BETTENDORF, Iowa — Teams from Quad Cities area high schools and colleges competed Friday, May 13 in a special kind of design competition at the Bettendorf Middle Park Lagoon. The Cardboard Boat ...

Students from Bettendorf, Pleasant Valley, West Liberty, Riverdale, and Moline High Schools will test cardboard boat designs at a regatta cardboard boat competition on Friday, May 10, from 9 a.m. to 2 ...

The crowd-favorite Cardboard Boat Race is returning to the Coast Guard Festival in 2024. The competition, which is free to enter, will take place on Saturday, July 27. Competitors are challenged to ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — In the Mining City, it's sink or swim and for some it's a little bit of both. Students taking Intro to Engineering came together in groups of three to test their cardboard boats in ...

The boats taking part in Saturday’s regatta in Henderson weren’t exactly the seaworthy sort known to last for years. But like the more-sturdy watercraft, these boats, too, can bring much joy. In the ...

LAKE WACCAMAW, NC (WWAY)– Fifteen cardboard boats competed at the Lake Waccamaw Sailing Club for the state championship title in a 200 yard race Saturday afternoon. The event organizer from the ...

Cardboard boxes look pretty much the same. But when they are used to create a boat, the designs are anything but uniform. That was evident Aug. 1 when the Grandview Heights Parks and Recreation ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo.— The Fort Leonard Wood community is invited to put their building skills and creativity to the test at the Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation’s free ...

It's one way to find out if your ideas hold water: Design a boat, build it out of cardboard and duct tape, then hop in and see if it sinks. That's what happens each year at the Mike Cauley Cardboard ...

When Robert Gair invented the cardboard box in 1879, he likely had no idea folks would eventually disassemble his creation to make boats. Thanks to Gair, folks have been floating — and sinking — ...

VERNON TOWNSHIP — The water hazard just below the fourth hole at Whispering Pines golf course took on a more menacing look than usual earlier this week. The pond — good-sized, but by no means oceanic ...