Registration is $5 per boat in advance at prattvilleal.gov, or $8 per boat on July 4. When Robert Gair invented the cardboard box in 1879, he likely had no idea folks would eventually disassemble his ...

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 ...

Lisa Sprinkle teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how to make cardboard boats In this fun and easy DIY tutorial, learn how to make your very own cardboard boats using simple household materials!

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 ...

The two "smokestacks" on the back of the Colonel Crawford 1 boat attracted some attention. "It's the Titanic — hopefully it doesn't sink," a girl shouted as its three creators, all Colonel Crawford ...

CARBONDALE — With humble beginnings as a class project for art and design instructor Richard Archer’s final exam in 1974, the Great Cardboard Boat Regatta has grown into an annual tradition for ...

One of the new events added to the 79th annual Hutchinson Jaycee Water Carnival was Community Day’s cardboard boat races Saturday at West River Park. Fourteen teams accepted the challenge to design ...

Cardboard, duct tape, latex paint and hope are what individuals and groups will use to keep some "sea-worthy" vessels afloat Saturday in the annual Float Your Boat competition for the Food Bank for ...

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 ...

DS Smith sets a new world record at Germany’s Blue Ribbon of the Weser by sailing a corrugated cardboard boat.