For today’s task housemates must become sea captains for the day and work as a team to build boats fit for the high seas of the swimming pool in the garden.

Julian and Harvey are called to the diary room. They are instructed that they will become sea captains for today’s task. In the diary room, they must don their uniforms and return to house dressed as sea captains.

Julian and Harvey will lead two teams of housemates in a head to head boat building task. In the garden, each team will be given a matching pile of materials with which to build their boat. This will include: sheets of polystyrene, cardboard, cardboard tubing, sticky back plastic, plastic sheets and gaffa tape. Each team will also be given a mast and flag to include in the boat’s design.

Before the race there will be a boat naming ceremony and the finished boats will be christened by the captains smashing a sugar glass bottle on the side.

The captains will then race finished boats up and down the pool, using a paddle to propel their boat along. The captain that gets to the end and back in the fastest time wins!

Later today, the victorious team’s members will win time with a top hair stylist.
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UPDATE: The housemates were split in to two teams. Captain Julian, Ashley, The Situation and Julie as one team and Captain Harvey, Prince Lorenzo, Coleen and Martin on the opposing team.

The teams had 45 minutes to build their boats. They then had to sail their homemade boats across the high seas (do one lap of the pool) in the fastest time, to win the task.

- Harvey sailed his boat to the other end of the pool in 19 seconds.
- Julian paddled hard and managed a time of 14 seconds, meaning Julian’s team are the winners!

The winning team are currently having their hair done by a couple of top stylists.