The Scenario: You’re looking for a sponsor to pay for you to participate in a sailboat race. Now that you’ve solved the parallax problem, use the same skills you used there to write a proposal that shows that you can win the race.
The Project: Use the information provided in the performance task to estimate your travel costs and to calculate your average speed and the speed of last year’s winner. Use the questions below to help you gather information to write your proposal.


Part I: Which race? Choose a city (8 points)

When you write your proposal, you’ll need to tell your sponsor about the costs and risks involved in the race you’ve chosen. You’ll investigate these in Part I.

1. Which city did you pick and why? (2 points)








2. What is one common boating hazard in this city? (2 points)








3. What are your total travel expenses? (4 points: 2 points for airfare/hotel. 1 point for total)














Part II: Which category? Choose your boat (10 points)

Your proposal will also discuss how likely it is that you’ll win the race. In Part II, you’ll calculate your average race speed for the type of boat you’ve chosen.

1. Which boat did you choose and why? (2 points)








2. What is one advantage of your boat? (2 points)








3. What is one disadvantage of your boat? (2 points)








4. For the city and boat you picked above, what were the speeds of your last three races (in knots)? (2 points)
















5. What is your average race speed? (2 points)