Our 2014 Pour Day for Concrete Canoe went well, with three layers of concrete and two layers of carbon fiber grid reinforcement going into our homemade mold in about ten hours of work. Roughly fifteen members helped out including a few dedicated non-canoe-team helpers. We finished off the bulkheads, so the only remaining concrete placement will be for the edges and any patches.
Finishing off the mold, start time: 10:30am 
Covering the mold with contact paper 
The rush of helpers is here 
Smoothing all the cracks 
Laying ropes to gauge the concrete’s thickness 
Waiting for concrete 
laying more ropes 
Mixing the first batch of concrete! Start time: noon. 
Placing the first layer, in sections 
Kelly and Noah placing the first layer 
Smoothing the first layer of concrete 
Smoothing the first layer of concrete 
Preparing dry concrete mix in the mix room 
Placing the first layer 
Elise and Rosa, still mixing endless buckets of concrete 
Lucy and Erin weight concrete ingredients 
First layer of reinforcement, second layer of concrete 
Still mixing concrete 
Breaking apart fibers in the mix room 
(late) lunch break: pizza! 
Several people spent the whole day making concrete in the mix room! 
Weighing stuff for concrete in the mix room 
Completed first layer, with most of the second layer 
Second layer in progress 
Second layer in progress 
Finishing the first layer on the ends 
Working on the ends 
Lucy and Kelly placing concrete 
Second layer of reinforcement, third (final) layer of concrete 
Waiting for more concrete 
Donut break 
Placing the final layer 
Finishing the ends 
Finishing the end 
Spray-foaming the bulkheads into place 
We’re done – time to build a canoe tent 
Assembling PVC pipes for the tent 
Finished canoe 
Tented canoe, time to clean up! 
Time for a celebratory meal – end time: 8:30pm