Here it is: A pop quiz. You'll find all of the answers scattered about in WB No. 190—the new one, with the high-efficiency Kiwi power cruiser on the cover. The first person to get them all wins a WoodenBoat cap of their choice of style and color—unless nobody gets all of the answers within a week. In that case, the cap will go to the person who answers the most questions correctly. If nobody gets any answers correct, an unlikely event, I'm keeping the cap.
1) How much fuel does the Consolidated Playboat MEMORY burn at full speed?
2) How much fuel does the New Zealand cruising launch WHIO burn at cruising speed?
3) What words did the dying Thomas Fleming Day whisper to a friend?
4) What was the thickness of the deck planking of the racing scow Outlook?
5) What are the two principal methods of traditional planking?
6) Which boat won the first Bermuda Race?
7) What are the dates and location of the John Gardner Small Craft Weekend?
8) Who designed the Triangle-class sloop?
9) In what year was the cabin-class sloop CHEWINK launched?
10) What were the names of the two original Knockabout sloops at Marblehead, Massachusetts?
RULES UPDATE: Answers must appear in "Comments," below, to be valid. Don't e-mail them.
ALSO: One astute observer beat us to an error in WB No. 190. Look for the answer to question No. 6 in the article's main text, not in the captions.
1) How much fuel does the Consolidated Playboat MEMORY burn at full speed?
Twenty-two gallons an hour.
2) How much fuel does the New Zealand cruising launch WHIO burn at cruising speed?
Half a gallon an hour at 10 knots.
3) What words did the dying Thomas Fleming Day whisper to a friend?
“I am slipping, but life is sweet still.”
4) What was the thickness of the deck planking of the racing scow Outlook?
¼ inch
5) What are the two principal methods of traditional planking?
Carvel, lapstrake
6) Which boat won the first Bermuda Race?
Tamerlane (but you say Gauntlet in a caption)
7) What are the dates and location of the John Gardner Small Craft Weekend?
June 3-4, Mystic, Conn.
8) Who designed the Triangle-class sloop?
John Alden
9) In what year was the cabin-class sloop CHEWINK launched?
1901
10) What were the names of the two original Knockabout sloops at Marblehead, Massachusetts?
Nancy and Jane.
Posted by: Eric Sorensen | April 20, 2006 at 12:39 PM
Would just like to see #190. I'm still convinced that the post man takes them home and reads them before delivering them. Same with MAIB.
Posted by: Ron Carter | April 25, 2006 at 09:33 AM