Cal Poly Concrete Canoe

The Cal Poly Concrete Canoe Team is hard at work perfecting a Nationals Caliber Canoe, worthy of those of recent memory. Coming off four successive top five finishes at the National Concrete Canoe Compettion ("Katana" '05-'06, "MC Escher" '06-'07,  "Big Sur" '07-'08, "Vintage" '08-'09) this year's team is poised for another impressive performance.

This year we will travel to the University of Nevada, Las vegas to compete in the Pacific Southwest Regional Conference where we have placed first in 10 out of the past 12 years.

*Paddling Practice/Tryouts:  *Paddling practice will be Saturday and Sunday
8:00-9:30 AM and 9:00-10:30 AM.  To be placed on the alias  for weekly
updates or more information, please email Kyle Marshall,
ksmarsha@calpoly.edu.  Paddler tryouts have been set for the weekend after
finals, December 12 and 13.  Additional information will be sent out through
the alias as it is determined

Update 10-5-09

Last Saturday, the concrete canoe team held its first paddling practice for the year!  About 30 participants came out to Laguna Lake for a fun and eventful morning.  Practices will be held every weekend from here on out, so if you missed the first there's more to come. Thank you to everyone who came out, and made it a successful first practice.

Update 8-17-09

Cal Poly Concrete Canoe finishes another successful year with a Top 5 placing at the 22^nd National Concrete Canoe Competition. In the four judged categories of races, technical presentation, design report, and final product, Cal Poly received 2^nd, 6^th, 3^rd, and 1^st, respectively, leading to an overall rank of 3^rd in the nation. This marks the fourth straight year where Cal Poly has finished Top 5 in the nation.

This success could not have been realized without the dedicated support of ours sponsors. Additionally, Concrete Canoe Advisors, Dr. Hall and Dr. Kasper (professors in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department), contributed a significant number of hours year in and out for the last 6 years. Their encouragement and inspiration is a cornerstone to the Cal Poly Concrete Canoe Program.

On behalf of all of the Concrete Canoe Captains and SCE members, thank you for the opportunity to compete and experience this project. “It’s a project that will never be far from your memory, regardless of how old you are and how hard you try,” Kyle Marshall, 2009 Concrete Canoe Project Manager.

Update 6-27-09

The team is back from an excellent trip to the National Competition in Tuscalossa, Alabama. The team placed third overall and had impressive showings in all categories. 

The team placed first in Final Product, Second in overall race points, third in Design Paper, and sixth in the Technical Presentation.

Watch this space in the coming weeks for pictures and updates.

Update 4-23-09

Check us out on The Concrete Producer Website. An exclusive interview with our very own Kyle Marshall.

And an aritcle about the Concrete Canoes at the World of Concrete.

Update 4-8-09

Hawaii was a huge sucess. This year's canoe, Vintage, took first place overall. Individual awards include First place in Final Product, Design Paper, and Presentation as well as one first, three second, and one third place finish at the Races. The team is heading to the National Competition in Tuscaloosa in June. Thank you to everyone who helped make this win possible.

Update 12-29-08

As we enter the second quarter we are making final adjustments before the construction of the final canoe, having cast our practice canoe at the end of finals week. The team is busy making and testing samples , as well as working on our paper and presentation in preparation for our competition in April.

Thank you to everyone who helped with the construction of our practice canoe, without your help we would not have the success we do.