To give himself more stability, Quinney added some sandbags to the fruit floor, according to the American “space” website. KCTV5 .
Growing Huckle Berry large enough to serve as a boat took Kueny all summer. Dill’s Atlantic Giant is the only pumpkin species that can grow this large.
Queenie grew the pumpkin himself, picked it about two weeks ago, weighed it, and chopped it up over the weekend. It took about 45 minutes to extract all the seeds.
“We tested its float before carving it so we knew which end we wanted to raise. Once we figured that out, we marked it, and cut a hole in the center,” Quinney shared with KCUR-FM.
He didn’t get a chance to test the Huckle Berry before taking it out into the water, but Kueny was hoping for the best.
“It could take all day, or it could be over in five minutes,” Quinney said.
The Paddle KC Padling Club crew had safety measures in place to protect Queenie such as checking the water temperature, speed, and when other vessels were coming in, marking multiple access points, said Christy Kurtz, founder and director of the Paddle KC Padling Club. Paddle Club KC He said.
“We hope to be able to get up to 4 1/2 mph. If we float at 3 mph and encounter some eddies, it could take up to 12 hours. But we don’t want to be out on the river,” Kurtz said. After dark tonight.”
Friends of the Cao Board member Teresa DiSalvo, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the Kansas River, served as an official witness to this record-breaking achievement. There will be another witness in Napoleon to document Queenie’s arrival.
“I was very excited about the Great Pumpkin coming to Cow Point. It’s all in the spirit of Halloween and bringing people together on the river on this beautiful day,” DiSalvo said. KCUR-FM .
Who are the previous pumpkin rowing record holders?
There were some people who dared to paddle across a body of water in a makeshift gourd ship in the past couple of years.
Below is a list of previous record holders:
Duane Hansen (2022) – Took a 37.50 mile trip down the Missouri River
Rick Swenson (2016) – Made a 25-mile trip from Grand Forks, North Dakota to Oslo, Minnesota
Using pumpkins as a vessel is nothing new. A Tennessee man grew a 910-pound pumpkin in 2019 that floated on water.
A small town in Illinois used to host 500-pound pumpkin boat races at its annual festival.
As for Kony, he claims he’s “just a guy with a giant pumpkin and a weird sense of adventure.”
“Seems like a good enough way to spend a Monday morning.”
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