3rd Annual Arcadia Lake Cardboard Boat Regatta

Here’s the pics I promised from the 2011 cardboard boat races at Arcadia Lake.  I’ll start off with a YouTube video I took with my cell phone and edited just a bit.

2011 3rd Annual Edmond Arcadia Lake Cardboard Boat Regatta

Now for the still photos:

The crew all had shirts that read, "McHale's Navy"

I think they intended to mount the "Croc" head on the pontoons

Sir Sinks a Lot

These appear to belong in the air rather than on the water

Bloody Vikings! Spam, spam, spam, spam ...

This one tended to leak fuel, but only above mach 2

Look! It's Wilson, and a FedEx box!

This one ended up in the dumpster as a soggy pile of cardboard

The two-person kayak-style boats were some of the fastest

You can tell what this guy's favorite sport is, and it's not boating!

Looked like a good idea, but it fell apart as soon as it hit the water.

Unless I'm mistaken, this was Park & Rec's entry.

Yabba-dabba-doo!

 

Never saw this one get wet

Must belong to Goldfinger

The only part of the Crocness Monster that went afloat

The crowd

This is too weird--ejection seat, Goldfinger, and guess what's on the TV right now?

The starting line

PT73 was by far the best-built boat. It held 5 or 6 adult paddlers and was fast.

I think they could have floated a VW Bug on the Crocness Monster.

PT73 after the race, apparently none the worse for wear

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