5th Annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta

The 5th Annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta will cast-off Saturday, August 4 at the Nanticoke River Public Marine Park (26 North Market Street, Blades).

The event is open to anyone who is willing to build a boat from recycled cardboard and paddle it approximately 200 yards to the finish line.

Participants can register in advance or on the day of the event.  Boats may be any size, shape or design, but must be made of recycled cardboard.  Boats should be painted with multiple coats of any one-part polyurethane or enamel paint. Decorations may be removed after judging, and prior to the race start.

First-place awards will be given for winners of races in five different categories.  After all the races are completed, skippers of cardboard boats may challenge one another.

The event is a partnership between the Town of Blades, the Delaware Division of Watershed Stewardship's Reclaim Our River Program, the Delaware Nature Society's Abbott's Mill Nature Center, and the Nanticoke River Sail & Power Squadron.  

The festivities include music, food, and beverages, and opportunities to learn from the Reclaim Our River (ROR) partnership about how to protect Delaware's waterways.

To register for the event, and for rules and other information, please click here.