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BMC's Third Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta
Join BMC on August 18th, 2012 for the Third Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta! This event has become a tradition for families, students, friends and coworkers to test their building and paddling skills by constructing boats made from cardboard, paint, tape and glue!
Cardboard Boat Regatta teams compete in categories including: Fastest Time in each age group - adult (18+), teen (12-18) and youth (Under 12). Prizes are also awarded for Most Creative Design, Most Dramatic Sinking, and Crowd Favorite. Entry fee is $30 before July 15th and $40 after July 15th. Registration starts at 9:30 am, exhibition and judging of contestants begins at 10:00, and racing will commence at noon.
This year's event will be bigger than ever with the addition of Erie’s First Small Boat Festival, a weekend celebration of antique, traditional, and contemporary hand crafted boats. BMC’s Small Boat Festival includes two separate events: BMC’s 3rd annual Cardboard Boat Regatta on Saturday August 18th and the inaugural Presque Isle Bay Messabout, beginning Friday August 17th – Sunday the 19th, 2012.
Erie's First Small Boat Festival: Cardboard Boat Regatta and Traditional Small Craft Association Messabout!
The Bayfront Maritime Center was recently recognized as an Erie Community Asset by the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority, ECGRA, and awarded a grant to help fund Erie's first Small Boat Festival.
Scroll down to see construction, registration, race rules, and event details as well as photos from 2011. Everyone is encouraged to build a cardboard boat, sponsor a team and cheer on local racers at this family friendly event!
On Saturday, August 20, 2011, BMC hosted Erie’s Second Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta in the East Canal Basin behind the BMC campus. It was even bigger and more fun than the first; a total of 32 boats and 1,000 spectators!
Prizes:
Fastest Time, Youth Division: Simply Quackers/ Firebox
Simply Quackers
2nd place, Youth Division: The Watermelon
Fastest Time, Teen Division: The Admiral
The Admiral
Fastest Time, Adult Division: Palo Point
Palo Point
2nd Place, Adult Division: Bay Monster
Most Creative: UP
UP!
Most Dramatic Sinking: Thor, Jr
Thor, Jr.
Crowd Favorite: The Admiral
A big thank you to our 2011 Sponsors! We couldn't do it without you.
Om Holdings
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Paragon Packaging
Smuggler's Wharf
Bayfront Sheraton Hotel
Flagship Niagara League
Erie Yacht Club
Bianchi Honda
Silkscreen Unlimited
TSE
Ehrlich Pest Control
WQLN
Wegman's
Starbucks
Click here to download an entry form.
Click here to sponsor the Regatta!
Click here for the Cardboard Boat Regatta Rules.
Regatta Location: The boat parade and races take place in the East Canal Basin behind BMC. The Messabout participants will explore all of Presque Isle Bay and Presque Isle State Park.
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