3rd Annual BROOKLYN MARINA Cardboard Boat Races

Join the crew at the Brooklyn marina and launch your creative Cardboard Boat at the 3rd Annual Brooklyn Marina Cardboard Boat Races! The event is on Saturday August 22nd at 2pm
(Rain Date August 29).

Five Race Categories
– 12 & under
-13 to 18
-Over 18
– Local Businesses
– Community Groups

* Prizes for first 3 categories – 1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100
* Most Creative Design – $100
* “Titanic” prize for most spectacular sinking – $100

Food and Entertainment!

Boat Construction
The entire boat must be built of cardboard. Cardboard boxes, cardboard block, corrugated cardboard or cardboard carpet tubes can be used. No coated cardboard permitted. Duct tape, glue and liquid nail adhesive can be used and latex paint for water proofing. There shall be NO wood, plastic, sono tubes, styrofoam, spray foam, fiberglass or anything else that’s not cardboard in the construction of your boat. There shall be NO staples, clamps, screws. Just cardboard. 25% limit on duct tape covering.

Rules
– One to four crew members.
– All boat occupants must wear appropriately sized Personal Flotation Devices.
– Boats propelled by paddles.
– No rafts or paddleboard styles.

Registration forms and race information is available at the marina, or by emailing brooklymarina.secretary@gmail.com, or on the marina website at brooklynmarina.ca