GoF: Beauxbatons and Durmstrang? And what of the ship?

[arcurry]

No: HPFGUIDX 30936

Kimmie wrote:
>As we know that there are more 
> Beauxbatons students than just Fleur Delacour, and more Durmstrang 
> students than just Viktor Krum, do they simply not attend courses? 

My guess is that they studied their schools' curriculum with their 
headmaster. I doubt it was along the lines of their "normal" studies, 
but may have been concentrating on skills relevant to the tournament. 
Who knows, each student could have been assigned a special reseach 
project related to the tournament, not unlike some gifted/talented 
programs in Muggle educational institutions. We do know that the 
headmasters of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons were "helping" their 
champions, from references made by Hagrid and others, so there had to 
be at least some type of instruction going on. 
 
> Also, we know that the Durmstrang ship surfaces and stays in the 
> Hogwarts lake, exactly where the second task is held. Yet, there is 
> no mention of it being gone *or* of it being there.

I'm going to assume, since the task took place underwater, the ship 
wasn't in the way. The lake appears to be rather large (large enough 
to house a giant squid and a mer-colony), so I doubt having a 
grandstand set up next to or near the ship would have made any 
difference, since there wasn't anything to "watch" until the 
champions, merfolk, and hostages came up to the surface.

Arcurry