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 ...

It wouldn’t be surprising if Ava Mitchell starts dreaming about duct tape. The rising 10th grader from Sag Harbor has been stretching and pressing layers and layers of it over cardboard to help build ...

On a Saturday afternoon in early July, Girl Scouts from around central Ohio gathered to compete in a thrilling regatta. A whistle marked the start of the boat races along the shores of a pond at Camp ...

LAKELAND ― Building a basic boat might sound easy, but the task becomes difficult when it has to made out of corrugated cardboard. Registration is open for Lakeland's 18th annual Cardboard Boat ...

SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. — This past weekend, an annual event that draws crowds and laughter took place at Fort Hardy Park Beach, or maybe better put, in the Hudson River, as the 19th Annual Cardboard Boat ...

SOUTH SIOUX CITY -- There was a flurry of activity Tuesday morning at the end of a hallway at the Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA, as aspiring engineers worked to construct sea vessels. Each team, which was ...

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 ...

Not everyone can build a boat – especially one that floats – but Family and Children’s Services of Ithaca will give you a chance to race your own in Cayuga lake, so long as it ships easily. The ...