Announcing HYC’s 1st Annual Cardboard Boat Race, Saturday, August 15th during the HYC Corn Boil BBQ.
Register your team by August 10th with Holly Frohloff at hfrohloff@hotmail.com
Present your boat to the beach area at 2:30pm. Race starts at 3:00pm
Cardboard sheets available @ HYC while quantities last, pick up at HYC office, first-come, first-served (max 5 sheets per team)
Prizes for:
Race Winner
Most Creative Design
Best-Dressed Crew
Most Spectacular Sinking (aka Titanic Award)
RULES:
1. Allowable materials: cardboard, duct tape, water-based paint & acrylic caulking ONLY
2. NO flotation of any sort allowed
3. Top of boat must be open
4. Sails are allowed
5. No size limit
6. No minimum or maximum # of people in boat
7. Hand-paddled only (no kicking) – with canoe or kayak paddles (no oar locks)
8. Steerage (rudder/centerboard) must be cardboard
9. No contact with lake bottom, rocks or other boats for propulsion
10. No bailing allowed
11. Must finish with all people in, or in contact with, the boat
12. If boat is under water you’re disqualified
13. All participants must wear a life jacket
14. Teams are responsible for the proper disposal of their boats after racing (use dumpsters near maintenance shed in parking lot)
Questions? Contact Holly Frohloff, hfrohloff@hotmail.com
