A strange name.

The name of the sailing boat in a very famous story:

"My Family and other animals"

By
Gerald Durrel

Daffodil-Yellow Villa

 

If you did try making a a model of a coracle and adding a mast and a sail you may just have experienced the problem of the Bootle-Bumtrinket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Try making a variety of boats with different masts and see if you can get a better result.

 

How would you stop the yacht from rolling over?

Boats need to balance or they will roll over.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Coracle

The basic shape of a boat. Just like the one you made when you flattened amd moulded the plasticine ball.

What do you think is the big problem about rowing this kind of boat?

Do you think this boat can go very far?

How do you think people changed the design of boats so they could go further, faster and with less work?

 

Well if you thought "let's put a sail on it you might be heading in the right direction.

 

Try making a model of a boat shaped like a coracle and adding a mast a sail.

 

Any problems?