While working Manuka Sports Event Management I was asked to develop a guide to show children how to make boat knots at the Atlantic Cup Boat Race. Manuka organizes and manages the Atlantic Cup Boat Race which begins in Virginia and ends in Newport, Rhode Island
To try and make it easier to understand I first designed the rope and then colored the moving part of rope in red to indicate the movement of the rope. In order to make it more child friendly I incorporated the Atlantic Cup’s children’s mascot Captain Dave. After the events we reviewed the statistics of the knot tying and found out of 50 children 42 were able to successfully tie the boat knots. This number was up from 23 successful knot ties the previous year.
