The Kool Boat is…

The Kool Boat is a curb alert.

The Kool Boat is a highly successful mail order advertisement campaign (1971) by Kool Cigarettes.

The Kool Boat is a backyard construction.

The Kool Boat is built out of recycled and repurposed materials.

The Kool Boat is a sail boat.

The Kool Boat is a cruising boat.

The Kool Boat is not made to sail in the ocean.

The Kool Boat sails great in the ocean.

The Kool Boat is capable of landing on the beach.

The Kool Boat is able to launch from the beach.

The Kool Boat is small enough to explore the local reefs and coves.

The Kool Boat is equipped with a 1980s windsurfing sail.

The Kool Boat sail is fixed with a Trader Joe’s bag.

The Kool Boat is sailing with a daggerboard shaped out of a piece of driftwood.

The Kool Boat is having an additional keel from a motor boat.

The Kool Boat is steering with a rudder built with a “Razor Scooter”.

The Kool Boat is an “11-foot expanded polystyrene, thirty-eight inch beam and .17-foot draft beauty”.

The Kool Boat is boasting a weight capacity of 310 lbs.

The Kool Boat is having trouble sailing upwind.

The Kool Boat is flying downwind.

The Kool Boat is rigged with rope from the hardware store.

The Kool Boat is slower than a luxury yacht.

The Kool Boat is more exciting than a luxury yacht.

I would like to thank the Olsen family. This project would not have been possible without your help and kindness. Thanks to Steve for maritime advice and letting me work in the garage. Once the boat outgrew the garage Emily put up with boat and captain in the front yard. Thank you! Aiden, thanks for not telling me that the boat is too small for me. Pepe, I could not have dreamed of a better four legged companion throughout this journey.