If you push your boat forward on the start tone, you will be disqualified from that race.
14. Sportsmanship counts! Bad sportsmanship = disqualification. Good sportsmanship = possibility at award and more overall fun. 🙂
15. Judges will make the final call on close races and may call for a rematch if a race is too close to call.
16. Fun is mandatory by all participants and spectators.

Examples of boats can be found below. These examples of boats were made for the Moat Boat Paddle Battle, which is organized by the Rhode Island Ocean State Maker Mill. They run a similar competition.