HCHS "What Floats Your Cardboard Boat" Race

7/11/2021

15 Minutes Photo Gallery

Competitors prepare to launch their creations at the start of the Cardboard Boat Race.

True cardboard ingenuity was on display at the first annual "What Floats Your Cardboard Boat" Race, sponsored by the Hancock County Historical Society. Fifteen boats were entered in the race, and as much time was spent in decoration as in construction, it appeared.

Vikings, pirates and submarine commanders, some genuinely surprised that their boats floated at all, paddled their way into the winner’s circle and claimed bragging rights. The HCCS hopes to make this an annual event and hopes for even more participation next year.

- Photos by Gregg Martel

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Before the race

The race committee: Todd and Ann Edwards, Basil Kennedy, Chris Roth and Beau Gex.

Brady McCaw and Jaden Talbot would later win in the team category.

Jack Whitney would later win "The Most Entertaining Sinking."

Life of PI entry

The Singles Race

The Teams Race

Judges Larry Jaubert and Ellis Anderson

Adam Cain, Bay High team, won the singles category in his aptly numbered vessel, #1.

Brady McCaw and Jaden Talbot won in the team category.

The Mystic Krewe of the Seahorse with Al Copeland (l), took best of show with their pirate rig

Jack Whitney, winner of "The Most Entertaining Sinking" award. His boat may have met with disaster but his spirits were unchecked. photo by Ellis Anderson

All 15 entries received participation trophies

The Waveland team with Mayor Mike Smith, photo by Ellis Anderson

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