31st Annual Cardboard Boat Races


Event Details


31st Annual Cardboard Boat Races

Races start at 10:00 AM
Location: Sandy Beach, Heber Springs, AR

Welcome to the Wild & Wacky and downright Crazy
World Championship Cardboard Boat Races. From rafts to canoes to monster trucks to space ships you’re gonna see it here. Your gonna try to figure out, “How did they do that?”

The theme for the 2017 World Championship Cardboard Boat Races is DC versus Marvel. Race participants will stretch the limits of their ingenuity to design boats that represent their favorite DC or Marvel comic. Whether the choice is Spiderman, The Hulk, Thor or Wonder Woman, these cardboard crafts are sure to be amazing feats of engineering. Boat registration will begin at 8:00 am on Saturday July 29th at Sandy Beach on Greers Ferry Lake in Heber Springs, AR. Boat races will begin at 10:00 a.m., with timed heats for both children and adults. The Pride of the Fleet Prize will be awarded to the boat that best combines innovative engineering with artistic design, while the Captain’s Award goes to the team with the greatest spirit and crowd involvement. And of course, the Titanic Award is reserved for the boat with the most dramatic sinking. There’s plenty of additional fun planned for the day, with a treasure dig and a watermelon-eating contest.